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(Eagle News)–Borongan City in Eastern Samar has been placed under a modified enhanced community quarantine. With the issuance of Executive Order No. JIDCA-001-0121, Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan C. Agda placed the entire Poblacion area under a “hard lockdown” following an increase in COVID-19 cases there. The hard lockdown is effective today, January 18. Under the lockdown, only essential travel will be allowed to and from the city and the Poblacion area. Work, medical and health […]
by Sunghee Hwang SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The de facto chief of South Korea’s Samsung business empire was convicted Monday over a huge corruption scandal and jailed for two and a half years, in a ruling that deprives the tech giant of its top decision-maker. Lee Jae-yong, vice-chairman of Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest smartphone and memory chip maker, was found guilty of bribery and embezzlement in connection with the scandal that brought down […]
by Shatha Yaish Agence France Presse DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — As much of the world tightens lockdowns to stem coronavirus, Dubai has flung its doors open, branding itself as a sunny, quarantine-free escape — despite a sharp rise in cases. While mask-wearing and social distancing are strictly enforced, life in the tourism-reliant emirate looks much like normal, with its restaurants, hotels and mega-malls open for business. Images of sports stars and television personalities […]
by Andi Hajramurni, with Dessy Sagita in Jakarta MAMUJU, Indonesia (AFP) — Medics battled exhaustion and the risk of Covid-19 as they raced Monday to treat scores of people injured by a devastating earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island. At least 81 people were killed and thousands left homeless by the powerful 6.2-magnitude quake that struck early Friday, reducing buildings to a tangled mass of twisted metal and chunks of concrete in the seaside city of […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Joe Biden’s goal of seeing 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine injected within his first 100 days in office is “absolutely” achievable, top US scientist Anthony Fauci said Sunday, days before he is to become the new president’s chief advisor on Covid-19. “The feasibility of his goal is absolutely clear, there’s no doubt about it,” Fauci, the best-known face of the government’s fight against the deadly virus, told NBC’s […]
(Eagle News) — A rainfall advisory has been raised over parts of Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said a yellow rainfall warning has been raised over Zamboanga del Norte (Siocon, Sirawai, Sibuco), Zamboanga Sibugay (Tungawan), Zamboanga City, Davao Oriental (Manay, Tarragona, Mati City, Banaybanay, Lupon, San Isidro, Governor Generoso), Davao de Oro, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Occidental, Sarangani, South Cotabato and Bukidnon (San Fernando, Quezon). That means flooding […]
by Agence France Presse Bureaus SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — The global Covid-19 vaccination drive gained pace Sunday as Brazil gave its first injections and India pushed on with its massive campaign, while European authorities sought to allay concerns about delays in supplies. Brazil’s health regulator gave the green light for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and China’s CoronaVac to be used as the Latin American giant suffers a devastating second wave of the coronavirus. Monica […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty-five more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the PNP COVID-19 recovery total was now at 9087, with the additional recoveries. Seventy additional cases, however, pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 9595. Of these, 480 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the death toll remains at 28. The government has said uniformed personnel–including policemen–were among the priorities in a COVID-19 national vaccination program. The […]
(Eagle News) — Five volcanic earthquakes were monitored at Mayon in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said also monitored at the volcano, which remains on alert level 1, were a faint crater glow, and steam and sulfur dioxide emissions. PHIVOLCS said the emission of white steam-laden plumes was moderate, while the sulfur dioxide emission was last measured at an average of 676 tons on December 29. “Overall, the Mayon edifice is […]
by Brian KNOWLTON Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, Unted States (AFP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s top advisors on Sunday outlined his plans to tackle the nation’s multiple crises while balancing the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, as an historic inauguration week opens in the United States. Washington was under the watch of thousands of National Guard troops and ringed with security barriers ahead of Biden’s swearing in Wednesday, in a nation still rattled by the […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Debold Sinas has ordered the dismissal of two policemen who tested positive for drug use. A PNP statement identified the policemen as Patrolman Reyland Lacap Intal of Olongapo City Mobile Force Company and Patrolman Benhur S. Ismael of the 2nd Sulu Provincial Mobile Force Company. Intal tested positive for marijuana use during a random drug test conducted by the PNP Crime Laboratory on 397 out of 422 personnel […]
(Eagle News) — Bontoc Mayor Franklin Odsey has tested positive for COVID-19. Odsey made the announcement in the municipality’s social media account. “It is (with a) heavy heart that I inform you of the positive result of my RT-PCR (real time-polymerase chain reaction) test which I received today, January 15,” he said. He said so far, he was asymptomatic and in isolation. He said his doctors were “closely monitoring” his situation. “The members of my […]
