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PHL total COVID-cases, including recoveries, reach 656,056 (Eagle News) – Close to 8,000 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were added to the Philippines on Saturday, March 20, the biggest single-day tally so far since the pandemic began last year. With this latest addition of 7,999 new cases, the total number of active COVID-19 cases in the country reached 80,642, also a record-high. Total confirmed cases in the Philippines reached 656,056 as the country tried to […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 struck central Mexico on Friday, seismologists said, triggering alarms in the capital where anxious residents poured into the streets. Despite the panic, there were no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage. The quake struck 59 kilometers (37 miles) southeast of San Marcos in Guerrero state at a depth of 19 kilometers, according to the national seismology service. The tremor triggered Mexico City’s […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Manny Pacquiao plans to run in next year’s presidential elections. This was revealed by Senator Panfilo Lacson Jr., who said that he had been consulted several times by the famous boxer-senator about his alleged plan to run for the highest position of the land. Pacquiao, the president of PDP Laban, said that becoming the country’s president is a matter of destiny. In a video message, he did not confirm directly […]
(Eagle News)–Health authorities on Saturday, March 20, reported additional variant cases in the Philippines, which is currently battling a surge in COVID-19 cases. The Department of Health (DOH), the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the University of the Philippines-National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) said in a joint statement that the 46 additional B.1.1.7 variant cases, 62 additional B.1.351 variant cases, and six additional P.3 variant cases were found among the eleventh batch […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The son of one of six women of Asian descent killed when a white man went on a shooting rampage in a series of Georgia spas had raised $1.5 million Friday after setting up a GoFundMe page to help provide for himself and his younger brother. Randy Park, 23, had aimed to raise $20,000 after his mother Hyun Jung Grant was shot dead at the Gold Spa in Atlanta, […]
by Eric BARADAT Agence France Presse ATLANTA, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden on Friday denounced the upsurge of violence against Asian-Americans, telling a community plunged into grief after this week’s Atlanta murders that the nation must not be complicit in the face of racism and xenophobia. After meeting with leaders of Georgia’s Asian-American community, Biden delivered a brief speech at Atlanta’s Emory University, where he branded hate and racism “the ugly […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and isolated rains are still expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said this was due to the easterlies affecting the Philippines. PAGASA said Metro Manila, in particular, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. PAGASA said the entire Visayas, Occidental Mindoro, and Palawan including Kalayaan Islands […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 volcanic earthquakes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the 175 quakes at the volcano, which remains on alert level 2, included 131 episodes of volcanic tremor with durations of one to fifteen minutes. A moderate emission of steam-laden plumes was also monitored. Sulfur dioxide emission also averaged 603 tons yesterday, March 19. “Temperature highs of 71.8°C and pH of 1.59 were […]
(Eagle News) — The government has transported over 400,000 overseas Filipino workers back to their respective provinces amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, the Department of Transportation said the 494,506 who benefited from the Hatid-Tulong program of the government was the recorded figure as of March 19. Of these, 150556 were transported by land, 258337 by air, and 85613 by sea. The figures for those transported via land and air were the total numbers […]
Vaccine arrival has led public complacency in observing health protocols – WHO https://youtu.be/Y_zIWHW8VMc (Eagle News) — “Vaccine optimism” that led to public complacency and lax observance of minimum health protocols in the country, coupled with the presence of the three highly infectious SARS-CoV2 variants, are the primary reasons for the sharp increase in COVID-19 cases in the Philippines, according to the World Health Organization’s country representative. “The one factor is what I would […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more police personnel have tested positive for COVID-19. According to Philippine National Police data, the 111 additional cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 12,735. Of these, 1,176 were active. Forty more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19, pushing the PNP recovery total to 11,525. No additional death was reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 34. Earlier, the PNP announced PNP Chief Debold Sinas had tested […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, March 20: MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights as only those with the same will be allowed entry into the airport premises. The National Task Force Against COVID-19 has levelled travel restrictions anew, with foreigners, with exceptions, temporarily banned from entering the Philippines. The imposition of the restrictions were amid a surge in COVID-19 […]
