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(Eagle News) — Forty-three more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said with the additional recoveries, the total PNP COVID-19 recoveries rose to 8781. Thirty-four additional cases, however, pushed the PNP COVID-19 tally to 9145. Of these, 335 were active. No additional death was reported, which means the death toll remains at 28. The government has said it was eyeing vaccination of 50 to 60 percent of the population to achieve […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Oriental early Wednesday, January 6. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 1:43 a.m., had its epicenter 44 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso. It had a depth of 143 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country today, January 6. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Occidental Mindoro, Palawan including Kalayaan Islands will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains due to the northeast monsoon affecting Luzon. Moderate to strong winds will prevail over Occidental Mindoro and Palawan including the Kalayaan Islands, which will have moderate to rough seas. Light to moderate […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Wednesday, January 6: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. Earlier, MIAA advised passengers to get confirmation of their flights on the day these are scheduled as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. The Philippines has imposed a ban on foreign travelers from 21 countries following reports of the more infectious COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — A passenger from the Philippines has tested positive for the COVID-19 variant first observed in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong said. According to Dr. Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Communicable Disease Branch of Hong Kong’s Center for Health Protection, the 30-year-old female arrived in Hong Kong from Manila on December 22. She took a Philippine Airlines flight, PR 300. Health Undersecretary Rosario Vergeire said the DOH has requested details from the Hong […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump has confirmed he will address a rally of his supporters Wednesday in Washington, called in protest at the certification by Congress of Joe Biden’s election victory. “I will be speaking at the SAVE AMERICA RALLY tomorrow on the Ellipse at 11AM Eastern (1600 GMT),” tweeted the Republican, who refuses to concede defeat two months after the November vote. “Arrive early,” Trump urged — promising “BIG CROWDS!” […]
by Sunghee Hwang SEOUL, SOuth Korea (AFP) — North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un admitted there had been mistakes in developing the country’s economy as he opened a rare congress of the ruling Workers’ Party, state media reported Wednesday. The gathering is the first of its kind in five years, only the eighth in the nuclear-armed North’s history, and comes weeks before US President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Relations with Washington have been deadlocked since […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran confirmed Tuesday its first case of a new Covid-19 variant first detected in Britain, as daily deaths dropped below 100 for the first time in over six months. “Sadly, the first instance of the mutated British Covid-19 was detected in one of our compatriots who had arrived from England,” Health Minister Saeed Namaki said in a televised address. The patient was admitted to “a private hospital, and our extensive […]
by AFP correspondents ALA-ULA, Qatar (AFP) — Qatar’s leader arrived in Saudi Arabia Tuesday, greeted by de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with a tight embrace, ahead of a summit that could yield more breakthroughs in a regional crisis. Saudi Arabia led a coalition of countries in the Gulf and beyond that cut ties and transport links with Qatar in June 2017, charging that it was too close to Iran and backed radical […]
(Eagle News) – The country’s COVID-19 testing czar Vince Dizon is hoping that the Department of Health would soon release guidelines regarding saliva tests as an alternative to RT-PCR tests or swab tests in determining if the person has the virus, SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. Dizon said that the DOH is still in the process of validating this saliva test as an alternative to swab tests. He also said that the Philippine Red Cross […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea will send a government delegation to Iran “at the earliest possible date” to negotiate the release of a seized oil tanker and its crew, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Tuesday. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Monday it had seized the South Korean-flagged Hankuk Chemi in Gulf waters “due to the repeated infringement of maritime environmental laws”. It said the vessel was carrying 7,200 tonnes of “oil chemical products”. The arrested […]
Mindanao affected by ITCZ (Eagle News) — The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northeast monsoon is also affecting Northern and Central Luzon. As a result, Caraga and Davao Region will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains are possible. Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Aurora, and Northern Quezon will have cloudy skies with […]
