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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Luka Doncic scored 27 points to outduel fellow Slovenian Goran Dragic as the Dallas Mavericks took advantage of some woeful three-point shooting by Miami to beat the Heat 93-83 on Friday night. Doncic also tallied 15 rebounds, outperforming compatriot Dragic who finished with 10 points and seven assists at American Airlines Center arena in Dallas, Texas. This was the first time in three career meetings that Doncic had beat […]
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) — German firm BioNTech said Friday it was racing to ramp up production of its Covid-19 jab in Europe, to fill the “gap” left by the lack of other approved vaccines. The vaccine developed by BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer was the first to be approved in the European Union in late December. Countries including Britain, Canada and the United States okayed the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine earlier and have […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India on Saturday staged nationwide drills to start one of the world’s biggest coronavirus vaccination programmes as the drug regulator prepared to approve the first vaccine. A government panel on Friday recommended emergency use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University shot and the first injections could be given in the coming week after the Drugs Control Authority of India gives final approval. India, which has the world’s second highest number of pandemic […]
(Eagle News) — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has welcomed the Philippine National Police’s decision to dismiss the nine policemen who figured in a shooting with four Army personnel in Jolo, Sulu last year. In a statement, Lorenzana also sympathized with the families of Police Senior Master Sergeant Abdelzhimar H Padjiri, Police Master Sergeant Hanie U. Baddiri, Police Staff Sergeant Iskandar I. Susulan, Police Staff Sergeant Ernisar P. Sappal, Police Corporal Sulki M. Andaki, Patrolman Mohammad […]
by Chris Stein and Heather Scott WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Despite a drop in weekly jobless claims, the US economy is far from healed after a year in which tens of millions of people lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic, many of whom remain out of work. New filings for unemployment benefits last week dropped below 800,000 for the first time in a month, the Labor Department reported Thursday, but experts say […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The French government on Friday announced it is bringing forward its nighttime curfew by two hours in 15 regions to help combat the coronavirus, as infections remain high. The 15 of France’s 101 departments affected by the switch from Saturday, to a curfew beginning at 6:00 pm rather than 8:00 pm, include the Les Alpes-Maritimes department where the Mediterranean city of Nice is located. The other areas are concentrated in the […]
by Ben Sheppard WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States has recorded more than 20 million cases of Covid-19, Johns Hopkins University said Friday in its real-time tally, as the New Year brought another grim milestone underlining the country’s struggle to quell the virus. The US has so far registered 20,007,149 cases and 346,408 deaths in the pandemic, the Baltimore-based university said, making it the country with by far the highest official number of […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized over P2 million worth of illegal drugs from an ambulance driver and two others in a buy-bust operation in Cebu on New Year’s eve. The Philippine National Police said Rodney Delfino, 43, a barangay ambulance driver of Poblacion Talisay City; Edgar Quiachon, 28; and Jamel Tabasa 26, were arrested by PNP-Drug Enforcement Group Special Operations Unit 6 operatives after they transacted with a police poseur-buyer on Thursday in the same […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Debold Sinas has ordered the filing of administrative charges against a graduating cadet of the Philippine National Police Academy who allegedly mauled a fellow senior cadet on New Year’s eve. In a statement, the PNP said Sinas ordered the charges against Cadet 1st Class Denvert Dulansi, after he was found to have mauled Cadet 1st Class Joab Mar Nacnas based on a probe conducted by Police Captain Manzano, […]
(Eagle News)– Thirty-one more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police with the additional recoveries, the PNP COVID-19 recovery total rose to 8657. The PNP said twenty-two additional COVID-19 cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 9036. Of these, 352 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the COVID-19 death toll among police personnel remains at 27. The government has said uniformed personnel are among the priorities in a COVID-19 […]
Eastern sections of Visayas, Mindanao affected by easterlies (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 as the easterlies are also affecting the eastern sections of Visayas and Mindanao. As a result, Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas, Caraga, Davao Region, and Northern Mindanao will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, January 2, 2021: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. The government has eased restrictions on travel, but some countries are subject to travel restrictions until January 15, 2021 following reports of a more infectious COVID-19 virus strain there. These were the United States, United Kingdom and 19 other countries: Denmark Ireland Japan Australia Israel The Netherlands […]
