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(Eagle News) — Court of Appeals Justice Jhosep Ylarde Lopez has been appointed to the Supreme Court. President Rodrigo Duterte signed his appointment on Jan. 25. Lopez replaced CA Associate Justice Priscilla Baltazar Padilla, who opted for early retirement. Padilla was appointed by President Duterte to the High Court in July last year. Before his stint at the CA, Lopez was chief Manila City prosecutor and served as Manila City councilor. He is a graduate […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty-one more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional recoveries pushed the PNP recovery total to 9314. Sixty-nine additional cases, however, pushed the total PNP COVID-19 cases to 9909. Of these, 567 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the COVID-19 death toll among police personnel remains at 28. The government has said it was targeting COVID-19 vaccination of 50 to 60 percent of […]
(Eagle News) — Forty-nine more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 tally among Filipinos abroad to 13,828. Eight additional recoveries pushed the COVID-19 recovery total to 8,828. No additional fatality was reported, which means the death toll due to COVID-19 among overseas Filipinos remains at 945. Based on DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has warned the public against individuals extorting money in exchange for their victims’ removal from the police’s supposed list of Communists and New People’s Army members. In a statement, the PNP said its Anti-Cybercrime Group has already initiated an investigation and case-build up against the individuals, who would identify themselves as policemen and would attempt to solicit amounts ranging from P500,000 and above. “We condemn these fraudulent acts..,” […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health has confirmed the local transmission of the United Kingdom COVID-19 variant in Bontoc, Mt. Province. “To date, all identified cases with the UK variant can be epidemiologically linked to cases coming directly from outside the country (importation) or from specific cases or exposures that can still be identified (local transmission),” the DOH said in a statement. It said, however, that there was “no strong evidence” of community transmission […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Batangas early Tuesday, Jan. 26. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 3:39 a.m., had its epicenter 20 kilometers northwest of Calatagan. It had a depth of 74 kilometers. The following instrumental intensities were reported: Instrumental Intensities: Intensity II – Calatagan, Batangas; Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro Intensity I – Tagaytay City, Cavite; Olongapo City, Zambales No damage to property nor aftershocks […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rainshowers are expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Aurora, and Northern Quezon will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the tail-end of frontal system affecting the eastern sections of Northern and Central Luzon. PAGASA said flashfloods or landslides due to moderate with at times heavy […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Jan. 25, urged children aged 10 to 14 to stay at home with the UK COVID-19 variant already in the country. The President made the appeal days after Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases decision to allow those aged 10 to 65 to leave their residences in modified general community quarantine areas. Roque had said local government […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The first case of a coronavirus variant that recently emerged in Brazil has been confirmed in the United States, health authorities in the state of Minnesota said Monday. The Minnesota Department of Health said in a statement that the “Public Health Laboratory has found the variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus known as the Brazil P.1 variant in a specimen from a Minnesota resident with recent travel history to Brazil.” The […]
(Eagle News)– The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, Jan. 26: MIAA advised passengers to confirm their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry. The government has so far imposed travel restrictions on over 30 countries following reports of the UK and South African COVID-19 strains there. These countries are the UK, Denmark, Ireland, […]
by Alice RITCHIE ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced he will resign Tuesday, in what media reports said was an attempt to build a new government after weeks of political turmoil. He called a cabinet meeting for 9:00am (0800 GMT) when he “will inform the ministers of his desire to go to the Quirinale (President Sergio Mattarella’s office) to resign”, his office said. Media reports suggest Conte will seek a mandate […]
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AFP) — A tropical cyclone that hit central Mozambique on the weekend has displaced thousands of people and caused severe flooding in an area battered by two deadly cyclones in 2019, response teams and aid agencies said. Cyclone Eloise made landfall in the early hours of Saturday, bringing high-speed winds of up to 150 km/h followed by torrential rain over the port city of Beira, the capital of Mozambique’s Sofala province, and the […]
