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(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has reported a 79-percent drop in the number of travelers from abroad this year. In a statement, the bureau said more than 3.5 million passengers arrived in the country from January to December 25, 2020, a 13-million decrease from the 16.7 million who came in 2019. Morente said that of those who arrived this year, 2.03 million were Filipinos while 1.54 million were foreigners. Last year, 8.7 million […]
(Eagle News) — Thirty-two more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said with the additional recoveries, the total PNP COVID-19 tally rose to 8561. Seventy-five additional COVID-19 cases, however, pushed the PNP total to 8935. Of these, 347 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 27. The government has said uniformed personnel–including the police–are among the priorities in a COVID-19 national vaccination […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Monday, December 28. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 12:46 p.m., had its epicenter 193 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. It was the second earthquake in the area during the day. Earlier, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake hit the province. The quake had a depth of 12 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
by Rebecca BRYAN LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Gordon Hayward scored 28 points as the Charlotte Hornets cooled off red-hot Brooklyn, handing the Nets their first defeat of the young NBA season 106-104 on Sunday. Terry Rozier — Hayward’s former teammate in Boston — added 19 points and P.J. Washington chipped in 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Hornets, who held the Nets to 42.7% shooting. “Unbelievable win for us,” said Hayward, who […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States surpassed 19 million coronavirus cases Sunday, figures from Johns Hopkins University showed, adding one million new cases in less than a week. The US recorded 165,151 new cases in 24 hours at 8:30 pm (0130 GMT Monday), the Baltimore-based institution said, bringing the overall total to 19,107,675 cases. The grim new milestone comes just six days after the US crossed the 18 million case threshold. The US […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — A 101-year-old woman in an elderly care home became the first person in Germany to be inoculated against coronavirus on Saturday, a day before the official vaccination campaign was scheduled to get under way in both Germany and the EU. Edith Kwoizalla was one of around 40 residents and 10 staff in a care home in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt to receive a jab of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the home’s […]
by Robin MILLARD GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The coronavirus crisis will not be the last pandemic, and attempts to improve human health are “doomed” without tackling climate change and animal welfare, the World Health Organization’s chief said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also condemned the “dangerously short-sighted” cycle of throwing cash at outbreaks but doing nothing to prepare for the next one, in a video message marking Sunday’s first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness. The WHO director-general […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — A 96-year-old living in a care home in central Spain became the first person in the country to be vaccinated against Covid-19 on Sunday, in an event broadcast by national television. She felt “nothing” from the shot, Araceli Rosario Hidalgo Sanchez said with a smile after being injected. With her short white hair, the pensioner living in the Los Olmos retirement home in Guadalajara got up slowly after pulling on her […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnam on Sunday reported economic growth of 2.91 percent in 2020, the slowest rate in more than 30 years as the country battled the coronavirus pandemic. The communist state has long been among Asia’s fastest-growing economies, and the 2020 figure marked a sharp fall from last year’s GDP growth of seven percent. But Vietnam’s performance looks rosy in the context of a global recession triggered by the pandemic, and officials hailed […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Top US government scientist Anthony Fauci warned Sunday the worst of the pandemic may be yet to come, driving the country to a “critical point” as holiday travel spreads the coronavirus. “I share the concern of President-elect (Joe) Biden that as we get into the next few weeks, it might actually get worse,” the infectious disease specialist told CNN. Biden cautioned on Wednesday that the nation’s “darkest days are ahead […]
AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — Jordan on Sunday confirmed two cases of a particularly infectious coronavirus variant in a man and his wife who had arrived from Britain. Health Minister Nazir Obeidat said the Jordanian couple traveled to the kingdom on December 19 and were found to be infected with the new strain of the virus after being tested and isolated. The couple were still in quarantine and being monitored by medical experts according to virus […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Three more climbers in Iran have died after avalanches struck mountains north of the capital Tehran, bringing the overall toll to 11, the Red Crescent said Sunday. State news agency IRNA said the tragedy began on Friday when avalanches and blizzards hit the mountainous region. Several climbers were trapped in the area but the Red Crescent managed to rescue 14 during a three-day operation led by 20 emergency teams backed by […]
