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NEW YORK, New York (AFP) — ExxonMobil announced Monday it will reduce its emissions over the next five years bowing to growing public pressure from activists, including the Church of England, to make changes. The US oil giant said in a statement that by 2025 it will cut emissions from upstream activities, which includes oil drilling and extraction, by between 15 and 20 percent compared to the 2016 levels. It also will cut its flaring […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the Department of Education’s proposal to conduct a dry run of face-to-face classes in areas where there is a low risk for COVID-19, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. According to Roque, based on the decision made during Monday’s meeting with the Cabinet, the dry run or pilot implementation in select schools in those areas will be held for the entire month of January 2021. Even then, Roque […]
(Eagle News) — Thirty-five more overseas Filipinos have recovered from COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said with the additional recoveries, the total rose to 8032. The DFA said 42 new cases, however, pushed the total COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 12350. “The increase in the number of confirmed cases and recoveries is due to late reports from a country in Europe,” the department said. An additional fatality pushed the death toll to 861. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Pentagon chief Christopher Miller was one of the first Americans to receive the Covid-19 vaccine Monday, on camera to encourage the rest of the country to follow suit. The acting defense secretary received the jab at Walter Reed military hospital near Washington, according to a video published by the Pentagon. “That’s all?! Oh come on! That did not hurt at all!” Miller joked while receiving the vaccine, a symbol […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A nurse in New York became the first person in the United States to receive the coronavirus vaccine Monday. Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center, received the Pfizer-BioNTech shot live on television shortly before 9:30 am (1430 GMT). “First Vaccine Administered. Congratulations USA! Congratulations WORLD!” President Donald Trump tweeted. Lindsay said the jab “didn’t feel any different from taking any other vaccine.” […]
(Eagle News)–Twenty-five more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said with the additional recoveries, the PNP recovery tally rose to 8136. Twelve additional cases pushed the total to 8589. Of these, 425 were active. No additional death was reported, which means the death toll remains at 27. The government has said uniformed personnel–including policemen–are among the priorities in a COVID-19 vaccination program should a vaccine be available. The government said it […]
(Eagle News) — A 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Tuesday, December 15. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake struck 210 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. It had a depth of 160 kilometers. It was also tectonic in origin. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
Northeast monsoon affects the rest of N. Luzon (Eagle News) — The tail-end of a frontal system is affecting the eastern section of Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northeast monsoon is also affecting the rest of Northern Luzon. As a result, PAGASA said Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have cloudy skies with light rains. The Cordillera Administrative Region, the rest of Cagayan Valley and Aurora, on the other […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The United Nations agency for education, UNESCO, on Monday called on governments to give teachers priority access to the new Covid-19 vaccines and be treated like “frontline” workers. The call came as the United States, the country worst hit by the virus, kickstarted the biggest vaccination drive in its history by giving the jab to a nurse in New York. “As we see positive developments regarding vaccination we believe that teachers […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, December 15: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. MIAA advised all passengers to get confirmation of their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport premises. The government has eased restrictions on travel, with domestic flights allowed but subject to the […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — An Ontario caregiver and an octogenarian in Quebec on Monday became the first people vaccinated against Covid-19 in Canada. Anita Quidangen was televised receiving the injection at a hospital in Toronto as part of a major vaccination campaign in Canada, less than a week after the Pfizer-BioNTech shot was granted approval in the country. Another woman, 89-year-old Gisele Levesque, was vaccinated minutes earlier at a retirement home in Quebec City, but […]
KOROR, Palau (AFP) — An illegal Chinese fishing vessel and its 28 crew have been detained in Palau, authorities said, creating a delicate diplomatic situation for the tiny Pacific nation, which is allied with Beijing’s rival Taiwan. The boat was intercepted by a patrol boat at Helen Reef, in Palau’s territorial waters, and escorted to the main island of Koror, the Division of Marine Law and Enforcement (DMLE) said. “They did have sea cucumber on […]
