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YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — A fire from a hurled Molotov cocktail broke out early Friday at the party headquarters of deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar’s largest city, a party official said. The country has been in uproar since the military ousted the Nobel laureate in a lightning putsch on February 1, triggering an uprising demanding a return to democracy. Her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), has been in […]
DOH: 1.5M vaccine supply so far delivered not enough to cover all medical frontliners (Eagle News) – The Philippines has vaccinated more than half a million health care workers, or more than 41 percent of the 1.7 million medical frontliners targeted as A1 priority in the country’s vaccine rollout against COVID-19. The rollout started on March 1. President Rodrigo Duterte stressed the importance of vaccinating all health care workers first before giving shots to […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine Airlines has announced more international flight cancellations in compliance with the government’s reduced cap on the number of international arrivals in a day. In its advisory issued on Thursday night, PAL said the following are canceled: March 26 PR5686/5687 Manila-Dammam-Manila PR428/427 Manila-Tokyo (Narita)-Manila PR412/411 Manila-Osaka (Kansai)-Manila PR507/508 Manila-Singapore-Manila PR426/425 Manila-Fukuoka-Manila PR 658/659 Manila-Dubai-Manila PR 300/301 Manila-Hong Kong-Manila March 27 PR 104/105 Manila-San Francisco-Manila PR 890/891 […]
by Marc BURLEIGH / Dave CLARK Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The European Union warned Thursday that it will ban drugs firms from exporting coronavirus vaccines to the UK and other countries until they make good on their promised deliveries to the bloc. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen’s stark warning — which could hit UK-based AstraZeneca first — came after a video summit of all 27 EU leaders and stoked fears […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police announced it has simplified its death benefit claims process, with bereaved kin of policemen killed in the line of duty no longer required to make a physical appearance at the PNP headquarters to process claims. In a statement, the PNP said under the new system, a designated “survivor officer” can assist the family in securing the necessary documents required in the processing and timely release of death benefits. […]
(Eagle News) — Thirty-one more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 total among Filipinos abroad to 16,040. “To date, the total number of countries and territories with confirmed cases among Filipinos remains at 90,” the DFA said. Twenty additional recoveries also pushed the COVID-19 recovery tally to 9722. No additional fatality was reported, which means the death toll among Filipinos abroad due […]
(Eagle News) — A prime suspect in the killing of a Zamboanga Sibugay town mayor and his companion was killed in a police operation on Thursday, March 25, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, “Jenal,” the primary suspect in the death of Vice Mayor Restituto Calonge of Mabuhay in February, was killed after he and his companions Al-Muag and Maide Balugtod Zulueta engaged police who were out to serve warrants of arrest […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200 volcanic earthquakes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the 270 volcanic earthquakes at the volcano, which remains on alert level 2, included 193 episodes of volcanic tremor with durations of one to twelve minutes, and 77 low-frequency volcanic earthquakes. Activity at the main crater, PHIVOLCS said, consisted of a weak emission of steam-laden plumes. Sulfur dioxide emission averaged 925 tons yesterday, […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the Philippines today, March 26. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Batanes and Babuyan Islands, in particular, will have cloudy skies with light rains due to the northeasterly surface windflow affecting extreme Northern Luzon. Metro Manila and rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the easterlies affecting the […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Friday, March 26: MIAA advised passengers to confirm their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled. The Philippines imposed travel restrictions anew amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, with foreigners, with exceptions, not allowed entry until April 19. It also reduced the number of travelers allowed in a day in the country to 1,500, prompting some airlines […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — California will make all adults eligible for Covid-19 vaccines from April 15, Governor Gavin Newsom said Thursday, as supply restrictions ease in the most populous US state. The announcement means California — home to some 40 million residents — will offer access to all over-16s some two weeks ahead of President Joe Biden’s May 1 deadline. “With vaccine supply increasing and by expanding eligibility to more Californians, the light […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — A fire broke out at an oil terminal in southern Saudi Arabia after it was hit by a projectile, the energy ministry said Friday, the sixth anniversary of a Riyadh-led military intervention in Yemen. “A projectile attack on a petroleum products distribution terminal in Jizan… resulted in a fire in one of the terminal’s tanks,” the ministry said in a statement published by the official Saudi Press Agency, adding that […]
