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Pres. Duterte asks about Ivermectin use against COVID-19 in latest “Talk to the Nation”

FDA chief says DOH has commissioned experts’ group to study Ivermectin clinical trials on COVID; group finds 11 “good” clinical trials abroad https://youtu.be/2aw9Kdv1dag   (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte expressed interest about the drug Ivermectin as a possible treatment against COVID-19. In his latest Talk to the Nation address Thursday night, April 15, the President asked Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Eric Domingo about the anti-parasitic drug used in animals, but which […]

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PNP reports 194 more COVID-19 cases

(Eagle News) — At least 200 more COVID-19 cases were reported among police personnel. Recent Philippine National Police data showed the additional 194 COVID-19 cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 18262. Of these, 2449 were active. Over 200, or 215, additional recoveries also pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 15764. Two additional deaths led to an increase in PNP COVID-19 deaths. now at 49. The police are among the country’s front-liners amid the […]

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro promises Biden to end deforestation, seeks financial help

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — President Jair Bolsonaro wrote a letter to his US counterpart Joe Biden pledging to end illegal deforestation in Brazil by 2030 and seeking “considerable” financial assistance to get there, officials said Thursday. The letter comes a week before Biden hosts a virtual climate summit with 40 world leaders, including Bolsonaro — a far-right climate-change skeptic with whom he previously clashed on the issue of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. “In an […]

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Customs bureau intercepts P10.6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga City

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has intercepted P10.6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga City. According to the bureau, the over 300 cases of cigarettes were seized in an anti-smuggling operation on board MB Princess Amina, off the waters of Barangay Sinunuc on April 15. The operation was conducted following a tip from an informant about the smuggled cigarettes on board the vessel, which had departed from Jolo, Sulu for Zamboanga City. […]

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France’s Covid-19 deaths pass 100,000

PARIS, France (AFP) — The number of people killed by Covid-19 in France climbed past 100,000 on Thursday, with the virus claiming a further 300 lives in the past 24 hours, the country’s health authority said. A day earlier, the death toll stood at 99,805. France is the third country in Europe to reach the grim milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths, after the United Kingdom and Italy. “We will not forget a single face, a […]

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Sao Paulo hit by shortage of intubation drugs

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Public hospitals are critically short on the drugs needed to intubate Covid-19 patients in Sao Paulo, the most populous state in Brazil, officials said Thursday, warning of a potential public health catastrophe. Sixty-eight percent of public clinics have run out of neuromuscular blockers, which are used to relax a patient’s muscles during intubation, and 61 percent are out of sedatives, a report from the state council of municipal health secretaries […]

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DFA: Tuguegarao consular office to attend to emergency, urgent cases only until April 19

(Eagle News) — The consular office in Tuguegarao will attend only to emergency and urgent cases until April 19. In an advisory, the Department of Foreign Affairs said this was pursuant to Tuguegarao City Executive Order No. 56 dated April 13 that placed the city under a modified enhanced community quarantine for seven days. The DFA said the consular office will resume its regular operations on Tuesday, April 20. According to the DFA, affected applicants […]

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Virus could force Olympics cancellation, says top Japanese politician

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A senior Japanese politician said cancelling the Tokyo Olympics over the coronavirus remains a possibility on Thursday, as a surge in cases renews concerns about the Games with less than 100 days to go. Toshiro Nikai, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s number two, said the Olympics must be cancelled “without hesitation” if the virus situation is too severe. A year after their historic postponement, the 2020 Olympics remain beset by pandemic […]

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168 earthquakes monitored at Taal in 24 hours

(Eagle News) — Over 100 earthquakes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the 168 quakes at the volcano, which remains on alert level 2, included 66 volcanic tremors that lasted for one  to six minutes, 102 low-frequency volcanic earthquakes, and low-level background tremors recorded as of 9:05 a.m. on April 8. “Meanwhile, a poor evaporation with a height of ten (10) meters from fumaroles or gas […]

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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Friday, April 16

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Friday, April 16: Flight schedules may change at any given time. On March 28, the Palace said NCR Plus, which covers Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Bulacan, and Rizal, would revert to an enhanced community quarantine, the strictest form of community quarantine, starting Monday, March 29, amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. The re-imposed ECQ was supposed to end […]

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Severe tropical storm off Mindanao enters PAR, is now called “Bising”

(Eagle News) — The severe tropical storm off Mindanao has entered  the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Surigae” entered PAR at 6:20 a.m. It now has the domestic name “Bising.” Eastern Visayas and Mindanao, PAGASA said, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, PAGASA said, will […]

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William and Harry won’t be shoulder-to-shoulder at Prince Philip funeral

  by Joe JACKSON Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British royals William and Harry will not walk side by side in the procession at this weekend’s funeral of Queen Elizabeth II’s husband Prince Philip, Buckingham Palace revealed Thursday. As young boys in 1997, the pair provided the most poignant image of their mother princess Diana’s funeral as they walked, heads bowed, behind her coffin. Prince Philip, also known as the Duke of […]

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