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(Eagle News) — The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the issuance of a “compassionate use license” for 10,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the Chinese state-owned Sinopharm for use primarily for members of the Presidential Security Group. This was announced by Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque in a media briefing on Thursday, Feb. 5. “Nag-isyu po ng compassionate use license ang ating FDA para sa sampung libong dosage ng Sinopharm,” he said. […]
Four arrested (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has seized P13.4 million worth of illegal drugs in separate operations in Cavite and Nueva Ecija. In a statement, the PNP said also arrested during the operations were four suspected drug pushers. Of the four, the PNP said Aina Elias Maamor alias Uking, 20; Sittie Ambuludto Pagayao, 30; and Michael Ordoñez Romualdez alias Bossing, 33, were arrested by the PNP-Drug Enforcement Group Special Operations Unit 3 […]
(Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern and Central Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila, the Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Ilocos Region, Central Luzon and CALABARZON will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains as a result. Meanwhile, a rainfall advisory has been raised over Casiguran, Aurora. PAGASA said light to moderate rains are being experienced in the area. These may persist within […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Friday, Feb. 12: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. The government has eased travel restrictions imposed on over 30 countries with reported COVID-19 virus variant strains. […]
(Eagle News) — The 35-year-old man who was found to have the United Kingdom variant of the COVID-19 virus has already tested negative for COVID-19. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said in a television interview that the results were based on a re-swabbing done on the man, a former Overseas Filipino Worker in South Korea, in the city’s Hope facility. In a virtual briefing on Thursday, Belmonte said the local government was also planning to file […]
(Eagle News) — Around 600,000 doses of the Chinese vaccine Sinovac will be arriving in the country by February 23, Malacanang said. Presidential Spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque Jr., said that this already includes the 100,000 doses to be donated by China for Philippine soldiers. “Ang bakuna po na Sinovac, galing naman po sa China, nakaukit na po sa bato ang pagdating. Ito po ay abente-tres ng Pebrero, 23 February darating po ang Sinovac, 600,000 pero […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — House prosecutors wrapped up their impeachment case against Donald Trump on Thursday, urging the Senate to convict the former president of inciting the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. “We humbly, humbly ask you to convict President Trump for the crime for which he is overwhelmingly guilty,” said Representative Joe Neguse, one of the House impeachment managers. “Because if you don’t, if we pretend this didn’t happen — or […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Facing a severe vaccine shortage, Los Angeles moved to temporarily close five major inoculation centers including its giant Dodger Stadium site Thursday, even as California this week topped the nation’s pandemic death toll. “We’re vaccinating people faster than new vials are arriving here in Los Angeles, and I’m very concerned right now,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti, slamming the vaccine supply as “uneven… unpredictable and too often inequitable.” Los Angeles […]
Statement came after Pres. Duterte warned Congress he won’t allow ABS-CBN to resume operations (Eagle News) — House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said he is shelving “until the next Congress” moves to revive the franchise of media network ABS-CBN. Velasco said that the priority of Congress right now is to finish “the remaining priority measures” of the Duterte administration. His statement came a few days after President Rodrigo Duterte stated that he would not […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 543,282 on Thursday, Feb. 11, after the Department of Health reported 1734 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 31478 were active. Of these, were 87.6 percent were mild, 6.9 percent asymptomatic, 2.4 percent severe, 2.5 percent critical and 0.62 percent moderate. Recoveries rose to 500335, including the 423 additional ones. The COVID-19 death toll also rose, now at 11469, with the additional 68 […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Air Canada announced Tuesday the suspension of 17 US and international routes until the end of April and layoffs of 1,500 workers, citing a drop in demand for travel after a tightening of public health restrictions to slow the spread of new Covid-19 variants. The cancellations to be phased in over the coming days will affect flights between Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Boston, New York, Seattle and Washington as well as […]
by Jalees ANDRABI Agence France-Presse INDIA (AFP) — Indian rescuers began drilling from above a debris-filled tunnel Thursday in a desperate bid to reach dozens of people missing since a flash flood likely caused by a breaking glacier four days earlier. Workers have toiled night and day clearing rocks and mud from the tunnel at a damaged hydroelectric plant at Tapovan in Uttarakhand in northern India since Sunday’s disaster. More than 170 people are missing […]
