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(Eagle News) — Three more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. With the additional cases, the number of Filipinos abroad who contracted the virus rose to 13963, according to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data. The DFA said two additional deaths were reported, which brought the COVID-19 death toll among Filipinos abroad to 952. No additional recoveries were reported, so the COVID-19 recovery total remains at 8919. Based on the DFA data, the Middle […]
by Peter HUTCHISON Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A huge snowstorm brought chaos to the United States’ east coast Monday, canceling thousands of flights, closing schools and forcing the postponement of coronavirus vaccinations as New York City steeled itself for possibly one of its heaviest ever snowfalls. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued storm warnings from Virginia to Maine — home to tens of millions of people — as heavy […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Disney is developing a “Black Panther” television series set in the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda as part of a massive new five-year content deal with director Ryan Coogler, the company said Monday. Global smash hit film “Black Panther” starring the late Chadwick Boseman was adored by critics and audiences, becoming the first comic book movie to be nominated for best picture at the Oscars, and grossing over $1 […]
(Eagle News) — The leader of a gang involved in robbery, extortion and land-grabbing, among other criminal activities, died in an encounter with police in Bukidnon on Monday, Feb. 1, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Edward Sevilla alias “Don-Don,” leader of the Sevilla Group, was declared dead on arrival in the hospital after he shot it out with authorities who were out to serve a search warrant issued by Executive Judge […]
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil’s Congress on Monday elected Rodrigo Pacheco as Senate speaker, an ally of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, whose political future could hang in the balance ahead of the lower house’s vote. Pacheco, of the Democrats (DEM) party, won by 57 votes. The 44-year-old achieved the feat of receiving backing from Bolsonaro, as well as the Workers Party (PT), and former leftist presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2003-2010) and Dilma Rousseff […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Scores of Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand protested in front of their embassy on Monday, waving posters of leader Aung San Suu Kyi after she was detained during a military coup. Myanmar’s army took over early Monday, taking Suu Kyi into custody and announcing a state of emergency and power transfer to military chief General Min Aung Hlaing. Dressed in red — the signature colour of Suu Kyi’s National League […]
(Eagle News) — Thirty-four more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 9576. Thirty-three additional cases, however, also pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 10,219. Of these, 614 were active. The PNP has reported an additional death due to COVID-19, bringing the PNP COVID-19 death toll to 29. Uniformed personnel, including the police, are among the priorities in a nationwide COVID-19 […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — There was panic-buying of food, military roadblocks in the capital Naypyidaw and a triumphant pro-army rally in Yangon in the hours after a coup in Myanmar. But there was also quiet anger simmering among those whose hopes for the country’s democratic future have been stolen. “It’s extremely upsetting — I don’t want the coup,” said a 64-year-old Burmese man in Hlaing township, standing with a crowd outside a grocery stall. […]
(Eagle News) — The number of jobless adults dropped to 27.3 percent of the labor force, a recent survey by the Social Weather Stations found. According to the SWS, the 27.3 percent recorded in the poll conducted from November 21 to 25, 2020 translates to 12.7 million people of the labor force, defined as adults (18 years and above) presently with a job and those looking for a job. The SWS said the 12.7 million […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Tuesday, Feb. 2. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 1:14 a.m., had its epicenter 246 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos. It had a depth of 128 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
From 750 samples per week, PGC limited to testing only 48 samples last week (Eagle News) — The Department of Health said that the global shortage of reagents for genome sequencing has affected the country’s ability to do genome sequencing on COVID-19 samples in the country for testing on the UK variant B.1.1.7 and the South African variant of the COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV2. The DOH said that due to this deficiency, the Philippine Genome […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains will persist in the Philippines as the northeast monsoon affects the archipelago. Eastern Visayas and the provinces of Surigao del Norte and Dinagat will have cloudy skies with rains with flashfloods or landslides during moderate with at times heavy rains possible. The rest of Visayas, rest of Caraga, Cagayan Valley, Bicol Region, and the provinces of Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Aurora, and Quezon will have cloudy skies […]
