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(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 373,000 mark on Tuesday, Oct. 27, after the Department of Health reported 1524 additional cases. The DOH said of the 373144 total cases, 10 percent or 37489 were active. Of these, 82.8 percent were mild, 11 percent asymptomatic, 4 percent critical, and 2.2 percent severe. Of the 1524 newly-reported cases, 1473 were cases that tested positive today. The areas with the most cases reported on this day […]
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — At least seven students were killed and scores more wounded Tuesday in a bomb attack on a Koran study class at a religious school in northwestern Pakistan, officials said. More than 60 people had been taking a lesson when the explosion tore through the madrassa in Peshawar, about 170 kilometers (around 100 miles) west of Islamabad, said Waqar Azim, a senior police official. “The blast took place in a seminary during […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China on Monday said it will impose sanctions on Lockheed Martin, a Boeing division and other US firms involved in arm sales to Taiwan, the self-governed island that Beijing views as its territory. The two US giants were involved in a recent sale of $1 billion worth of missiles to Taiwan, alongside Raytheon. Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian urged the US “to stop arms sales” to the island. The status […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines ordered its ambassador to Brazil to return home Monday after video footage showed her “mistreating” a Filipino domestic helper. Marichu Mauro, who was posted to Brazil in 2018 and also had jurisdiction over Colombia, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela, was under investigation, the foreign ministry said. “The Department of Foreign Affairs has instructed the Philippine Ambassador to Brazil to return home immediately following release of video footages showing her […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Customs will donate devices and other items it seized to the Department of Education for use in the distance learning program. In a statement, the bureau said the gadgets include flash drives, hard drives, mobile phones, full HD LED computer monitors, printers, laptops, routers, pocket WIFIs and tablets. The other items, on the other hand, include school bags and shoes. The bureau said to ensure the items have passed the minimum […]
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — At least seven students were killed and scores more wounded Tuesday in a bomb attack on a Koran study class at a religious school in northwestern Pakistan, officials said. More than 60 people had been taking a lesson when the explosion tore through the madrassa in Peshawar, about 170 kilometres (around 100 miles) west of Islamabad, said Waqar Azim, a senior police official. “The blast took place in a seminary […]
Three people died and a dozen others are missing after typhoon Quinta (international name Molave) triggered flooding across the central Philippines, officials said Tuesday, with thousands still sheltering in evacuation centers. Typhoon Quinta struck Sunday, inundating low-lying villages and farmlands, knocking down power lines and destroying hundreds of houses as it crossed the archipelago. The typhoon is now sweeping across the South China Sea towards Vietnam, the national weather forecaster said. The National Disaster […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that a government to government transaction would be done in the acquisition of vaccines for COVID-19 from China for the Philippines to prevent any incidence of corruption and delay. In his address to the nation aired on Tuesday, Oct. 27, Duterte said that he believes that the Chinese government already has a vaccine. He said that going through Chinese businessmen or private groups is not the way […]
(Eagle News)–“Quinta” has left the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Signal No. 1, however, remains in effect over Kalayaan Islands with “Quinta” located 775 kilometers west of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro. Today, “Quinta” will also bring moderate to heavy with at times intense rains over Western Visayas, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Palawan including Calamian, Cuyo, and Kalayaan Islands, and light to moderate with at times heavy rains over […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Asymptomatic coronavirus sufferers appear to lose detectable antibodies sooner than people who have exhibited Covid-19 symptoms, according to one of the biggest studies of its kind in Britain published on Tuesday. The findings by Imperial College London and market research firm Ipsos Mori also suggest the loss of antibodies was slower in 18–24 year-olds compared to those aged 75 and over. Overall, samples from hundreds of thousands of people across […]
CANCUN, Mexico (AFP) — Mexican authorities on Monday warned residents and tourists to shelter indoors as a hurricane barreled towards the Caribbean coast — the second this month. Zeta strengthened from a tropical storm into a Category 1 hurricane packing maximum sustained winds of 80 miles (130 kilometers) per hour, the US National Hurricane Center said. On Monday evening Zeta was located about 45 miles (70 kilometers) southeast of the Mexican resort island of Cozumel […]
(Eagle News)–Sixty-five more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said with the addition, the number of COVID-19 recoveries in the PNP rose to 6462. Twenty-five additional COVID-19 cases pushed the total to 7054. Of these, 570 were active. No additional death has been reported, which means the death toll remains at 22. The police are among the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. PNP Chief Camilo Cascolan has given the assurance […]
