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(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting extreme Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services said as a result, Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have isolated rains. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies are expected in those areas. The rest of Luzon, on the other hand, will have improved weather, and will experience only isolated rains due to localized thunderstorms. Visayas and Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies and isolated rains as well. […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Wednesday, Nov. 18: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. The government has eased some restrictions on travel, with domestic flights now allowed but subject to travel requirements set forth by the local government unit that has jurisdiction over the area of destination. Filipinos may also go on non-essential outbound travel. Foreigners with select investor visas may also enter the […]
by Julia RIOS BILWI, Nicaragua (AFP) — Nicaraguans picked through the broken remains of their hurricane-ravaged homes Tuesday, while Iota was downgraded to a tropical storm as it continued its advance across Central America — just two weeks after Hurricane Eta devastated parts of the region. Iota became the only Atlantic hurricane this year to reach Category 5 status — the maximum level on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale — soon before it made landfall in […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France said Tuesday it was preparing to kick off a nationwide Covid vaccination campaign in January when it hopes virus shots will be approved and available. The government is worried that millions of French people will refuse coronavirus shots, even after a vaccine was found to be nearly 95 percent effective on Monday, bringing optimism to a world facing surging infections and a raft of new stay-at-home orders. US biotech […]
by Issam AHMED Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US biotech firm Moderna on Monday announced its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 was almost 95 percent effective, a result hailed by the country’s top infectious disease scientist as “stunningly impressive.” Moderna’s early results from a clinical trial with more than 30,000 participants marks a second major breakthrough in the quest to end the pandemic. Last week, American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German […]
(Eagle News) — The Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC or Church Of Christ) conducted an Aid to Humanity in the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Maui, and Big Island, making use of various forms of outreach to help residents in the various communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The outreach event done on Oct. 31, was in connection with the Worldwide Aid to Humanity of the INC held that day to help various communities in need across […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country reached 410,718 cases on Tuesday, Nov. 17. This was after the Department of Health reported 1148 additional cases, of which 920 tested positive today. The DOH said of the total COVID-19 cases, 6.9 percent or 28313 were active. Of these, 83.6 percent were mild, 8.2 percent asymptomatic, 5.1 percent critical, 2.9 percent severe, and 0.22 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Cavite with […]
NEW DEHLI, India (AFP) — A massive oil well fire that raged for more than five months in northeast India has finally been extinguished, officials said Sunday. Oil India engineers had battled the blaze in Assam state since an explosion in June, weeks after the well blew out and began discharging huge quantities of natural gas. Two employees of the state-owned company died in the blast, which sent a wall of flame and massive plumes […]
NEW YORK, New York (AFP) — The Trump administration on Monday invited oil companies to choose proposed drilling territories as it pushes ahead with a controversial Alaska leasing plan in its final days in office. The Bureau of Land Management said it will Tuesday officially open a 30-day period to accept nominations and comment on some 1.6 million acres (650,000 hectares) in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The move aims to open up to development […]
(Eagle News)–The Presidential Electoral Tribunal has denied the motions for Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen to inhibit from proceedings stemming from the poll protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo. The SC Public Information Office confirmed the SC, sitting as the PET on Tuesday, Nov. 17, denied the motions filed by Marcos and the Office of the Solicitor General. In calling for his inhibition, Marcos and the OSG separately […]
(Eagle News)–The government will test evacuees hit by the recent storms in the country using COVID-19 antigen tests. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the revelation on Tuesday, Nov. 17, days after “Quinta,” “Rolly” and then “Ulysses” caused devastation in several parts of the Philippines. According to Roque, although he could not confirm all evacuees would be tested, “magkakaroon po ng testing sa mga evacuation centers lalung-lalo na po doon sa mayroong sintomas.” He said this […]
by Julia RIOS BILWI, Nicaragua (AFP) — Iota weakened slightly to a Category 4 hurricane Monday as it barreled towards Honduras, threatening to deliver more drenching rains and fierce winds to areas devastated by a powerful storm just two weeks ago. Authorities had been rushing to evacuate thousands of people from coastal areas of Nicaragua and Honduras, in the immediate path of the maximum-level hurricane. The storm had already left one person dead as it […]
