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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian investigators said Wednesday they were hopeful of retrieving a crashed passenger jet’s second black box, as they seek to explain why the plane with 62 people aboard slammed into the sea minutes after takeoff. Divers just off the coast of the capital Jakarta hauled the jet’s flight data recorder to the surface Tuesday, with the hunt now focused on finding its cockpit voice recorder on the wreckage-littered seabed. The devices […]
(Eagle News) — The Zamboanga City police drug enforcement unit chief has been ordered dismissed from the service after he tested positive for drug use. The Philippine National Police said PNP Chief Debold Sinas also ordered the restrictive custody of Police Major Jivertson D Pelovello after his confirmatory test on January 6 yielded positive. Pelovello was among 60 personnel of the Zamboanga City Police Office who were tested for drugs by the Regional Crime Laboratory […]
by Sebastian Smith and Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Bolstered by support from his deputy Mike Pence who opposed ousting the US president, Donald Trump denied responsibility Tuesday for an assault on Congress by his supporters but now faces an all-but-certain second impeachment effort. With Republican backing for Trump eroding in the final days of his presidency, Pence served as an anchor, ruling out calls by Democrats to invoke […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Vice President Mike Pence told House leaders Tuesday he does not support invoking the 25th Amendment process to remove Donald Trump, all but guaranteeing an impeachment vote against the besieged president. “With just eight days left in the President’s term, you and the Democratic Caucus are demanding that the Cabinet and I invoke the 25th Amendment,” Pence wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, referring to the process that would […]
(Eagle News) — The Quezon City government announced that the city will “receive an initial 1.1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine” against COVID-19 after signing a tripartite agreement with the national government and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Philippines. Quezon City mayor Joy Belmonte said that the additional doses of AstraZeneca vaccines will be coming by the third quarter of this year. This is an increase from the previous 750,000 doses that it had initially ordered for […]
by Sébastien VUAGNAT with Laurent BANGUET in Los Angeles APPLE VALLEY, United States (AFP) — As Covid-19 tears through southern California, small hospitals in rural towns like Apple Valley have been overwhelmed, with coronavirus patients crammed into hallways, makeshift ICU beds and even the pediatric ward. When AFP visited St Mary hospital in this desert town of 70,000 people this week, palliative care supervisor Kari McGuire said her team were seeing “astronomical numbers of patients […]
(Eagle News) — Thirty-four more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. The Department of Foreign Affairs said with the additional cases, the COVID-19 total among Filipinos abroad rose to 13056. Twenty-seven more have recovered, pushing the recovery total to 8488. No additional death was reported, which means the death toll remains at 935. The Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries and deaths among Filipinos abroad, […]
(Eagle News) — Indonesia has given emergency use approval to the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac BioTech Ltd., and is set to start vaccination using the vaccines. As this developed, Turkey also announced that it would start vaccination using the Chinese-made vaccine by Thursday or Friday. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan himself announced the start of the vaccination in Turkey In Indonesia, the Jakarta Post reported that no less than Indonesian President Joko Widodo […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police welcomed the appointment of former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II as a commissioner of the National Police Commission. In a statement, PNP chief Debold Sinas said Aguirre’s expertise in law and legal procedures will provide NAPOLCOM with the “professional advantage to better perform its mandate of administrative supervision of the (PNP).” “In my capacity as Chief PNP and ex-officio member of NAPOLCOM, I extend the warmest congratulations of […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada announced Tuesday a deal to secure an additional 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, which would allow for more than half of Canadians to be inoculated before summer. The American and German pharmaceutical giants will also accelerate deliveries of their jointly-developed vaccine over the coming months, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a news conference. “Between mid-April and June, we will have enough doses to vaccinate up to 20 […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country today, January 13. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Visayas, Caraga, Northern Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula, Bangsamoro, Sorsogon, and Masbate will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the tail-end of a frontal system affecting Visayas and the low pressure area 10 km south of Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur. Flash floods or landslides due to […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Wednesday, January 13: MIAA said flight schedules may change at any given time. The Philippine government has so far temporarily banned foreign travelers from over 30 countries over reports of the new COVID-19 strains there. These are China, Pakistan, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Oman, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the following: Portugal India Finland Norway Jordan Brazil Denmark […]
