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(Eagle News)–The low pressure area east of Southern Luzon may enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility this week. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 4 a.m., the LPA was located 1855 kilometers east of the island group, and is likely to enter PAR on Wednesday or Thursday. PAGASA said it is likely to develop into a tropical depression in the next 48 hours. So far, however, Signal No. 1 remains […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a Department of Justice-led task force to probe corruption in the entire government. The President gave the order to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra in a memorandum from the Office of the President the chief executive read out in his taped address aired on Tuesday morning. The President said the task force, which was formed in August to probe corruption allegations in PhilHealth, could focus on government corruption allegations […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that General Community Quarantine (GCQ) will remain in effect from Novermber 1 to 30 in Metro Manila, Batangas, Iloilo City, Bacolod City, Tacloban City, Iligan City, and Lanao del Sur. In his televised address to the nation on Tuesdat, Oct. 27, Duterte said that GCQ is the preferred mode of community quarantine protocol by many because it has resulted in the decrease of COVID-19 cases. The quarantine […]
(Eagle News)–Three rockfall events were monitored at Mayon in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said also monitored at the volcano, which remains on alert level 1, was the emission of sulfur dioxide. PHIVOLCS said the last measured emission was at 143 tons on October 10. It said this was “below baseline average.” An inflation of the lower to middle slopes since July 2019, and an inflation from late 2019 to mid-2020 […]
(Eagle News)–The One-Stop Shop on Tuesday, Oct. 27, denied allegations Overseas Filipino Workers were being made to avail of the services of private RT-PCR test providers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, and were therefore being made to pay more. According to the OSS, in the first place, the RT-PCR tests of OFWs are being shouldered by government. “OFWs need not spend any amount for the COVID-19 test since the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, Oct. 27: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. All passengers were advised to get confirmation of the flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. Domestic flights are allowed but subject to the requirements set forth by the local government unit covering the […]
(Eagle News)–Signal No. 1 is in effect over Kalayaan Islands as “Quinta” continued to move west over the West Philippine Sea. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Quinta” was 605 km west of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro or 305 km north northeast of Pag-asa Island, Palawan. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 170 kph as it moves at 25 kph. “Quinta” […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Some 60,000 people fled their homes near Los Angeles on Monday as a wildfire raged across more than 2,000 acres (800 hectares) with high winds grounding firefighting aircraft. The so-called Silverado Fire erupted early in the morning in the foothills of Irvine, about 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles, and quickly spread, fueled by dry windy conditions. “It’s nuts — even inside the car, my eyes, my […]
POLA, Philippines (AFP) — Searches were under way Monday for seven fishermen in the Philippines as a typhoon swept across the archipelago, flooding low-lying areas and forcing thousands of people into emergency shelters. Packing maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometres (80 miles) per hour, Typhoon Quinta (international name Molave) made landfall Sunday on the southern end of the main island of Luzon before moving west across the country. Villages and farmland in the typhoon’s […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 371,000 mark on Monday, Oct. 26, after the Department of Health reported 1607 additional cases. The DOH said of the 371630 total cases, 9.8 percent or 36,333 were active. Of these, 82.6 percent were mild, 10.9 percent were asymptomatic, 4.1 percent were critical, and 2.3 percent were severe. The DOH said Davao City had the most additional cases reported today, with 90, followed by Cavite with 88, […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha said Thailand needs to bring “illegal protests” under control on Monday as he opened a special parliamentary session to discuss months of pro-democracy rallies. Prayut, the former military chief who staged the 2014 coup, has faced increasing pressure in recent weeks from tens of thousands of protesters demanding his resignation. The student-led rallies are calling for Prayut’s resignation, a rewrite of the military-scripted constitution and an […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s billionaire business leaders lined up Monday to pay respects to the late Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee, for decades the country’s richest and most powerful industrialist. Lee died aged 78 on Sunday, six years after suffering a heart attack that had left him bedridden. Under his leadership, Samsung became the world’s largest producer of smartphones and memory chips, and the firm’s overall turnover today is equivalent to a […]
