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by Shafiqul ALAM Agence France-Presse SARAIL, Bangladesh (AFP) — In a rickety hut on the border with Bangladesh and India, two brothers are among the last local breeders of the Sarail hound, a dog on the brink of extinction. Tall and lean with a powerful chest, pointed ears and bi-coloured fur, the rare hound — named after the border town of Sarail — has been treasured in the South Asian nation for centuries. Their sharp eyesight […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines has called off its probe into the inoculation of Presidential Security Group members for COVID-19. AFP spokesperson Major General Edgard Arevalo’s announcement came after President Rodrigo Duterte defended the PSG over its move, noting their need for “self-preservation.” “They have every right to live and invoke (self-preservation). In criminal law, that is the right to self-defense. The enemy? COVID,” the President said in his weekly talk […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — An array of prominent US business executives on Monday called for Congress to certify Joe Biden as the new US president, writing in a joint letter that it is time “to move forward.” The letter, signed by more than 170 executives in industries ranging from finance and sports to technology and media, condemned any attempt to thwart the certification process as “counter to the essential tenets of our […]
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — The US has granted Iraq a three-month extension to a sanctions waiver allowing it to import Iranian gas, an Iraqi official told AFP Monday. The move represents a welcome reprieve for a country that relies heavily on its neighbour for energy supplies. Iraq buys gas and electricity from Iran to supply about a third of its power sector, worn down by years of conflict and poor maintenance and unable to meet […]
(Eagle News) — Three more overseas Filipinos have recovered from COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs with the additional recoveries, the COVID-19 recoveries among Filipinos abroad rose to 8390. Thirty-seven additional cases, however, pushed the COVID-19 total to 12929. Twenty-three more COVID-19 deaths have been recorded among overseas Filipinos, pushing the death toll to 934. The DFA said the Middle East and Africa still have the most COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries among Filipinos abroad, […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police destroyed P14 million worth of marijuana during the holidays. In a statement, PNP Chief Debold Sinas said that for the month of December alone, these operations were carried out by the Police Regional Office-Cordillera in 17 separate cultivation sites and clandestine farms in the region. “These operations resulted (in) the destruction of some 73,192 fully-grown marijuana plants and 3,847 Marijuana seedlings with a combined street value of P14,792,280.00,” […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country today, January 5. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Davao Region, SOCCSKSARGEN, Bangsamoro and Palawan will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone affecting Mindanao. PAGASA said flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains are possible. Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Aurora, and Northern Quezon, on the other […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, January 5, defended the Presidential Security Group’s move to have some of its members inoculated against COVID-19, noting they did it for “self-preservation.” “They have every right to live and invoke (self-preservation). In criminal law, that is the right to self-defense. The enemy? COVID,” the President said in his weekly talk to the nation. According to the President, if the PSG were to be summoned by Congress […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, January 5: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. MIAA advised passengers to confirm their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. The Philippines has banned foreign travelers from 21 countries following reports of a more infectious COVID-19 virus strain there. […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Nearly 56 million people in England will return to a full coronavirus lockdown, possibly until mid-February, to try to cut spiralling infection rates, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday. The measures, which include the closure of primary and secondary schools, will come into effect Wednesday, he said in a televised address, after Scotland announced similar measures would come into force from midnight (0000 GMT) on Tuesday. Some 44 million […]
(Eagle News) – Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III filed a bill on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, seeking to renew the expired franchise of ABS-CBN. Senate Bill 1967 was introduced by Senator Sotto, seeking to renew for another 25 years the franchise of ABS-CBN to operate and maintain TV and radio broadcast stations in the Philippines among others which was previously granted under Republic Act. No. 7966. Sotto, in introducing the bill, cited the Social […]
PGC to know in a matter of days if UK virus variant already in PHL https://youtu.be/9YK6HbVhD4I (Eagle News) — The Department of Health (DOH) said that the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) is expected to complete in the next seven days the genome sequencing of swab samples taken from travelers who had tested positive for COVID-19 recently, as well as other positive cases in the past two months. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the […]
