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MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — The vast Russian region of Siberia will face hot and dry weather this year leading to more forest fires, forecasters said on Tuesday, linking the blazes to climate change. Devastating forest fires have ripped across Siberia with increasing regularity over the past few years, which the country’s weather officials and environmentalists have linked to climate change and an underfunded forest service. Speaking to reporters to mark World Meteorological Day by video […]
by Suzauddin Rubel COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AFP) — Fifteen people have died and 400 are missing after a huge fire destroyed the shanty homes of tens of thousands of Rohingya in the world’s biggest refugee settlement in Bangladesh, the UN said Tuesday. Nearly one million of the persecuted Muslim minority — many of whom escaped a 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar that UN investigators concluded was executed with “genocidal intent” — live in squalid conditions […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — President Vladimir Putin will be vaccinated in private on Tuesday evening, the Kremlin said, as Russia looks to boost a vaccination campaign that is faltering despite having produced three home-grown jabs. Putin announced a day earlier that he would be vaccinated on Tuesday, joining other world leaders who have received jabs including US President Joe Biden, Pope Francis and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth. But unlike many others who were vaccinated in public […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) — Denmark, which has been under a partial lockdown for the last three months, says it will reopen most of society once everyone over 50 years old are vaccinated. In an announcement late Monday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen unveiled the plan for a return to normal which will see schools and universities, shops, restaurants and bars, libraries, museums and cinemas gradually reopen over a period of two months. “With a few exceptions, […]
(Eagle News) — Active COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 86,200 on Tuesday, March 23, after the Department of Health reported 5,867 additional COVID-19 cases. The additional cases also pushed the COVID-19 total–whether active or not– to 677,653. According to DOH data, of the active cases, 95.4 percent were mild, 2.3 percent were asymptomatic, 0.9 percent severe, and 0.9 percent were in critical condition. Total recoveries rose to 578,461 including the 620 new ones. Twenty […]
(Eagle News) — Malabon Mayor Lenlen Oreta has tested positive for COVID-19. Oreta on Tuesday, March 23, said the results were based on a swab test he took as part of contact tracing efforts. According to the mayor, he was so far asymptomatic, and would be working from home in the meantime. Contact tracing is underway. “This only shows na matindi pa rin ang epekto ng Covid-19 sa Malabon. Matinding pag-iingat ang kailangan lalo na ang […]
400k more Sinovac doses to arrive tomorrow; almost 2M AstraZeneca doses to arrive until March 29 – Galvez (Eagle News) – Close to 409,000 health care workers have already been vaccinated against COVID-19, and more will be given shots as over 2.37 million vaccine doses from Sinovac and AstraZenece are scheduled to arrive before the month ends, according to vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. “Tayo ay nakapagtala na 408,995 health care workers na […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government has ordered the Philippine National Police to ensure the public complies with the requirement of wearing face shields. The DILG issued the directive in a statement on Tuesday, March 23, following results of a study that showed only 32% compliance. Interior spokesperson Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said compliance with the use of face masks is at 91%. According to Malaya, “the combined population effectiveness of […]
(Eagle News) – At least three construction workers died when a building being demolished in Ermita, Manila collapsed on Saturday, March 20. Two more were severely hurt, and were brought to the hospital. According to the Manila Police District homicide section, the accident happened around 11 a.m. on Saturday. The basement and first floor of the Philamlife building gave way while the edifice was being demolished. The fatalities were identified as Richard Bugarin, Joseph […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs repatriated over 6,000 overseas Filipinos last week. The DFA said the additional 6501 repatriates brought the total number of Filipinos abroad brought home by the government since the start of the pandemic in February last year to 394,107. Of the total 394,107 repatriated, the DFA said 104,290 were seafarers, while 289817 were land-based. According to the department, the 6501 overseas Filipinos included 171 overseas Filipinos from Laos […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has reported 171 additional COVID-19 cases among police personnel. According to PNP data as of March 23, the additional cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 13,309. Of these, 1,446 are active. Over 100–or 123–additional recoveries were reported, pushing the PNP COVID-19 recovery tally to 11,827. No additional death was reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 36. Earlier, the PNP announced PNP Chief Debold […]
by Jason CONNOLLY with Andrew Marszal in Los Angeles Agence France Presse BOULDER, United States (AFP) — A gunman killed multiple people including a police officer at a grocery store in Colorado on Monday, police said, in the latest shooting to hit the western state — scene of two of the most infamous US mass murders. One “person of interest” is injured and in custody, police commander Kerry Yamaguchi told reporters, following the incident […]
