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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — First Lady Melania Trump released a farewell message Monday as she prepares to leave the White House, saying that “violence is never the answer,” weeks after the president’s supporters stormed the US Capitol. In a formal, six-minute speech recorded on video, she made only a fleeting reference to her husband as she paid tribute to military families, pandemic health workers and those helping victims of opioid abuse. “The past […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — A 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook western and central Argentina Monday, the United States Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or significant damage. The quake struck at 11:45 pm local time (02:45 GMT Tuesday) at a depth of 20 kilometers, according to the USGS. The epicenter was near the town of Pocito, in San Juan province, about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from Buenos Aires and near the […]
AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) — An out-of-control dumper truck crushed fifteen people to death as they slept by the roadside early Tuesday in western India, authorities said. The dead included a baby girl, eight women and six men, said police official Usha Rada in the Suraj district of Gujarat state. Six others were injured. The truck collided with a tractor carrying sugarcane just after midnight at a crossroads. “The dumper driver… lost control of the vehicle […]
by Edgar Calderon with Henry Morales Arana in Guatemala City VADO HONDO, Guatemala (AFP) — Guatemalan security forces on Monday broke up a caravan of about 4,000 Honduran migrants trying to reach the United States on a journey of thousands of kilometers through Central America on foot, AFP reporters witnessed. Police advanced on the group in a coordinated move, striking batons against their shields to make an intimidating noise, prompting the migrants to scatter. The […]
(Eagle News) — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday, January 19, defended his decision to terminate an agreement with the University of the Philippines that requires government security troops to notify UP officials prior to their operations inside the campus. In defending his move, Lorenzana noted that the agreement forged in 1989 had become “obsolete” and that “times and circumstances have changed..” He noted UP “has become the breeding ground of intransigent individuals and groups […]
(Eagle News) — There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology made the statement on Tuesday, January 19, after a strong earthquake struck Argentina on Monday, Argentina time. The GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said the earthquake that hit San Juan province had a magnitude of 6.8. It had a depth of 10 kilometers, GFZ said. The US Tsunami Warning System said no tsunami warning has been […]
(Eagle News) — Seventy more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. The Philippine National Police said the additional cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 9595. Of these, 480 were active. Twenty-five more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19, according to the latest PNP data, pushing the PNP recovery total to 9087. No additional death was reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 28. Policemen are among the country’s frontliners […]
(Eagle News) — Fifty-five more overseas Filipinos have recovered from COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said with the additional recoveries, the total COVID-19 recoveries among Filipinos abroad rose to 8682. Forty-eight new cases pushed the total to 13591, the DFA said. Six fatalities also pushed the COVID-19 death toll among Filipinos abroad, now at 941. Based on DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries […]
(Eagle News) — Two members of a gun-for-hire group died in a shootout with police in Pampanga, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Harry Mandahay and Jeffrey Diamada were killed after they “put up an armed resistance” against Highway Patrol Group operatives manning a police checkpoint along River Control Road (Mega Dike) in Barangay Cabanetican, Bacolor at 1:45 a.m. on Tuesday. PNP Chief Debold Sinas said the suspects were on board a […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Eastern Samar. PAGASA said so far, the LPA was located 65 kilometers east of Guiuan and was embedded in the Intertropical Convergence Zone. Eastern Visayas and Bicol region will have cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rains and thunderstorms as a result of the LPA and the tail-end of a frontal system affecting the eastern section of Southern Luzon. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President-elect Joe Biden’s spokeswoman quickly dismissed Donald Trump’s announcement Monday that a Covid-19 ban on travelers arriving from much of Europe and Brazil would be lifted, underlining the fractious transition of power. “On the advice of our medical team, the Administration does not intend to lift these restrictions on 1/26,” tweeted Jen Psaki, Biden’s press secretary. “In fact, we plan to strengthen public health measures around international travel in […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, January 19: Flight schedules may change at any given time. 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 into the airport. The Philippine government has imposed travel restrictions on over 30 countries following reports of the United Kingdom and South African […]
