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(Eagle News) — Eight New People’s Army rebels died in an encounter with authorities in Negros Oriental on Tuesday, March 23, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, the eight fatalities were part of the group of around 40 members of the Komite Rehiyonal-Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor (KR-NCBS) who engaged police and military personnel in a three-hour gun battle in Sitio Agit, Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental at 12:55 p.m. Some members […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has reported over 200 additional COVID-19 cases, a record-high so far this year. According to PNP data, the additional 229 COVID-19 cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 13,666. Of these, 1,649 are active. Eighty-four additional recoveries also pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery tally to 11,981. No additional death was reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 36. The PNP earlier announced PNP Chief Debold […]
Notes alarming incidence of “COVID-19 hangover” among Filipinos during pandemic; busts myths regarding alcohol consumption (Eagle News) — The president of the Hepatology Society of the Philippines (HSP) warned the public on the ills of drinking alcohol amid renewed lockdown measures in the country, saying that alcohol consumption could lead to Filipinos getting more severe COVID-19 infection. Dr. Roberto De Guzman Jr., who heads the HSP –the only liver society recognized by medical […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200 volcanic earthquakes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology as a result said the unrest at the volcano “has been elevating” and is constantly being evaluated, even as the alert level 2 over the volcano stays. PHIVOLCS noted that the 268 volcanic earthquakes monitored at the volcano included 243 episodes of volcanic tremor with durations of one to eight minutes, and 25 low-frequency […]
(Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting the country today, March 25. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Eastern Visayas, Caraga, Davao Region, Sorsogon, Albay, and Catanduanes will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides are possible during moderate to at times heavy rains. Batanes and Babuyan Islands, on the other hand, will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Metro Manila and […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Thursday, March 25: Flight schedules may change at any given time. The Philippines has imposed travel restrictions anew amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, with foreigners, with exceptions, not allowed entry until April 19. The National Task Force Against COVID-19 earlier banned the entry of Filipinos who are not overseas Filipino workers, but later revised its memorandum to allow all Filipino […]
by Agence France Presse Bureaus BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — The European Union on Wednesday tightened vaccine export controls in a bid to ramp up its stuttering inoculation campaign while the United States said its inoculation drive was already showing results for over-65s. Under the EU’s new rules, the bloc’s European Commission executive will weigh how needy countries are as well as how readily they export doses to the EU before approving shipments. “Open roads […]
by Nina LARSON Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The UN Human Rights Council voiced alarm Wednesday at the “disproportionate use of force” in Myanmar since last month’s coup and pushed for a UN rights office in the country. The Council’s 47 members adopted a resolution reiterating the call for Myanmar’s military to restore civilian rule following its February 1 coup and immediately release deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi. More than 260 […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar freed more than 600 coup detainees on Wednesday, including an Associated Press photographer arrested while covering rallies, following fresh outrage over brutal crackdowns on protesters. The regime has unleashed a deadly wave of violence as it struggles to quell nationwide protests against the February 1 ouster and arrest of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The 75-year-old was due to have a court hearing on Wednesday in Myanmar’s capital […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Belgium announced a renewed partial lockdown on Wednesday of four weeks, with schools closed and non-essential stores open to customers by appointment only. The decision came as a potential third wave of the coronavirus was gaining momentum in the small EU country of 11.5 million, with hospitalizations on the rise. The pandemic “is a big lesson in humility for politicians, for everyone,” said Prime Minister Alexander De Croo in announcing the […]
by Andrew LEESON WINDSOR, Australia (AFP) — Rescue teams raced emergency supplies to flood-hit Australians Wednesday, as trapped residents waited for still-swollen rivers to ebb, so the long, hard clean-up can begin. Eight million people in Australia’s most populous state New South Wales woke to brilliant blue skies for the first time in a week, as a torrential downpour that has been dubbed the “Big Wet” finally ceased. But across the vast flood zone thousands […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France’s culture minister Roselyne Bachelot has been hospitalized after testing positive for Covid-19 over the weekend, a source close to the minister told AFP on Wednesday. The worsening symptoms for Bachelot, 74, comes after the announcement Monday that her cabinet colleague Elisabeth Borne, the 59-year-old labour minister, had also been hospitalized with the coronavirus. “Her condition is stable and is not worrying,” the source said, adding that Bachelot’s doctor ordered “increased […]
