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TOKYO, Japan Japan’s government on Tuesday approved a plan to release more than one million tons of treated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, in a controversial decision that follows years of debate. The release, which is not likely to begin for several years and could take decades to complete, has sparked concern in neighbouring countries and faces fierce opposition from local fishing communities and anti-nuclear activists. Japan’s government argues […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a tropical cyclone outside of the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said the tropical depression was so far located 1,640 east of Mindanao, packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kilometers per hour, with gustiness of up to 55 kph. It is moving west northwest at 10 kph and is expected to enter PAR on Saturday. According to PAGASA, meanwhile, Metro Manila and […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 volcanic earthquakes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the 158 quakes monitored at the volcano, which remains on alert level 2, included 127 episodes of volcanic tremor with durations of one to fourteen minutes, 31 low-frequency volcanic earthquakes, and an ongoing low-level background tremor that started at 9:05 a.m. on April 8. A weak emission of steam-laden plumes was also monitored […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, April 13: Flight schedules may change at any given time. On March 28, the Palace said NCR Plus 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 Palace attributed the surge to the presence of virus variants. The ECQ was supposed to end […]
Over 965k health care workers already given COVID-19 jabs (Eagle News) – The Philippines has already vaccinated more than 1 million individuals, with 132,288 already given second doses, Malacanang announced on Monday, April 12. This makes the Philippines the third country with the highest number of people vaccinated among ASEAN member-nations followed by Indonesia and Singapore, said Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque. Roque said that 1,139,644 were already given vaccines against COVID-19 in the country. […]
by Joe JACKSON / Charlotte DURAND Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain said late Monday it had hit a target to offer a coronavirus vaccine first dose to all over-50s by mid-April, as England’s lockdown-weary population toasted a significant easing of restrictions with pints and much-needed haircuts. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK had passed “another hugely significant milestone” after confirming a jab had been offered to all over-50s, the […]
Incident has legal implications and shows China’s increasing hubris, says Prof. Batongbacal (Eagle News) – China’s recent use of its Coast Guard and Navy ships in the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone is a “violation of Philippine sovereign rights” and its recent actions of chasing a Philippine civilian boat show’s China’s increasing hubris to enter Philippine waters, according to a maritime law expert. The director of the University of the Philippines Institute for Maritime Affairs […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Monday said that following a trial, its diabetes drug Farxiga was not successful in treating Covid patients at risk of severe complications. AstraZeneca, whose separate Covid vaccine rollout has been hampered by health concerns, said its trial “assessing the potential of Farxiga to treat patients hospitalised with Covid-19 who are at risk of developing serious complications… did not achieve statistical significance”. The trial was carried […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Two people were injured in a shooting outside a Paris hospital on Monday, a source close to the investigation said. No further details were available about the incident at the Henry Dunant private hospital owned by the Red Cross in the upmarket 16th district of the capital. © Agence France-Presse
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — The number of Covid-19 infections in Germany has crossed the three million mark, according to figures published Monday by the Robert Koch Institute disease control centre. The total number of infections now stands at 3,011,513, with 78,452 deaths, the institute said. However the incidence rate over the past week, closely followed by authorities, was 136.4 per 100,000 inhabitants — below the level for tightening Covid-19 restrictions. Germany remains gripped by rising […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Two small Western Australian towns suffered “widespread damage” when Cyclone Seroja struck a part of the country that rarely experiences tropical storms, emergency services said Monday. The storm, which devastated parts of Indonesia and East Timor last week, brought lashing rain and winds of up to 170 kilometres per hour (105 mph) to areas officials said had not seen a tropical cyclone in “decades”. Authorities estimated that 70 percent of structures […]
MUMBAI, India (AFP) — India on Monday overtook Brazil as the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus infections and Bangladesh halted international flights and shut offices as a new wave battered South Asia. The region — home to almost a quarter of the world’s population — has been hit by soaring infection rates in recent weeks. India reported a new daily record of more than 168,000 cases on Monday to take the total toll […]
