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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Monday, Feb. 15

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Monday, Feb. 15: 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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PNP reports 122 more COVID-19 recoveries

(Eagle News) –Over 100 more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional 122 recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 10,270. The PNP COVID-19 total, however, also increased, now at 10,782, with the addition of 101 cases. Of these, 481 were active. One additional death was reported, pushing the PNP COVID-19 death toll to 31. Uniformed personnel, including policemen, are among the list of priorities in the Philippines’ […]

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New Zealand virus outbreak is first of UK variant: officials

  AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AFP) — Two new coronavirus infections which sent New Zealand’s biggest city into lockdown Monday are due to the UK variant of the disease, the first to be detected in the country, officials said. The Health Ministry said genomic sequencing identified the infections in Auckland as caused by the highly-contagious strain first found in the UK and said there was no link to any other positive cases detected so far in […]

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Tail-end of frontal system affecting eastern section of S. Luzon, Visayas

Northeast monsoon also affecting rest of Luzon (Eagle News) — The tail-end of a frontal system is affecting the eastern section of Southern Luzon and Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northeast monsoon is also affecting the rest of Luzon. As a result, Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula and Northern Mindanao will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate with at times heavy rains are […]

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Myanmar junta cuts internet as troops fire to break up protest

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar cut internet service and deployed troops around the country on Monday in signs of a feared crackdown on anti-coup protests, hours after security forces fired to disperse a demonstration in the country’s north. The junta has escalated efforts to quell a burgeoning civil disobedience campaign which is demanding a return of the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Monday’s internet shutdown and a request from the United Nations for […]

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PHL COVID-19 cases reach 549,176; 10,967 more recover

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 549,176 after the Department of Health reported 1,928 additional cases. Of the total cases, the DOH said 25,918 were active. Of these, 86 percent were mild, 7.2 percent asymptomatic, 3 percent critical, 2.9 percent severe, and 0.91 percent moderate. Over 10,000–or 10,967–more recoveries pushed the COVID-19 recovery total to 511,743. Eight additional deaths pushed the death toll to 11,515. The government is gearing up for the […]

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Growing concern over first W.Africa Ebola outbreak for five years

by Mouctar Ba with Philippe Siuberski in Dakar CONAKRY, Guinea (AFP) — West Africa faced its first known Ebola resurgence since the end of a devastating outbreak in 2016 on Sunday, with Guinea responding to what its health chief called an “epidemic” after seven cases were confirmed. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic stretching health resources across the world, Guinea and the World Health Organization (WHO) say they are better prepared to deal with Ebola now than […]

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UK’s virus jabs pass 15 mn, as New Zealand orders city lockdown

by Joe JACKSON in London and AFP bureaus LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s coronavirus vaccination programme passed the 15 million mark on Sunday, hours after New Zealand, so far largely spared by the pandemic, ordered its largest city into lockdown. The European Union, facing criticism over the sluggish roll-out of its own programme, meanwhile, confirmed it would fast-track approval of vaccines updated to target variants of the original virus. Germany partially closed its borders […]

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DOTr: Construction of MRT-7 59.82 percent complete

(Eagle News) — Construction of the Metro Rail Transit-7 is 59.82 percent complete, the Department of Transportation said over the weekend. According to the DOTr, once operational, the 14-station MRT-7 is expected to cut short the travel time from North Avenue in Quezon City to San Jose Del Monte in Bulacan to just 35 minutes. As it is, it said it takes two to three hours to travel from one point to the other. With […]

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PNP reports 57 more COVID-19 recoveries

(Eagle News) — Fifty-seven more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 10148. Seventy-two additional COVID-19 cases, however, also pushed the PNP COVID-19 tally to 10681. Of these, 503 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 30. The government has said it was targeting COVID-19 vaccination of 50 to 60 percent of […]

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Immigration bureau clarifies: Only tourists with pre-applied entry exemption document from DFA allowed entry into PHL

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration clarified not all tourists are allowed entry into the Philippines, as the agency gears up for the implementation of revised travel restrictions. In a statement, bureau Port Operations Division Chief Candy Tan said only those with a pre-applied entry exemption document are allowed in the country under a tourist status, a document which may be requested from the Department of Foreign Affairs’ Philippine posts abroad. The request, she […]

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Cloudy skies, rains expected due to tail-end of frontal system, northeast monsoon

(Eagle News) — The tail-end of a frontal system is affecting the eastern sections of Southern Luzon and Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northeast monsoon is also affecting the rest of Luzon. As a result, Zamboanga Peninsula and the provinces of Palawan, Albay, Sorsogon, and Masbate will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate with at times heavy rains are possible. Ilocos […]

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