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MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) — Bearing a replica coffin covered in red roses, thousands of people marched Sunday in the US city of Minneapolis, the day before trial proceedings begin for the white police officer charged with killing George Floyd, a Black man. The diverse crowd mostly stayed silent, occasionally chanting “No justice, no peace!” Floyd was 46 when he died of asphyxiation, as then-officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — A drone struck a Saudi oil port and a ballistic missile targeted facilities of energy giant Aramco in the country’s east on Sunday, the energy ministry said. “One of the petroleum tank areas at the Ras Tanura Port in the Eastern Region, one of the largest oil ports in the world, was attacked this morning by a drone, coming from the sea,” the ministry said in a statement released by […]
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AFP) — At least 15 people have been killed and 500 injured after a series of powerful explosions hit a military camp in Equatorial Guinea, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema said. The explosions were caused by “an accident due to the negligence of the unit in charge of storing explosives, dynamite and ammunition”, the president said in a statement read on state television. © Agence France-Presse
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AFP) — Slovakia, a country suffering the world’s highest mortality rate from Covid-19, has received a donation of 15,000 coronavirus vaccine doses from France, Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic said on Sunday. Matovic described the Oxford-AstraZeneca doses as a “very kind and useful gift” and a “great gesture of friendship”, at a news conference with French Ambassador Christophe Leonzi, local press agency TASR reported. Speaking in Bojnice, western Slovakia, the premier added that […]
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel took another step towards post-pandemic normalcy on Sunday, opening restaurants, bars and cafes to vaccinated “green pass” holders, with about 40 percent of the population fully inoculated against the coronavirus. “We are coming to life,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared, as he cut into a pastry at a Jerusalem cafe, according to a video posted on Facebook. Israel, which launched its vaccination campaign in December, has given the recommended two […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 594,412 on Sunday, March 7, after the Department of Health reported 3276 additional cases. This is the third consecutive day the country saw more than 3,000 additional cases in a day in 2021. Earlier, the government said it detected 52 more South African variant cases in the Philippines, 31 additional United Kingdom variant cases and “42 additional cases with mutations of potential clinical significance.” The additional variant cases […]
With arrival of 38,400 add’l doses, total AstraZeneca doses in PHL reach 525,600 (Eagle News) – The second batch of AstraZeneca vaccine doses from the COVAX facility of the World Health Organization arrived on Sunday night, March 7, completing the promised 525,600 initial doses of the vaccine. There were 38,400 AstraZeneca doses that arrived on Sunday night, shortly after 7 p.m. Added to the March 4 delivery of 487,200 doses, the total AstraZeneca doses […]
Groundbreaking ceremony for Coron-Culion Bridge also held (Eagle News) — Authorities inaugurated the Puerto Princesa cruise port on Saturday, March 6. The DOTr said Transportation Secretary Art Tugade, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar also attended the ground-breaking ceremony for the Coron-Culion Bridge. Puerto Princesa Mayor Lucilo Bayron said the cruise port and new facilities would have a huge impact in the tourism of the city. […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard rescued four distressed passengers off El Nido, Palawan on Thursday, March 4. In a statement over the weekend, the PCG said the four individuals had just come from the Provincial Government of Palawan in Barangay San Fernando to pick up medical supplies and were on their way to Barangay Binudac, Culion when they encountered big waves. The big waves damaged the motorbanca’s freeboard, causing it to submerge halfway. […]
(Eagle News) — The police have seized over P7 million worth of suspected shabu in Cebu City on Friday, March 5. In a statement over the weekend, the Philippine National Police said the P7,140,000 worth of illegal drugs were seized from Carlo Magno Escoton Tude, 36, in a buy-bust operation on Magallanes St., Barangay Ermita at 11:55 p.m. The PNP said Tude was arrested in the operation conducted by the local police and the Philippine […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and isolated rains are expected in the country today, March 7. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers, in particular, are expected over Metro Manila and the rest of the country. PAGASA said this was due to the easterlies affecting the eastern section of the country. Localized thunderstorms are also causing the conditions, PAGASA said. Flash floods or landslides […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck Negros Occidental early Sunday, March 7. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 1:32 a.m., had its epicenter nine kilometers northwest of Sipalay. It had a depth of 19 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
