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(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has repatriated over 200 more Filipinos from Saudi Arabia. The DFA said the 263 Filipinos based in Jeddah and other parts of the Western region took a Philippine Airlines chartered flight on Oct. 11 and arrived in Manila on Oct. 12. According to the DFA, the repatriates were among the “thousands” of Overseas Filipino Workers who were economically displaced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Philippine Consul General to […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Wednesday, Oct. 14: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. MIAA has urged 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 entry into the airport premises. Domestic flights are subject to the requirements imposed by the local government unit covering the area of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Two late-stage Covid-19 medical trials have been paused in the space of 24 hours over potential safety concerns, the latest setbacks to scientists in the long fight against the pandemic. US pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly on Tuesday suspended its Phase 3 trial of its lab-produced antibody treatment in hospitalized patients over an unspecified incident. A day earlier, the American pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson temporarily halted its Phase 3 Covid-19 […]
(Eagle News)–Tropical Depression “Ofel” has made landfall over Can-Avid, Eastern Samar. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the southern portion of Batangas (Batangas City, Ibaan, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Juan, Taysan, Lobo), the southern portion of Quezon (Tagkawayan, Guinayangan, Calauag, Alabat, Perez, Quezon, San Francisco, San Andres, San Narciso, Mulanay, Buenavista, Lopez, General Luna, Gumaca, Macalelon, Pitogo, Unisan, Plaridel, Atimonan, Agdangan, Padre Burgos, Lucena City, Pagbilao, Candelaria, Sariaya, Tiaong, San Antonio, Tayabas […]
(Eagle News)–More areas are under a tropical cyclone wind signal number one as Tropical Depression “Ofel” maintained its strength and moved slowly towards the Eastern Samar to Northern Samar area. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said under Signal No. 1 are Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, and Masbate including Ticao and Burias Islands Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Samar, Biliran, and the northern portion of Leyte (Tabango, Leyte, San Isidro, Calubian, Capoocan, Carigara, Jaro, Pastrana, […]
(Eagle News)–The low pressure area east of Eastern Samar has developed into a tropical depression. Because of Tropical Depression “Ofel,” a tropical cyclone wind signal number one has been raised over Sorsogon in Luzon; and Northern Samar, the northern portion of Eastern Samar (Borongan City, San Julian, Sulat, Taft, Can-Avid, Dolores, Maslog, Oras, San Policarpo, Arteche, Jipapad), and the northern portion of Samar (Pinabacdao, Villareal, Talalora, Daram, Zumarraga, Calbiga, Hinabangan, Paranas, San Sebastian, Motiong, Jiabong, […]
ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) — Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche said Tuesday it would produce a new antigen test for Covid-19, allowing high-volume and rapid testing for the deadly disease, by the end of the year. The new Elecsys SARS-CoV-2 Antigen test is meant to be administered by healthcare professionals in a lab setting and allows the detection of the virus that causes Covid-19 in as little as 18 minutes, Roche said. It said the “highly accurate” […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 344,000 mark on Tuesday, Oct. 13, after the Department of Health reported additional 1990 cases. The DOH said of the total 344,713 cases, 44958 were active. Of these, 84.2 percent were mild, 10.6 percent asymptomatic, 1.7 percent severe, and 3.4 percent critical. Of the 1990 more cases reported today, 580 were from Metro Manila, 114 from Cavite, 105 from Rizal, 100 from Laguna, and 94 from Misamis […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte’s meeting with newly-elected Speaker Lord Velasco and his predecessor Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano in Malacañang pushed through on Tuesday, Oct. 13. This was even after the apparent resolution of the row over the Speakership just hours before, with the official election of Velasco as the House leader, and with Cayetano stepping down. According to Senator Bong Go, who was present in the meeting, the President reminded the two House lawmakers to […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Thousands of North Koreans have packed into Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung square to pledge their support for the government — all of them wearing masks, unlike at a military parade only two days earlier. Authorities held the rally on Monday at the start of an “80-Day Campaign”, a mass mobilization drive to boost the economy ahead of a ruling party congress in January. Such efforts, often dubbed “battles”, feature extra-long […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s unemployment rate has jumped to 4.5 percent as the coronavirus pandemic continues to destroy jobs, official data showed on Tuesday. The reading for the June-August period compared with an unemployment rate of 4.1 percent for May to July, the Office for National Statistic said in a statement. Early estimates for September meanwhile “suggest that there is little change in the number of payroll employees in the UK; up 20,000 […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — More than three million swabs have been taken in a matter of days in Qingdao, the Chinese port city where a minor coronavirus outbreak elicited a sweeping health response. Queues for testing stretched deep into Monday night across the eastern city, which detected six virus cases the day before but swiftly swung into action to head off a wider outbreak. In scenes which contrast with the fumbled efforts of other nations […]
