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YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar’s anti-coup protesters returned to the streets in force on Wednesday with the biggest demonstrations since troops fanned out around the country to quell opposition to the new military junta. Much of the country has been in open revolt since the military deposed Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s government at the start of the month and charged her under an obscure import law. Tens of thousands rallied in Yangon, […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 553,424 on Wednesday, Feb. 17. This was after the Department of Health reported 1184 additional cases. Of the total COVID-19 cases, the DOH said 29814 were active. Of these, 85.4 percent were mild, 8.5 percent asymptomatic, 2.6 percent each were critical and severe, and 0.83 percent were mild. The recovery tally reached 512,033 after the DOH reported 271 additional ones. Fifty-three additional deaths pushed the COVID-19 […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — New Zealand lifted a snap Covid-19 lockdown in its largest city Auckland on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expressing confidence the outbreak was contained. The stay-at-home order for the city of almost two million was issued on Sunday after three community cases emerged, the first lockdown in Auckland for almost six months. Ardern said close contacts of the three cases, all members of the same family, had all since […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Thousands were rallying in Yangon Wednesday to protest against the military coup despite a build-up of troops and fears of violence escalating. “Today is the day we have to fight till the end. We need to show our unity and strength to end the military rule. People need to come out on the streets,” a 21-year-old university student told AFP. UN special rapporteur Tom Andrews said he feared the situation was […]
(Eagle News) — The tropical depression off Mindanao has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility and is now named “Auring.” The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Auring” is officially the first cyclone to enter PAR in 2021. It is so far not affecting any part of the country but localities in the Visayas, Bicol Region, MIMAROPA, Caraga, Northern Mindanao, Davao Region, Cotabato, and Lanao del Sur, especially hazard-prone areas, were advised to […]
by Natsuko FUKUE TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan began vaccinating healthcare workers against the coronavirus on Wednesday, as it rolled out a cautious inoculation programme with just over five months until the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Japan has so far approved only the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, and started administering the first shots at a Tokyo hospital on Wednesday morning. Tokyo Medical Centre director Kazuhiro Araki volunteered to be the first at the facility to receive the shot. […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos have reached 14,672. This was after the Department of Foreign Affairs received a report about an additional COVID-19 case among Filipinos in Asia and the Pacific. No additional recoveries nor deaths were reported, which means the COVID-19 recovery tally and death toll among Filipinos abroad remain at 9231 and 979, respectively. The Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries and […]
(Eagle News) — Eighteen foreigners were denied entry into the Philippines in 2020 for disrespecting immigration officers and the Philippines. The Bureau of Immigration said the figure represents a 10 percent decrease from the figure reported in 2019. “While immigration officers are instructed to exercise maximum tolerance, some foreign nationals overstep their boundaries and arrive drunk, rowdy, and unruly when they present themselves for inspection. There were even some who would make derogatory statements about […]
by Robin MILLARD GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The number of new cases of Covid-19 reported worldwide fell by 16 percent last week to 2.7 million, the World Health Organization said. The number of new deaths reported also fell 10 percent week-on-week, to 81,000, the WHO said late Tuesday in its weekly epidemiological update, using figures up to Sunday. Five of the six WHO regions of the world reported a double-digit percentage decline in new cases, […]
(Eagle News) — Fifty-eight more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery tally to 10398. Thirty-seven more COVID-19 cases among PNP personnel pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 10870. Of these, 441 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 31. The government has said uniformed personnel were among the priorities in the Philippines’ COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — Sixty-nine tremor episodes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the episodes at the volcano, which remains on alert level 1, lasted for one to five minutes. PHIVOLCS said weak steam emission was also monitored, while temperature highs of 77.1°C and a pH of 1.59 were last measured from the main crater lake on February 12. While a slight deflation around the main crater […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a tropical depression outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said the weather disturbance was located 1080 kilometers east of Mindanao as of 3 a.m. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 55 kph, and is moving westward. Meanwhile, Visayas, Caraga, Northern Mindanao, SOCCSKSARGEN and Zamboanga Peninsula will have cloudy skies with scattered […]
