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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Toshiba’s president Nobuaki Kurumatani has resigned, the firm announced Wednesday, as a buyout offer from a private equity fund reportedly stirs turmoil inside the Japanese company. The resignation came as reports said two other funds were considering their own offers for the Japanese household name, potentially setting up a bidding war. In a statement, Toshiba said the board had accepted Kurumatani’s resignation, without giving details on why he had asked […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has arrested three South Korean fugitives in separate operations in Parañaque City and Nueva Ecija. The bureau said Jung Myunghun, 38; Yu Daewoong, 38; and Kang Wesung, 36 were nabbed by operatives of the bureau’s fugitive search unit (FSU) in coordination with the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Major Crimes Investigation Unit, after Korean authorities sought the assistance of the bureau for that purpose. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US biotech company Moderna announced Covid vaccine is 90 percent effective against all forms of the disease and 95 percent effective against severe disease. The new results come from its ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial involving more 30,000 people across the United States, and the headline efficacy figure is a slight decrease from an earlier figure of 94.1 percent published in the New England Journal of Medicine in December. […]
(Eagle News) — Over 700 rail line personnel have so far tested positive for COVID-19 in the Department of Transportation-ordered mass testing. The latest DOTr data showed the 787 total cases recorded so far can be broken down as follows: Light Rail Transit-1: 120 Light Rail Transit-2: 251 Metro Rail Transit-3: 208 Philippine National Railways: 208 According to the DOTr, 794 LRT-1 personnel have so far been tested of the 1185 total personnel, 1870 LRT-2 […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck Batangas early Wednesday, April 14. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 2:39 a.m. Its epicenter was seven kilometers northwest of Calatagan. It had a depth of 203 kilometers. An instrumental intensity I was felt in Calatagan. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — Over 300 volcanic earthquakes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the 383 quakes at the volcano, which remains on alert level 2, included 238 episodes of volcanic tremor with durations of one to twelve minutes, 143 low-frequency volcanic earthquakes, and low-level background tremor that started at 9:05 a.m. on April 8. “Upwelling of hot volcanic fluids in the main crater lake occurred yesterday […]
Says his decision not to make public appearances for a few days meant to goad nitpickers (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte mocked his critics for nitpicking him on photos of him jogging and walking inside Malacanang amid the COVID-19 lockdown. He also chided his critics, including Senator Leila De Lima, who had commented about the photos released by Senator Christopher “Bong” Go that showed him taking time out to get some exercise inside […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — South Africa on Tuesday suspended the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine over potential blood clot risks reported by the United States, the health minister said. The announcement delays an already sluggish vaccination campaign in Africa’s worst-hit country, which has so far only administered the US-made jab. “We have determined to voluntarily suspend our rollout until the causal relationship between the development of clots and the Johnson & […]
(Eagle News) — The tropical depression monitored outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility has intensified into a tropical storm. Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration weather forecaster Benison Estareja said TS “Surigae,” which was so far situated 1210 kilometers east of Mindanao, may further intensify into a typhoon and may enter PAR on Friday. So far, it is packing maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour near the center, with gustiness of up […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Wednesday, April 14: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights as only those with the same will be allowed entry into the airport premises. Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Bulacan, and Rizal are under a modified enhanced community quarantine until the end of the month amid the surge in […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Pfizer has “ramped up production” of its Covid-19 vaccine and can deliver 10 percent more doses than expected to the United States by the end of May, its CEO Albert Bourla said on Tuesday. That would bring its delivery by the end of next month to 220 million doses, and Bourla said on Twitter the pharmaceutical giant can also “supply the full 300 million agreed on for the end […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — People aged under 60 who have been given a first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in Germany will receive a different jab for their second dose, federal and regional health ministers agreed Tuesday. Germany announced on March 30 that it would no longer offer the two-dose AstraZeneca vaccine to people aged under 60 due to concerns over a possible link to rare cases of blood clots. DPA news agency said […]
