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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Wednesday, Feb. 17

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Wednesday, Feb. 17: Flight schedules may change at any given time. The government has eased restrictions on travel, with some foreigners now allowed entry into the Philippines. Starting Feb. 1, the government said the following from the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland, Japan, Australia, Israel, the Netherlands, China, Hong Kong, Switzerland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Lebanon, Singapore, Sweden, South […]

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US warns of Ebola threat after Africa outbreaks

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Tuesday warned that, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the world “cannot afford to turn the other way” after cases of Ebola were confirmed in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Five people have died of Ebola virus in Guinea — the first outbreak in West Africa since a 2013-2016 epidemic that left more than 11,300 people dead in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The Democratic Republic […]

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Singapore rolls out new budget boost for virus-hit businesses

SINGAPORE (AFP) — Singapore on Tuesday unveiled a fresh multi-billion-dollar package to help pandemic-battered businesses and fund a vaccination drive, as part of the city-state’s annual budget. The coronavirus has plunged the financial hub into its worst-ever recession, with the crucial aviation and tourism sectors hit particularly hard as global travel ground to a halt. Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced the new package totalling Sg$11 billion (US$8.3 billion) as he unveiled the budget in […]

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Indonesian landslide kills nine with 10 missing

  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — At least nine people have died and 10 are missing after a landslide caused by torrential rains swept away several homes in Indonesia, officials said Monday, with hundreds forced to flee their flooded homes. Twenty-one people were initially reported missing after the disaster struck Sunday evening in a rural part of East Java. Indonesia’s Search and Rescue Agency said it had found nine bodies, but was still searching for 10 […]

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Suu Kyi hit with second charge as Myanmar junta tightens grip

  YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi was hit with another charge on Tuesday, after the military imposed a second straight overnight internet shutdown in an attempt to grind down an anti-coup uprising. In the two weeks since the generals ousted Suu Kyi and put the civilian leader under house arrest in the administrative capital Naypyidaw, big cities and isolated village communities alike have been in open revolt. The military […]

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North Korea ‘tried to hack’ Pfizer for vaccine info – South’s spies: reports

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean hackers tried to break into the computer systems of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in a search for information on a coronavirus vaccine and treatment technology, South Korea’s spy agency said Tuesday, according to reports. The impoverished, nuclear-armed North has been under self-imposed isolation since closing its borders in January last year to try to protect itself from the virus that first emerged in neighbouring China and has gone […]

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DOH: More COVID-19 specimens needed to know if there’s community transmission of UK variant

Different protocols of airlines prevented transport of samples from Visayas, Mindanao (Eagle News) — The Department of Health said that due to lack of information such as samples from various areas in the country, it still cannot say if there already is ongoing community transmission of the so-called UK variant, or variant B.1.1.7 of the COVID-19 virus in the country. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that COVID-19 samples from areas in Visayas and Mindanao […]

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PHL COVID-19 cases reach 552,246; 45 more recover

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 552,246 after the Department of Health reported 1391 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 28926 were active. Of these, 87.1 percent were mild, 6.7 percent asymptomatic, 2.7 percent critical, 2.6 percent severe, and 0.85 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 511796, with the addition of 45 ones. Seven additional deaths pushed the COVID-19 death toll to 11524. The government is gearing up for […]

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Perseverance rover lands on Mars this week

  by Lucie AUBOURG Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — After a seven-month journey, NASA’s Perseverance rover prepares to touch down on Mars on Thursday after first negotiating a risky landing procedure that will mark the start of its multi-year search for signs of ancient microbial life. The Mars 2020 mission, which set off late from Florida in late July, includes the largest ever vehicle to be dispatched to the Red Planet. Built […]

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NASA wants to fly a helicopter on Mars for the first time

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — More than a century after the first powered flight on Earth, NASA intends to prove it’s possible to replicate the feat on another world. Transported aboard the Mars 2020 spacecraft that arrives at the Red Planet on Thursday, the small Ingenuity helicopter will have several challenges to overcome — the biggest being the rarefied Martian atmosphere, which is just one percent the density of Earth’s. – Ultralight – It might […]

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NEDA chief pushes for entire PHL to be placed under MGCQ by March, cites rising hunger incidence

  (Eagle News) – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is pushing for the entire country to be placed under Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) starting March. NEDA Acting Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua told President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night, Feb. 15 that as a “balancing act,” the country should be placed under the more relaxed MGCQ to save the economy from further bleeding, but with the strict implementation of minimum health protocols to […]

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JUST IN: PET dismisses Marcos electoral protest vs Robredo

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has dismissed the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo. A statement from the SC said the dismissal was unanimous. Out of the 15 members of the tribunal who were present in today’s meeting, the statement said seven members “fully concurred in the dismissal while eight concurred in the result.” The statement said a copy of the […]

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