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(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration attended to over 120,000 queries from travelers last year. In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said the 120,438 queries it received via its hotline, email, and social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram were an increase of 141 percent from the total queries the bureau’s National Operations Center received in 2019. Morente said queries received via emails registered the highest increase, at 197 percent, while queries […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more Filipinos abroad have tested positive for COVID-19 from the Middle East and Africa. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the 120 additional cases from a single report pushed the COVID-19 total among Filipinos overseas to 13498. The DFA said the reported spike was due to late reports owing to privacy concerns in one country in the said region. No additional COVID-19 recoveries nor fatalities among Filipinos overseas were reported, […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains are expected in the country today, January 15, The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Bicol Region and Quezon will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the tail-end of a frontal system (shear line) affecting the eastern sections of Southern Luzon. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains are possible. Cagayan Valley and Cordillera Administrative Region will have cloudy […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Friday, January 15: Flight schedules may change at any given time. Restrictions on foreign travelers from several countries over reports of the UK and COVID-19 virus strains there are expected to end today, January 15. It is unclear, however, if the government will extend the restrictions to the following countries: Austria Portugal India Finland Norway Jordan Brazil Denmark […]
(Eagle News) — A group of public school teachers got the P94,000 jackpot prize in the “Sana All” jackpot round of the “Bawal Peyk News” game segment NET25 noontime show “Happy Time” on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Four teachers of New Era Elementary School in Quezon City joined the “Bawal Peyk News” segment of “Happy Time” hosted by Anjo Yllana, Janno Gibbs and Kitkat. The teachers were also asked about the challenges of handling […]
AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — Jordan’s King Abdullah II received a Covid-19 vaccine jab on Thursday, a day after the country launched its inoculation campaign. Abdullah was vaccinated alongside his son and Crown Prince Hussein and his uncle Prince Hassan, the royal palace said in Twitter posts accompanied by pictures of them getting a shot in the arm. Jordan kicked off its Covid-19 vaccinations on Wednesday with injections for healthcare workers, people with chronic illnesses and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President-elect Joe Biden will on Thursday present a $1.9 trillion package to revitalize the US economy as it faces an onslaught of coronavirus cases, senior officials in his transition team said. The massive spending plan will raise stimulus checks provided under an earlier measure passed last month to $2,000, and also call for increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. The incoming president also plans to present a […]
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AFP) — A huge fire tore through a Rohingya refugee camp on Thursday destroying more than 550 shanty homes, but while 3,500 people were left homeless no serious casualties were reported, aid agencies said. The blaze started when most people in the sprawling Nayapara camp were asleep. Tens of thousands of members of the Muslim minority who fled a military crackdown in neighboring Myanmar in 2017 live in the overcrowded camp. International […]
by Burcin Gercek and Ozan Kose in Istanbul ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stripped down to a black t-shirt and got vaccinated on Thursday as the nation of 83 million people began rolling out China’s Sinovac jab despite conflicting data about its efficacy. The 66-year-old Turkish leader was whisked into an Ankara hospital by a bevy of security guards before emerging about an hour later to stress the importance of officials […]
by Jürgen HECKER and Joseph SCHMID PARIS, France (AFP) — The French government will impose a daily nationwide curfew at 6 pm starting Saturday to combat a worrying increase in Covid-19 cases, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday. The measure will remain in force for at least two weeks, Castex told a news conference. Except for emergency services, all services and shops will have to close at that time, he said. “The virus is […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A strong, magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck the Indonesian province of West Sulawesi on Friday, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the quake, which hit at 2:18 am local time Friday (18:18 GMT Thursday). The epicentre was 36 kilometres (22 miles) south of Mamuju, the capital of West Sulawesi, and the quake had a depth of 18 kilometres, the USGS said. Mamuju is home […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — The number of people inoculated in Israel for coronavirus passed the two million threshold Thursday, with the prime minister saying there was “light at the end of the tunnel”. Israel “will become the first country to emerge from the corona crisis,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasted. “We see the light at the end of the tunnel,” he said, all smiles as he watched an Israeli woman become the second millionth to […]
