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SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s economy contracted 1.1 percent in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic took hold, but saw a remarkable recovery late in the year as outbreaks were brought under control and restrictions lifted. Official figures released Wednesday showed the economy grew 3.1 percent in the October-December quarter following a 3.4 percent increase in the previous quarter. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said it was the first time since records began 60 years ago […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — It’s the sort of chance that comes along just once in a blue Moon: a Japanese billionaire is throwing open a private lunar expedition to eight people from around the world. Yusaku Maezawa, an online fashion tycoon, was announced in 2018 as the first man to book a spot aboard the lunar spaceship being developed by SpaceX. Maezawa, who paid an undisclosed sum for the trip expected to launch around 2023, […]
(Eagle News) — Ten volcanic earthquakes and one rockfall event were monitored at Mayon in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quakes at the volcano, which remains on alert level 1, had a magnitude range of ML1.1 to ML3.1, with the strongest recorded at 7:41 am yesterday. That earthquake was felt at Intensity I in the center of the municipality of Sto. Domingo, Albay. Also monitored at Mayon were moderate steam […]
(Eagle News) –Over 3,000 overseas Filipinos were repatriated last week amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional repatriates brought the total number of Filipinos repatriated since the start of repatriation efforts in February 2020 to 372,730. Of these, DFA data said 101,558 were sea-based, while 271,172 were land-based. It said the 3,994 repatriated last week included a distressed fisherman from Indonesia, medical repatriates from Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Italy, Turkey, Bahrain […]
(Eagle News) — The police on Tuesday, March 2, rescued an abducted Taiwanese national in Parañaque City. A Philippine National Police statement said Wu Keng Hao was rescued by members of the PNP’s Anti-Kidnapping Group at Pearl Marina, in Building 28 Floor Unit 24. The PNP said the rescue operations, which were prompted by a kidnapping report, took place at 9:30 a.m. They were done in coordination with the establishment’s security personnel. “During the rescue, […]
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil on Tuesday registered a record 1,641 deaths in 24 hours from Covid-19, health authorities announced, as the country endures a further worsening of the pandemic. The country of 212 million inhabitants has recorded a total of 257,361 Covid-19 deaths, according to the health ministry, and has the second-highest national death toll after the United States. Brazil continues to have a piecemeal response, with individual cities and states setting their own […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Debold Sinas on Wednesday, March 3, ordered the immediate relief of the chief of the Legal Affairs Division of the Internal Affairs Service in Region 3. In a statement, the PNP said Atty. Efren Garcia II, a member of the non-uniformed PNP personnel, was administratively relieved from his post after he failed a drug test during a random drug testing of the IAS in Central Luzon. The PNP […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines called for the “immediate release” of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and for a “complete return to the previously existing state of affairs” as protests against the Southeast Asian country’s military coup continued. The Philippines made the call in a statement after the Informal Association of Southeast Asian Foreign Ministers meeting held to discuss international and regional issues. According to the Philippines, the “complete return to the previously […]
(Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern and Central Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Aurora and Quezon will have cloudy skies with rains. It said flash floods or landslides due to light to moderate with at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon, the weather bureau said, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Education has extended the school year for basic education to July 10, 2021. In issuing DepEd Order No. 012, s. 2021 that made the amendment to DepEd Order No. 30, s. 2020, the DepEd noted that there was a need to address “learning gaps” which were “attributable to reduced academic opportunities at home and substantial loss of live contact with teachers.” It said there was also a need to […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday lifted a state mask mandate and said he was authorizing businesses restricted because of the coronavirus pandemic to open “100 percent.” “For nearly half a year, most businesses have been open either 75 percent or 50 percent and during that time, too many Texans have been sidelined from employment opportunities,” Abbott said. “Too many small business owners have struggled to pay their bills,” the […]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday told French counterpart Emmanuel Macron he wants their countries to cooperate to fight terrorism, as Ankara moves to ease tensions with Paris. The two leaders, who have clashed over a range of issues including the conflicts in Syria and Libya as well as the eastern Mediterranean, spoke in a video call for the first time since September. According to a statement by the Turkish […]
