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MRT-3 operations suspended this weekend for maintenance

(Eagle News)–Metro Rail Transit-3 operations are suspended today, Nov. 14. The Department of Transportation said the scheduled temporary shutdown until Sunday, Nov. 15, was to give way to a bushing replacement at the depot and some turnout activity at the Taft Avenue station. The MRT-3 said this was part of the MRT-3 massive rehabilitation and maintenance being conducted by maintenance provider Sumitomo-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The MRT-3 said part of the bushing  replacement of the 34.5-kilovolt […]

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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, Nov. 14

(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, Nov. 14: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. Earlier, 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 to enter the airport premises. The government has eased some travel restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with domestic flights allowed but subject […]

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Cloudy skies, rains expected in PHL today

(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and rains are expected in the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Batanes will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the tail-end of a cold front. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and the rest of Cagayan Valley will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains, on the […]

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Iglesia Ni Cristo holds Lingap sa Mamamayan for typhoon “Ulysses” victims

  (Eagle News) — The Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) conducted various Lingap sa Mamamayan (Aid to Humanity) immediately after typhoon “Ulysses” (international name Vamco) battered Luzon, including Metro Manila, giving food and other essential items to residents affected by the destructive typhoon. Thousands of goodwill bags were distributed on Friday, Nov. 13, to typhoon victims as INC reached out to those severely hit by “Ulysses” which had submerged vast areas of Metro Manila […]

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Asia markets take fresh hit as virus surge trumps vaccine hope

  HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A spike in coronavirus infections across the United States and Europe hit Asian markets again Friday as traders fear another wave of lockdown measures will throw an already shaky economic recovery off course. The rally fuelled by excitement over a possible vaccine before 2021 and relief at Joe Biden’s US election win has given way to the reality that while there is light at the end of the tunnel, […]

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Northeast monsoon affecting N. Luzon

(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and the rest of Cagayan Valley will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Batanes and the Babuyan Group of Islands will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the tail-end of a cold front. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times […]

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Trump bans investment in firms that aid China’s military

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning Americans from investing in Chinese firms deemed to be supplying or supporting Beijing’s military and security apparatus, earning a sharp rebuke from China. The order listed 31 companies Thursday it said China was using for the “increasing exploitation” of US investment capital to fund military and intelligence services, including the development and deployment of weapons of mass destruction. US-China […]

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Global warming to continue no matter what we do: study

by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Even if humanity stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, Earth will warm for centuries to come and oceans will rise by metres, according to a controversial modelling study published Thursday. Natural drivers of global warming — more heat-trapping clouds, thawing permafrost, and shrinking sea ice — already set in motion by carbon pollution will take on their own momentum, researchers from Norway reported in the Nature journal […]

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China sends ‘congratulations’ to Joe Biden on US election win

  BEIJING, China (AFP) — China congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday nearly a week after he was declared winner of the American election. US-China ties have grown increasingly strained in recent years under the administration of incumbent Donald Trump, and relations are as icy as at any time since formal ties were established four decades ago. “We respect the choice of the American people. We express our congratulations to Mr Biden and Ms […]

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COVID-19 cases in PHL reach 404,713; 506 more recover

(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 404,000 mark on Friday, Nov. 13, after the Department of Health reported 1902 additional cases. The DOH said of the 404,713 total COVID-19 cases, 8.4 percent or 34058 were active. Of these, 83.9 percent were mild, 9.4 percent asymptomatic, 4.3 percent critical, 2.3 percent severe, and 0.12 percent moderate. Over 900, or 916, additional COVID-19 cases were confirmed only today. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases […]

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Israel uncovers King David-era fortress in occupied Golan

GOLAN HEIGHTS (AFP) — Archaeologists on Wednesday unveiled a fortified structure from the time of the King David on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that sheds light on the borders of a Biblical Israeli ally. The 3,000-year-old fort, found near the Jewish settlement of Hispin ahead of works to build a new neighbourhood, is believed to have belonged to the Geshurites, King David’s allies. Locally quarried basalt boulders form the metre-and-a-half (five-foot) thick walls of the […]

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Covid-19 vaccine ‘best science news’ of 2020

by Nina LARSON Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Data indicating that a vaccine being developed against Covid-19 is highly effective is the “best science news of the year”, a pharmaceutical industry association chief said, voicing hope that other vaccine candidates would show equally good results. “A vaccine that has 90 percent efficacy and is pretty safe, that is a historic breakthrough,” the head of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), Thomas […]

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