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(Eagle News) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck Batangas on Saturday, January 16. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 6:48 a.m., had its epicenter 12 kilometers southwest of Calatagan. It had a depth of 135 kilometers. The following instrumental intensities were reported: Intensity I – Calatagan, Batangas; Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro; Plaridel, Bulacan No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — The tail-end of a frontal system is affecting the eastern section of Southern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northeast monsoon, on the other hand, is affecting the rest of Luzon. As a result, cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms are expected over Bicol Region and Samar provinces. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. […]
(Eagle News) — The total number of COVID-19 deaths worldwide surpassed two million as global confirmed cases reached 93.5 million, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University. As of 3 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, Philippine Standard Time, the total confirmed coronavirus deaths around the world have reached 2,003,625 while COVID-19 cases reached 93,580,828. This comes amid rising number of COVID-19 virus mutations that are more infectious than previous strains, prompting the World Health […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said that all arrivals to the UK will have to quarantine and show negative virus tests from next week as hospitalisations and deaths continued to soar but new cases fell. The measures which enter into force early on Monday come after Britain banned all arrivals from South America and Portugal on Friday over fears of importing a new coronavirus variant from Brazil. […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, January 16: Flight schedules may change at any given time. The government has extended the effectivity of travel restrictions on 32 countries to January 31 following the Department of Health’s confirmation that the United Kingdom COVID-19 strain was already in the country. The restrictions, which were supposed to be lifted on Friday, covers the following countries: Denmark […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has reset oral arguments on the anti-terrorism law after an official and staff members of the Office of the Solicitor General tested positive for COVID-19. The arguments, which were supposed to be held on January 19, are now scheduled for February 2. at 2:30 p.m. “No further postponement will be allowed,” Clerk of Court Edgar Aricheta said. It was Solicitor General Jose Calida who requested the resetting of the […]
by Agence France Presse bureaus FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany on Friday passed two million coronavirus cases as a World Health Organization emergency committee readied to issue advice on stemming the spread of new, more contagious strains of the disease. The surge in Europe’s biggest economy comes as the global death toll from the pandemic approaches two million and many countries double down on virus restrictions, with vaccination drives still in their […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 496,646 on Friday, January 15, after the Department of Health reported 2048 additional cases. The DOH said of the total COVID-19 cases, 27033 or 5.4 percent were active. Of these, 84.5 percent were mild, 7.4 percent asymptomatic, 4.9 percent critical, and 2.8 percent severe, and 0.42 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Bulacan with 98, Davao City with 89, Pangasinan […]
by Jalees ANDRABI Agence France Presse BHOPAL, India (AFP) — A homegrown coronavirus vaccine will be rolled out in India from Saturday even though clinical trials haven’t been completed. But the government insists it will be safe and effective. The All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN), an independent watchdog, led a chorus of concern from experts saying it was “shocked” and “baffled” by the emergency approval of Covaxin. India has been hit hard by the […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Friday, Jan. 15, called on the dismissed policemen tagged in the killings of four military personnel in Jolo last year to surrender. AFP spokesperson Major General Edgard Arevalo made the call following the issuance by a Jolo, Sulu court of arrest warrants against the nine former policemen who were charged in connection with the deaths of Major Marvin Indamog, Captain Irwin Managuelod, Sergeant Eric Velasco, […]
by Haeril HALIM / Agnes ANYA Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Sulawesi island early Friday, killing at least 34 people, levelling a hospital and severely damaging other buildings, authorities said. Hundreds more were injured when the 6.2-magnitude quake struck in the early hours, triggering panic among the terrified residents of the island, which was hit by a huge quake and tsunami two and a half years ago […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he wants the next president of the country to be as firm as he is in stopping corruption in government. Duterte said this during Thursday’s (Jan. 14) inauguration of the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 project which he said would hopefully ease the “horrendous traffic congestion” in the Philippine capital. The 75-year old Philippine leader said that he wanted to leave a legacy of infrastructure projects that would […]
