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(Eagle News)–“Rolly” continues to intensify as it moves west over the Philippine Sea. In its recent advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Rolly” is forecast to move west-southwest this afternoon until Saturday evening, and is likely to make landfall over the Aurora-Quezon area on Sunday evening or Monday early morning at a peak intensity of 175-185 kph. Afterwards, the typhoon will turn west-northwest as it moves over the sea off the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Roa Duterte directed Congress to speed up legislation for the creation of the Department of Overseas Filipinos which would address concerns of OFWs including seafarers. Duterte stressed that this was a campaign promise way back 2016 and he intended to fulfill this to help the country’s unsung heroes who have been abused and neglected for years. He said that he would also create another agency that would focus on […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian conservationists have slammed plans to turn the home of endangered Komodo dragons into a Jurassic Park-style attraction, after a viral photo showing one of the giant reptiles sparked an online backlash over the development. Nearly 3,000 of the world’s biggest lizard species live on a cluster of islands east of Bali, where they grow to around three metres (10 feet) in length and weigh up to 90 kilograms (200 pounds). Authorities […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday warned of the potential for civil unrest as votes are tallied in a US election that will be “a test” for the social network. Zuckerberg expressed his concern while describing safeguards against misinformation and voter suppression at the leading social network that are intended to avoid the kinds of deception and abuse that played out four years ago. “I’m worried […]
by Mike Smith NEW ORLEANS, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Zeta barreled through the southern United States as a Category 2 storm Wednesday, bringing dangerous winds and surging ocean waves as New Orleans residents were left without power. Zeta, which was downgraded to a tropical storm during Thursday’s early hours, would “continue to spread well inland across portions of northeastern Alabama, northern Georgia, the Carolinas, and southeastern Virginia,” according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). […]
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — One of the three victims of an extremist knife attack in a church in France Thursday was a 44-year-old Brazilian mother of three, the Brazil foreign ministry announced. The woman was seriously wounded in the attack on the Notre-Dame Basilica in Nice, in the southeast of France, by a 21-year-old Tunisian immigrant who had recently arrived in the country. She managed to flee to a nearby bar, but died shortly after, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States notched a record number of new coronavirus cases on Thursday, for the first time topping 90,000 diagnoses in 24 hours, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University. The country, which has seen a resurgence of its Covid-19 outbreak since mid-October, recorded 91,295 new cases in the 24 hours up to 8:30 pm Thursday (0030 GMT Friday), according to a real-time count by the Baltimore-based school. The […]
by Jeremie Richard Agence France-Presse LANGJOKULL, Glacier, Iceland (AFP) — Instead of a slow slog on snowshoes, a giant bus sweeps passengers at up to 60 kilometres an hour across Iceland’s second largest glacier, which scientists predict will likely be nearly gone by the end of the century. The red glacier mega bus is 15 metres (50-foot) long and fitted with massive tyres for traction across the powder snow of western Iceland’s vast Langjokull ice […]
(Eagle News)–Courts nationwide will operate only until noon today, Oct. 30. Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta announced the half-day work schedule in Memorandum Order No. 71-2020. Covered by the memorandum are all first- and second-level courts, the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Sandiganbayan, the Court of Tax Appeals, and the Presidential Electoral Tribunal. “However, the Training Seminar of the Philippine Judicial Academy on the 2019 Amendments to the 197 Rules of Civil Procedure and […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a tropical storm outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said Tropical Storm “Atsani” was situated 2,320 kilometers east of Mindanao, packing maximum sustained winds of 65 kph near the center, and gustiness of up to 170 kph. It is moving west at 20 kph. So far, PAGASA said Visayas, Bicol Region, Northern Mindanao and Caraga will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and […]
(Eagle News)–Nineteen volcanic earthquakes were monitored at Kanlaon in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said steam and sulfur dioxide emissions were also monitored at the volcano, which remains on alert level 1. PHIVOLCS said the emission of white steam-laden plumes was also weak. A sulfur dioxide emission was measured at an average of 656 tons on October 13. A slight inflation of the lower and mid slopes since June, and inflation […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Moderna said Thursday it took in $1.1 billion in deposits in the third quarter for a coronavirus vaccine that it is “actively preparing” to launch. The biotech company, releasing quarterly results, completed its enrollment earlier this month for the phase-3 trial of “mRNA-1273,” a vaccine candidate for Covid-19. “We are actively preparing for the launch of mRNA-1273 and we have signed a number of supply agreements with governments around […]
