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(Eagle News) — Forty of the 44 UK variant cases in the country have recovered from COVID-19. Epidemiology Bureau Director Alethea De Guzman said in a virtual briefing that of the remaining four, three were still active cases while one was a fatality. Of the three active cases, she said one was a returning overseas Filipino from the United Arab Emirates, another a 20-year-old female from Sabangan, Mountain Province, and another a 37-year-old male from […]
by Robin MILLARD GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization gave emergency use approval to AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccines on Monday, meaning distribution can start to poorer countries starved of doses to fight the pandemic. The AstraZeneca-Oxford jab forms the bulk of batches being lined up through Covax, the global program aimed at procuring and shipping out vaccines equitably around the world, regardless of wealth. It is only the second Covid-19 jab to have received […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Monday for an investigation into a rocket attack on an airbase in Iraq’s Kurdistan region and promised to “hold accountable those responsible.” A volley of rockets targeting the base late Monday killed a foreign civilian contractor and wounded five others and a US soldier, the US-led coalition said. “We are outraged by today’s rocket attack in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region,” Blinken said in […]
by Fran BLANDY MERU, Kenya (AFP) — As dawn breaks in central Kenya, a helicopter lifts off in a race to find roosting locusts before the sun warms their bodies and sends them on a ravenous flight through farmland. Pilot Kieran Allen begins his painstaking survey from zebra-filled plains and lush maize farms, to dramatic forested valleys and the vast arid expanses further north, his eyes scouring the landscape for signs of the massed insects. […]
(Eagle News) — There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology issued the advisory following a strong earthquake that struck Vanuatu on Tuesday. The United States Geological Survey said the quake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 6.7, struck 59 kilometers west of Port Vila. According to PHIVOLCS, the earthquake hit at 8:49 a.m., Philippine time, and had a depth of 14 kilometers. Media reports said the quake […]
PORT VILLA, Vanuatu (AFP) — A strong earthquake struck Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila on Tuesday, with eyewitnesses reporting violent shaking and the US Geological Survey measuring a shallow 6.2-magnitude quake just off the South Pacific island’s coast. “Wow, haven’t felt one like that in years. My heart’s still in my mouth,” local journalist Dan McGarry posted on Twitter, “very large lateral movement”. Authorities said the quake occurred 90 kilometres (56 miles) west of the […]
by Francois Picard with Chris Lefkow in Washington Agence France Presse HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — Much of the United States was in the icy grip of an “unprecedented” winter storm on Monday as frigid Arctic air sent temperatures plunging, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations, making driving hazardous and leaving millions without power in Texas. Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for the southern state, and the National Weather Service (NWS) said […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has repatriated over 100 Filipinos from Myanmar. The DFA said the 139 Filipinos arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on Monday, via a chartered AirAsia special flight. Among those repatriated were 11 dependent children and four dependent parents, including two senior citizens, of the repatriated Filipinos who worked as professionals in Myanmar but whose contracts were affected by the COVID-19 restrictions in the country. […]
(Eagle News) — Police intercepted P4.892 million worth of ecstasy at the Philpost Central Office in Manila on Monday, Feb. 16. The Philippine National Police said also arrested during the controlled delivery operation was Ronron Salonga, 26, after he received the parcel containing 2,878 ecstasy pills. The pills, which had been concealed in a box of clothes and shoes shipped by a certain Mary Lumbao Edwards from The Netherlands, had an estimated value of P4,892,600. […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms are expected in Visayas and Mindanao due to the tail-end of a frontal system (shear line) affecting the eastern section of Visayas and Mindanao. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate with at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, […]
(Eagle News) — Ninety-eight tremor episodes were recorded at Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the tremors at the volcano, which remains on alert level 1, lasted for five to 12 minutes. PHIVOLCS said the emission of white steam-laden plumes was weak in the main crater. “Temperature highs of 77.1°C and pH of 1.59 were last measured from the Main Crater Lake on 12 February 2021,” PHIVOLCS said. It […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, Feb. 16: 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 […]
