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(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Monday, April 12: 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 NCR Plus covers Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Bulacan, and Rizal. The ECQ was supposed to end […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — NASA has delayed by at least several days the first flight of its mini-helicopter on Mars after a possible tech issue emerged while testing its rotors, the US space agency said Saturday. Ingenuity’s trip, which is to be the first-ever powered, controlled flight on another planet, was set for Sunday but is now on hold until at least April 14. A high-speed test of the four-pound (1.8 kilogram) helicopter’s […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — A security guard was wounded in a bomb blast outside a military-owned bank in Myanmar’s second-biggest city Sunday morning, as the civilian death toll from the junta’s brutal crackdown on dissent topped more than 700 at the weekend. The country has been in turmoil since the military removed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1. Myawaddy Bank’s biggest branch in Mandalay was targeted on Sunday morning and a security […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — At least seven people were killed after a 6.0 magnitude quake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s main Java island Saturday, as the country reels from a cyclone disaster in another part of the archipelago. The afternoon quake hit offshore about 45 kilometres southwest of Malang city in East Java, damaging hundreds of homes as well as schools, government offices and mosques across the region. “Our latest data shows that […]
COVID-19 critical cases still rising as of Sunday, April 11 (Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported at least 55,204 recoveries from COVID-19 bringing down the active coronavirus cases in the country from the Saturday’s record-high of 190,245 to Sunday’s (April 11) number of 146,519. But new deaths added since Friday, April 9, are still in the hundreds per day, with the last two days registering at least 200 deaths daily. The 55,204 recovered […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 864,868 on Sunday, April 11, after the Department of Health reported 11,681 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 146519 were active. Of these, 96.8 percent were mild, 1.7 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent were critical, 0.6 percent severe, and 0.34 percent moderate. Recoveries rose to 703404 including the 55204 additional ones. Over 200, or 201, more deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 14945. The Palace on […]
Santiago City, and provinces of Abra and Quirino also placed under MECQ (Eagle News) – After the addition of over 3,000 COVID-19 beds, President Rodrigo Duterte agreed with the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force to place Metro Manila and the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) starting Monday, April 12 until April 30, Malacanang said on Sunday, April 11. Also placed under MECQ from April 12 […]
(Eagle News)–Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Bulacan, and Rizal are under a modified enhanced community quarantine starting April 12. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Sunday Santiago City, Isabela, Quirino province and Abra will also be under the MECQ until April 30. The following, on the other hand, are under a general community quarantine during the same period: Cagayan Isabela Nueva Vizcaya Batangas Quezon province Tacloban City Iligan City […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has announced the extension of the temporary suspension of operations of its consular office in Tuguegarao. In an advisory, the DFA said the extension of the temporary closure to April 12 was in view of the extension of the enhanced community quarantine in the city based on Tuguegarao City’s Executive Order No. 55, series of 2021. The consular office, the DFA said, will resume its regular operations […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation urged healthcare workers and authorized persons outside residences to report drivers of public utility jeepneys and buses under the government’s free transport services program who require them to pay fare. The DOTr said HCWs and APORs may report the same through the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board hotline, 1342, that operates 24/7. They can also send a message to the LTFRB Official Facebook page or file the […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200 more COVID-19 cases were reported among police personnel. The Philippine National Police said the additional 233 cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 17194. Of these, 2400 were active. Over 200, or 278, additional recoveries were also reported, pushing the PNP recovery tally to 14751. An additional death was reported, bringing the PNP COVID-19 death toll to 43. Earlier, the PNP said PNP Chief Debold Sinas was among those who […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200 volcanic earthquakes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the 216 quakes at the volcano, which remains on alert level 2, included 177 episodes of volcanic tremors with durations of one to 32 minutes, 39 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 from fumarolic vents was […]
