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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 528,853 on Tuesday, Feb. 2, after the Department of Health reported 1583 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 30368 or 5.7 percent were active. Of these, 89 percent were mild, 5.3 percent asymptomatic, 2.7 percent critical, 2.5 percent were severe, and 0.54 percent were moderate. Thirty-nine additional recoveries pushed the total number of recoveries to 487,611. Sixty-seven deaths pushed the COVID-19 death toll […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar’s ousted National League for Democracy party called for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other detained leaders on Tuesday, describing the coup a day earlier as a “stain” on the military’s history. Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto leader, was detained by the military in the early hours of Monday along with President Win Myint. The army installed an ex-general as president and handed “legislative, judicial and executive powers” […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Feb. 2, said President Rodrigo Duterte “surely” wants Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong to stay on as the country’s contact tracing czar. “I have heard with my own two ears nothing but words of praises for Mayor Magalong from the President,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. He made the comment after Magalong tendered his resignation from the post after he admitted lapses in a party to boost tourism in Baguio […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration arrested in Pampanga an Italian national wanted in his country. The bureau said Ivaldi Antonello, 51, was nabbed after attempting to extend his visa at the bureau’s Angeles field office on Monday, Feb. 1. According to Alien Control Officer Mark Leslie Gonzales, Antonello had sought to extend his tourist visa when immigration personnel discovered that he was on an active watchlist for being a fugitive. “We received official […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has extended his leave until the end of February. Interior Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said the extension was “upon doctors’ advice for him to fully recuperate, regain his strength, and prioritize his health above all else.” Año contracted the COVID-19 virus twice–in March last year and then a few months later, in August. He was supposed to get back to work this month after he took a one-month leave […]
Advises Galvez not to be discouraged by “brickbats” thrown at him by politicians (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte stressed that all payments for the vaccines that the Philippines will buy will be coming from the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank, as he chided critics claiming that there could be corruption in the vaccine deals. Duterte also reiterated how the vaccine deals would still have to pass through the Department of Finance, […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Anthony Davis scored 25 points and LeBron James added 21 as the Los Angeles Lakers overpowered the Atlanta Hawks on Monday to end their road trip with a hard-fought 107-99 victory. James pulled down seven rebounds and weighed in with nine assists as well as a clutch three-pointer that gave the Lakers a 101-97 lead with just over a minute remaining at State Farm Arena. It was the decisive […]
https://youtu.be/kYtMPr9lZPU New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency that started Sunday, January 31, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. in response to the expected winter storm. Snow accumulation from the storm began Sunday afternoon, with the heaviest snow happening Monday. Hazardous conditions may continue through Tuesday morning. Executive Order No. 218 declares a state of emergency across all 21 counties in New Jersey, allowing resources to be deployed throughout the state during the duration […]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for 44 counties as a slow-moving Nor’easter is producing blizzard-like conditions for the next two days with wind gusts ranging from 40 to 60 mph. The governor is deploying 130 members of the National guard to hardest hit areas to aid in emergency response efforts. Watch details in this report by Eagle News America prepared by Eagle News Service’s North America bureaus. (Eagle News Service)
(Eagle News) — A rainfall advisory has been raised over parts of Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said light to moderate with occasional heavy rains are affecting Cebu, Eastern Samar, Leyte and Southern Leyte. The same conditions are also being experienced over Biliran Island, Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental. According to the weather bureau, the conditions are due to the northeast monsoon affecting the Philippines. The public was advised to monitor […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities will not sanction violators of the Child Safety and Motor Vehicle Act just yet. The Land Transportation Office said issuances of fines and the imposition of driver’s license demerit points for not using a child car seat for children below a specific height may be done in three to six months. The law, or RA 11229, was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on February 22, 2019. Its Implementing Rules and Regulations […]
(Eagle News) — Two men were arrested in Pampanga on Friday after they attempted to bribe immigration agents with P1.5 million in exchange for the release of a French fugitive, the Bureau of Immigration said on Monday, Feb. 1. The bureau said Aaron Bolus and Joseph Gonzales were nabbed in an entrapment operation conducted by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and the City Intelligence Unit of the Angeles City Police Office. The bureau’s Fugitive […]
