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(Eagle News) — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake hit Leyte early Saturday, December 5. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 12:49 a.m., had its epicenter six kilometers northwest of the province. Depth of focus was 11 kilometers. The earthquake was also tectonic in origin. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, Dec. 5: Flight schedules may be subject to changed. MIAA advised passengers to monitor its official Facebook page for any updates. It also earlier advised travelers 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 […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Veteran Philippine journalist Maria Ressa asked a court on Friday to quash the second charge of cyber libel she has faced this year, in a case sparked by a screenshot of an online news article. The critic of President Rodrigo Duterte is already on bail pending an appeal against a conviction in June for the same type of offence, for which she faces up to six years in prison. Ressa and […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines recorded only 934 additional COVID-19 cases as of Friday, Dec. 4, representing the lowest number so far of additional virus cases reported in the last five months. Based on an analysis of COVID-19 cases added daily for the past few months by the Department of Health, it was on July 14 that the DOH reported less than 900, or 634 cases to be exact. On Dec. 3, there were 1,061 […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 436,000 mark on Friday, Dec. 4, after the Department of Health reported 934 additional cases. The DOH said of the 436,345 total cases, 85.4 percent were mild, 6.9 percent asymptomatic, 4.9 percent critical, 2.5 percent severe, and 0.28 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 75, Laguna with 59, and Baguio, Bulacan and Davao City with 34 […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — More than 65 million cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected worldwide, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 0750 GMT on Friday. In total, 65,084,394 cases, leading to 1,504,984 deaths, have been recorded around the world since the virus emerged in China late last year. The rise can be explained only in part by increased testing, with Europe and the United States confronted by […]
by Lucie GODEAU Agence France-Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Every year, pounding rains wash away mountains of plastic waste from the streets of Jakarta, with some of it ending up as far away as Bali’s beaches. So scientists are turning to satellites to trace the rubbish and figure out how to tackle the problem. Indonesia allows more waste to enter the ocean than any other country apart from China. The archipelago of nearly 270 million […]
(Eagle News)– The Philippine National Police will file criminal charges against the local terrorists behind the Datu Piang, Maguindanao attack on December 3. In a statement, PNP Chief Debold Sinas said the police would also implement “intensified security measures to prevent similar threats posed by violent extremists,” noting that the authorities were already in pursuit of the some 50 armed men who went on the 2-hour rampage. A PNP patrol car was burned in the […]
(Eagle News) — Thirty-eight more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said with the additional recoveries, the total number of police personnel who have recovered from COVID-19 so far reached 7811. Thirty-four new cases, however, pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 8245. Of these, the PNP said 407 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 27. The PNP has said all policemen […]
by Ahmad Parhizi TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran said its novel coronavirus infections surpassed one million cases on Thursday, as the authorities consider easing restrictions in many parts of the Middle East’s hardest hit country. The Islamic republic has recorded 1,003,494 Covid-19 infections since announcing its first cases in February, ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on state television. The novel coronavirus has killed 49,348 people in Iran over the same period of time, according […]
With EO 121, FDA can issue authority to use “safe and effective” foreign FDA registered vaccines within 21 to 28 days (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order granting Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for drugs and vaccines for COVID-19 paving the way for the early use of COVID-19 vaccines with proven efficacy and safety. President Duterte signed Executive Order (EO) No. 121 on Tuesday, Dec. 1, which authorizes the Food […]
by Daniel HOFFMAN NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — With multiple vaccines close to becoming available in a world gripped by the coronavirus pandemic, manufacturers have become the target of hackers trying to steal trade secrets or disrupt supply chains. IBM warned Thursday that it had uncovered a series of cyber attacks, potentially carried out by state actors, against companies involved in the effort to distribute vaccine doses, which must be kept cold. IBM said […]
