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(Eagle News) — The vaccine rollout for health frontliners of the New Era General Hospital (NEGH) started Friday, March 5, 2021 as more of the country’s health care workers are assured of vaccines that would protect them from contracting severe cases of COVID-19. The vaccination process starts with the registration of those to be vaccinated, followed by pre-screening before the vaccination itself. An observation procedure on those vaccinated follows. About a hundred health care […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities in Eastern Visayas rescued nine minors the police believe were being trafficked for child labor in Luzon. The Philippine National Police said the nine, five girls and four boys, came all the way from Surigao del Sur and were en route to Pampanga when rescued on Wednesday. The rescue operation stemmed from a telephone call from Police Lt. Dennis N. Cayme, officer in charge of the San Agustin Municipal Police Station […]
(Eagle News) — Inflation accelerated further to 4.7 percent in February, the fastest pace since January 2019, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Friday, March 5. According to the PSA, the uptrend in the country’s inflation was brought about primarily by the uptick in the inflation of heavily-weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages. From 6.1 percent in January 2021, this went up to 6.7 percent. The PSA said also contributing to the uptrend were the higher […]
(Eagle News) — Twelve more overseas Filipinos died due to COVID-19. According to Department of Foreign Affairs data, the additional deaths pushed the COVID-19 death toll among Filipinos abroad to 1,033. Twenty-nine additional cases also pushed the COVID-19 total to 15,052. “To date, the total number of countries and territories with confirmed cases among Filipinos remains at 87,” the DFA said. Based on DFA data, 58 more recoveries were reported among overseas Filipinos. This also […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Friday, March 5: MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights as only those with the same will be allowed entry into the airport. The government has imposed some restrictions on entry into the Philippines amid the COVID-19 pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected proposals to place the entire Philippines under a modified general community quarantine, the […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains will persist in the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Cagayan, Isabela, Aurora, and Quezon will have cloudy skies with light rains as the northeast monsoon affects Northern Luzon. Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and the rest of Cagayan Valley will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — New Zealand lifted tsunami evacuation orders covering large swathes of its coastline Friday, declaring “the largest waves have now passed” after a swarm of powerful offshore earthquakes. “All people who evacuated can now return,” said the National Emergency Management Agency, which ordered tens of thousands of residents to flee for higher ground after a series of tremors early Friday. © Agence France-Presse
by Danny KEMP THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Europe’s drug regulator launched a rolling review of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, putting it on course to be the first non-Western jab used across the 27-nation EU. Russia quickly said it was ready to provide jabs for 50 million Europeans as soon as the shot gets the green light from the Amsterdam-based European Medicines Agency (EMA). Moscow has pushed Europe to follow the lead […]
(Eagle News) — There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology issued the advisory after a strong earthquake hit near New Zealand on Thursday, March 5, New Zealand time. PHIVOLCS said the magnitude of the earthquake which hit at 3:28 a.m. on Friday, March 5, Philippine time, near the Kermadec Islands was at 8. The US Geological Survey, however, pegged it at 8.1. PHIVOLCS said the depth of […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — California will set aside nearly half of its next batch of vaccines for people living in its most disadvantaged zip codes, as concern grows over a yawning gap in the pandemic’s impact on rich and poor, Governor Gavin Newsom said Thursday. The policy comes as data shows low-income and minority groups in the nation’s most populous state are far more severely hit by Covid-19, and also substantially less likely […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France placed the northern Pas-de-Calais region under weekend lockdown over the spread of Covid-19, the third area to be singled out for tighter restrictions as the government battles to avoid a third national lockdown. Announcing the measure, Prime Minister Jean Castex said that with more than 400 confirmed cases per 100,000 people the Pas-de-Calais had nearly twice the national average. The lockdown will start at 8:00 am on Saturday and end […]
WELLINGTON, United States (AFP) — Tens of thousands of coastal residents in New Zealand, New Caledonia and Vanuatu fled for higher ground Friday as a cluster of powerful earthquakes sparked a Pacific-wide tsunami alert. Warning sirens sounded across Noumea as authorities ordered evacuations amid fears that waves of up three meters (10 feet) were headed towards the French territory. “People must leave beach areas and stop all water activities, and should not pick their children […]
