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(Eagle News)–Former San Juan Mayor Guia Gomez tested positive for COVID-19 anew. Her son former Senator JV Ejercito made the announcement on Friday night. “Hoping this time it will be milder,” Ejercito said. “Walang katapusan,” he added. Gomez first tested positive for COVID-19 last year. She recovered in December.
(Eagle News) — Over 1,000 immigration frontliners are expected to receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine starting this weekend. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said the target is to inoculate 1,250 immigration personnel. The government-procured CoronaVac, the vaccine from Sinovac Biotech, will be used. The vaccine is administered in two doses in an interval of 28 days. According to the bureau, in compliance with the priority list given by the Inter-Agency Task Force for […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more police personnel tested positive for COVID-19. Recent Philippine National Police data showed the additional 103 COVID-19 cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 19,398. Of these, 2053 were active. Over 100, or 183, additional recoveries also pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 17293. No additional deaths were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 52. Earlier, the PNP said among those who tested positive for […]
(Eagle News) — One person died while two others were injured in an ensuing shootout with police officers who were out to serve arrest warrants in Cebu on Friday. According to the Philippine National Police, Arnel Cabahug Capangpangan, 35, who was one of four subjects of the warrants of arrest, was killed after police retaliated as soon as he fired at the officers who were about to arrest him for rape. One police officer was […]
(Eagle News) — Two Muntinlupa courts have granted detained Senator Leila de Lima an immediate furlough of three days after she experienced headaches and weakness her doctor said could be attributed to a mild stroke. The grant of the medical furlough was contained in separate orders issued by Branches 205 and 256. Branch 205 Judge Liezel Aquiatan said no media coverage shall be allowed. Branch 256 Judge Romeo Buenaventura also directed the counsels of De […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Saturday, April 24. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 7:09 a.m. It had its epicenter 133 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. It also had a depth of 11 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — “Bising” has weakened into a severe tropical storm. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, “Bising,” however, is bringing moderate to rough seas over the northern and eastern seaboards of Northern Luzon and eastern seaboard of Central Luzon, with its center so far estimated 825 km east northeast of Basco, Batanes. “Bising” is packing maximum sustained winds of 110 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 135 […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, April 24: MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. It added flight schedules are subject to changes. Starting April 12, the Palace said the NCR Plus area would be placed under a modified enhanced community quarantine until the end of the month. […]
(Eagle News) – The country’s “Jukebox King” Victor Wood, one of the pillars of Philippine music, passed away on Friday, April 23. He was 75. The legendary singer of the 1970s who turned hit songs one after the other such as “I’m Sorry My Love,” “Eternally,” “Carmelita,” and a string of popular American songs, as well as Visayan and Filipino love songs, gained fame and popularity for his singing style, voice, and good looks. […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australian authorities ordered a snap, three-day lockdown in the western city of Perth Friday after the coronavirus escaped from a quarantine hotel housing infected international travellers. Western Australia state Premier Mark McGowan said a man who was allowed to leave the hotel on April 17 after testing negative for the virus at the end of the standard 14-day quarantine period tested positive several days later. One of his close contacts in […]
by Margioni BERMÚDEZ BARCELONA, Venezuela (AFP) — Luz Martinez has caught malaria three times, the last of which was when she was six months pregnant with her fourth child. Like many Venezuelans, she fears malaria more than Covid-19. In her dusty neighborhood on the outskirts of Barcelona, in the eastern state of Anzoategui, some people have contracted malaria up to 20 times. “I gave it to my 12-year-old girl and also to my other child […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — The United Arab Emirates on Thursday suspended all flights from India, including transit passengers, as coronavirus cases in the country spiked to global records. Some 300 flights a week were operating between the UAE and India before the ban was announced, according to local media, making the air corridor one of the busiest in the world. “The decision to suspend flights came after studying and evaluating the epidemiological situation […]
