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PNP reports 66 more COVID-19 cases

(Eagle News) — Sixty-six more police personnel have tested positive for COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 11896. Of these, 671 were active. Twenty-eight additional recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 11193. No additional deaths were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 32. Uniformed personnel, including the police, are among the priorities in a COVID-19 national vaccination drive that kicked […]

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Indonesia bus plunge kills two dozen pilgrims

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A bus carrying dozens of pilgrims plunged down a steep ravine on Indonesia’s Java island, killing at least 27 people including junior high school students, authorities said Thursday. Rescuers worked through the night using cranes to pluck injured survivors from the wreckage after the fatal crash late Wednesday in West Java’s Sumedang district. The bus carrying 66 passengers was travelling on a winding, poorly lit road when it plunged down the […]

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42 volcanic tremor episodes monitored at Taal in 24 hours; alert level 2 still in place

(Eagle News) — Forty-two volcanic tremor episodes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the tremor episodes at the volcano, which remains on alert level 2, lasted for one to seven minutes. Low-level background volcanic tremor that began at 6:37 p.m. on March 10 lasted for approximately four and a half hours, PHIVOLCS said. It said also monitored were steam and sulfur dioxide emissions. The steam emission, […]

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Two new Covid-positive players as NBA All-Star break ends

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The NBA had two players test positive for Covid-19 from 465 players tested since March 3, the league said Wednesday as its mid-season All-Star Game break concluded. Anyone returning a positive test or identified as being in close contact to an infected person must quarantine until they are cleared under NBA health and safety protocols. The contract tracing issue was what kept Philadelphia 76ers stars Joel Embiid of Cameroon […]

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Comelec temporarily closes all offices in Intramuros, Manila following COVID-19 transmission among employees

(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections temporarily closed all its offices in Intramuros, Manila after a recent transmission of COVID-19 among its employees. In a statement, Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said to be temporarily shut down are the main office and the offices of the regional election director of the National Capital Region, Region IV-A and Region IV-B. The closure starts on March 11 and will end on March 24. “We wish to assure […]

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Spurs big man LaMarcus Aldridge headed ‘elsewhere’ in NBA: Popovich

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The San Antonio Spurs have “mutually agreed” with LaMarcus Aldridge to try to find a new NBA home for the veteran forward, coach Gregg Popovich said Wednesday. Popovich confirmed that Aldridge was healthy but not with the team as they began the second half of the NBA season with a game against the Mavericks in Dallas. “LaMarcus is not with the team,” Popovich said before the game. “He’s healthy, […]

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Cloudy skies, rains to persist today, March 11

(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the Philippines today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms are expected in Visayas and Mindanao due to the low pressure area (LPA) located 465 km east of General Santos. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon, on the […]

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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Thursday, March 11

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Thursday, March 11:   MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights as only those with the same will be allowed entry into the airport. President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected proposals to place the entire Philippines under a modified general community quarantine, the lowest form of community quarantine, sans a COVID-19 vaccine rollout. His go-signal would have […]

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Myanmar protesters ‘barricaded’ in by security forces: UN

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Hundreds of peaceful anti-coup protesters were “barricaded” by Myanmar security forces in apartment buildings in Yangon on Monday, the UN secretary-general said, calling for their release “without violence or arrests”. The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since a February 1 coup ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and triggered mass protests against the new military junta. The police and military have responded with an increasingly brutal crackdown on […]

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Brazil Covid deaths top 2,000 in 24 hours

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil registered a record 2,286 deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said Wednesday, as a worrying surge pushed the figure past 2,000 for the first time. The South American country of 212 million people, which has the world’s second-highest death toll in the pandemic, is struggling to deal with a crush of cases that have pushed many hospitals close to the breaking point. The new daily […]

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Forest fires in Argentina leave 7 injured, 15 missing

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Seven people were injured and 15 more missing on Wednesday as forest fires ripped through Argentine Patagonia, official sources said. Some 200 people had to be evacuated and around 100 homes were damaged by fire in an area of forests and lakes popular with tourists close to the Andes mountain range. “I’m going to file a criminal complaint because it was an intentional fire,” said Environment Minister Juan Cabandie in […]

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Texas reopens ‘100%’ as US vaccination drive gains pace

by Francois Picard with Issam Ahmed in Washington HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — Texas lifted its mask mandate and capacity restrictions on restaurants and other businesses Wednesday, despite experts warning the “100 percent” relaxation of coronavirus curbs will exacerbate the spread of worrying variants. The Lone Star State became the fifth to rescind its face covering order in a sign of increasing optimism about the pandemic in the world’s hardest hit country, where the infection […]

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