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(Eagle News) — A rainfall advisory has been raised over parts of Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rains are affecting Camiguin, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Norte, and Agusan del Sur (Sibagat, Bayugan, Prosperidad, Rosario). PAGASA said the conditions were due to the trough of a low pressure area affecting the island group. Light to moderate rains, on the other hand, are […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized around P2 million worth of shabu from a high-value target in a buy-bust operation in Zamboanga City, the Philippine National Police said. The PNP said, citing a report from the Police Regional Office 9, that arrested in the December 23 operation was Fahad Werble alias Fahad in Asinan, Barangay Kasanyangan. The PNP said apart from the 280 grams of shabu, seized from the suspect were bills , including one P1,000 […]
(Eagle News) — A suspect in the 2015 kidnapping of three foreigners and a Filipina–two of whom were subsequently beheaded— has been arrested, the Philippine National Police said. Citing reports from National Capital Region Police Chief, Police Major General Vicente Danao Jr., the PNP said Ehan Aklul alias Khalid Akhalul and Abu Khalid was nabbed from a rented unit on the fifth floor of a building on Carlos Palanca St., Brgy. 648, San Miguel, Manila […]
(Eagle News) — Thirty-three more policemen have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said with the additional recoveries, the PNP COVID-19 recovery total rose to 8475. Twenty-eight additional COVID-19 cases, however, pushed the COVID-19 PNP total to 8821. Of these, 319 were active. No additional death was reported, which means the death toll remains at 27. The government has said uniformed personnel–including policemen–were among the priorities in a COVID-19 national vaccination program. The government […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has said it has resolved 94.41 percent of complaints coursed through Malacañang’s 8888 hotline. In a statement, the bureau said its Customer Assistance and Response Service and concerned offices resolved a total of 270 of the 286 tickets based on 8888’s agency statistics from January to October 2020. Ten pending tickets were also resolved in November while the remaining six tickets or 2.1 percent of the total “are […]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey will receive its first shipment of China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine within days as preliminary domestic tests showed it was 91% effective, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Thursday. Ankara in the next few days will also sign a deal with Pfizer/BioNTech for 4.5 million doses, with the option to buy 30 million more from the US pharmaceutical giant and its German partner, Koca said Turkey will initially receive […]
(Eagle News) — Eight more Filipinos abroad have recovered from COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said with the additional recoveries, the total number of Filipinos overseas who recovered from the disease rose to 8341. Eight additional cases, however, pushed the total COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 12828. No additional fatality was reported, which means the death toll remains at 911. The Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Friday, December 25: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. MIAA advised passengers to confirm their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled, noting that only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport premises. Domestic travel is allowed, with the Department of Tourism eyeing shouldering half of the cost of swab […]
Northern Luzon also affected by northeast monsoon, PAGASA says (Eagle News) — The trough of a low pressure area is affecting Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, Eastern Visayas, Caraga, Northern Mindanao, Davao region and SOCCSKSARGEN will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides during moderate to heavy rains are possible. PAGASA said Cagayan Valley and Cordillera Administrative Region, on the other hand, will […]
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 6.3 quake rocked Batangas province on Friday morning, Dec. 25, at 7:43 a.m. local time, data from the US Geological Survey showed. The epicenter of the magnitude 6.3 quake was located at two kilometers southeast of Calatagan, Batangas. It had a depth of 114 kilometers, according to the USGS data. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), also recorded it at magnitude 6.3, but its epicenter was located […]
But 92.4 percent or 430,490 listed as having already recovered (Eagle New) – Total COVID cases in the country reached 465,724, but majority of these, at 92.4 percent have already recovered, according to the latest data from the Department of Health on Thursday, Dec. 24. The additional cases reported on Thursday reached 1,776, which is way above the previous day’s (Dec. 23) additional cases of only 1,196. The areas with the highest number of new cases […]
by Barnaby CHESTERMAN with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AFP) — Three Latin American countries launched mass immunization programs on Thursday as fears grew in Europe over a variant coronavirus strain that is believed to be far more contagious than the original version. Frontline medical staff in Mexico and Chile were among the first to receive their vaccines while Costa Rica began its own immunization program, with President Carlos Alvarado hailing what “may […]
