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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kevin Durant scored 15 points Sunday on his unofficial Brooklyn Nets’ debut, 552 days since his last appearance on a court when he tore his Achilles tendon. Durant, arguably the best player in the NBA at the time of his injury, spent his downtime in rehabilitation watching Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo claim two most valuable player awards and LeBron James capture his fourth NBA championship. The Nets are Durant’s new […]
by Francesco FONTEMAGGI Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Long a mere formality, a vote on Monday by members of the Electoral College to formally recognize Joe Biden as the next US president has taken on unusual import this year with Donald Trump stubbornly refusing to admit defeat. The results of the November 3 vote have been certified by each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia; the Democrat won with […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has reported eight more COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos. The department said with the additional cases, the COVID-19 total among Filipinos abroad rose to 12308. No additional recovery nor fatality was reported. That means the total number of recoveries and fatalities among Filipinos abroad remains at 7997 and 860, respectively. Of the regions, the Middle East and Africa still have the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries and deaths […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has repatriated over 300,000 overseas Filipinos since February, the start of its repatriation efforts amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The DFA said the 300,838 total Filipinos abroad repatriated was after 13,537 were brought home this week. The department said this was the highest weekly total since February. Of the 300,838 repatriated, 90,621 or 30.12 percent were sea-based workers while 210,217 or 69.88 percent were land-based. The DFA said […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia has arrested a senior leader of the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) network for an alleged role in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings, a police spokesman said. National Police spokesman Argo Yuwono said Zulkarnaen, 57, was arrested in Lampung on Sumatra island on Thursday after spending nearly 18 years at large. Zulkarnaen “is now being interrogated” and anti-terror investigators were searching his residence, Argo said. Zulkarnaen has been on Indonesia’s […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases breached the 449,000 mark on Sunday, Dec. 13, after the Department of Health reported 1085 additional cases. The DOH said of the 449,400 total cases, 21980 or 4.9 percent were active. Of these, 84.4 percent were mild, 5.8 percent asymptomatic, 6.3 percent critical, 3.2 percent severe, and 0.33 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday were Quezon City with 103, Rizal with 46, Makati with […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia’s coastguard has made its largest ever seizure of methamphetamine, a top official said on Sunday, seizing 2.12 tonnes of the drug disguised as tea in a shipment believed to have come from Myanmar. Coastguard chief Zubil Mat Som said the drugs found on a boat in northern Penang state were worth around 105.9 ringgit ($26.2 million). A local suspected trafficker was arrested. “It is the coastguard’s record-breaking seizure […]
(Eagle News) — Fifty-nine more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said with the additional recoveries, the PNP recovery total rose to 8112. Nineteen additional cases, however, pushed the total cases to 8578. Of these, 439 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 in the country should a vaccine […]
Rest of N. Luzon affected by northeast monsoon (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, and the rest of Cagayan Valley will have cloudy skies […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Confidence among major Japanese manufacturers has recovered further after plunging on pandemic woes to its worst level since the global financial crisis, a key survey showed Monday. The Bank of Japan’s December Tankan business survey — a quarterly poll of about 10,000 companies — showed a reading of minus 10 among big manufacturers, after recording minus 27 in the previous survey and minus 34 in the June survey. The latest figure […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Monday, Dec. 14: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. MIAA advised 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. Domestic flights are allowed but subject to the travel requirements set by the local government unit […]
by Issam Ahmed with AFP bureaus WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine was to begin leaving the company’s Michigan factory on Sunday, ready to be injected into the arms of millions of the most vulnerable Americans as the global death toll topped 1.6 million. Doses will be shipped out in boxes containing dry ice that are capable of staying at -70 degrees Celsius (-94 degrees Fahrenheit), the frigid temperature needed to preserve […]
