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Thunderstorm advisory hoisted over parts of Mindanao

(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been raised over parts of Mindanao today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are expected over portions of Camiguin, Surigao del Norte, Lanao del Sur,  and Sulu within the next one to two hours. PAGASA said these were due to thunderstorms. According to the weather bureau, these  conditions are being experienced in Bukidnon (Impasug-ong, Malaybalay), Misamis Oriental (Magsaysay), […]

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Speaker Velasco to preside over Special Session on nat’l budget as House row is resolved

  (Eagle News) — In a twist to the ongoing House speakership squabble, Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco took the post of House Speaker on Tuesday, Oct. 13, just before 12 noon, after lawmakers affirmed through a nominal voting the election that happened outside Congress the previous day. With the resolution of the House Speakership post, the Special Session earlier called by President Rodrigo Duterte at 3 p.m. today, Tuesday, for the passage of the […]

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House ratifies election of Velasco as Speaker; Cayetano steps down from top House post

(Eagle News)–The House of Representatives on Tuesday, Oct. 13, ratified the election of Rep. Lord Velasco as Speaker, as Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano announced he stepped down from the post. With a vote of 186, or more than the majority required, lawmakers officially installed the Marinduque representative as the new Speaker at the Batasang Pambansa, hours before the special session of Congress called by President Rodrigo Duterte for the passage of the proposed P4.5-trillion national […]

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Flashflood in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija and Quezon province observed due to heavy rains

(Eagle News) — Flashfloods were observed in parts of Bongabon, Nueva Ecija and Quezon Province due to the past days of heavy rains. In these reports by Eagle News Service correspondents, areas of Bongabon, Nueva Ecija and six barangays in Quezon province have experienced floods the past few days. In Quezon, the barangays which had flashfloods were barangays 10, 5, 4, 6, Dalahican, and Marketview. (Eagle News Service)  

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The underground ‘Parthenon’ protecting Tokyo from floods

by Shingo ITO KASUKABE, Japan (AFP) — It has been called Japan’s underground “Parthenon”, a cavernous complex charged with protecting Tokyo and surrounding areas from catastrophic flooding — a risk experts warn is growing as climate change advances. Above ground, there is little to give away the cathedral-like feat of engineering that forms the main reservoir of the Kasukabe flood tank, the largest facility of its kind in the world. The immense structure — deep […]

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Palace: President Duterte to meet with Cayetano, Velasco today

(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte will meet today with Reps. Alan Peter Cayetano and Lord Velasco, who have been at odds over the Speakership. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the meeting will take place at 12:30 p.m. in Malago, in Malacañang. Roque said the meeting was to ensure the passage of the 2021 national budget, which, if passed, was supposed to be used against COVID-19. Earlier, the President said he was fed up with  politics […]

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Covid-19 reinfection casts doubt on virus immunity: study

by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) — Covid-19 patients may experience more severe symptoms the second time they are infected, according to research released Tuesday confirming it is possible to catch the potentially deadly disease more than once. A study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal charts the first confirmed case of Covid-19 reinfection in the United States — the country worst hit by the pandemic — and indicates that exposure to the virus […]

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Trump tells fans on post-Covid comeback tour: ‘I feel so powerful’

  by Chris Lefkow Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Deprived of his beloved campaign trail for 10 days by Covid-19, President Donald Trump took center stage again Monday in Florida, vowing that he is in “great shape” with 22 days to go until he faces Joe Biden in the election. “I went through it and now they say I’m immune,” Trump told a cheering crowd in Sanford, near Orlando, few of whom […]

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Ten million Americans have already voted in election: tracker

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — More than 10 million Americans have already cast their ballots in the US presidential contest, a tracking group said late Monday, a record pace three weeks before election day November 3. “Voters have cast a total of 10,296,180 ballots in the reporting states,” the US Elections Project of the University of Florida reported on its website. The project said the early-vote count is multiple times higher than it was at […]

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Johnson & Johnson pauses Covid vaccine trial as participant becomes ill

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Johnson & Johnson said Monday it had temporarily halted its Covid-19 vaccine trial because one of its participants had become sick. “We have temporarily paused further dosing in all our Covid-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials, including the Phase 3 ENSEMBLE trial, due to an unexplained illness in a study participant,” the company said in a statement. The pause means the online enrollment system has been closed for the 60,000-patient clinical […]

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“House war” in the time of COVID: Congress opens budget special session with “2 House Speakers”

  (Eagle News) – The House of Representatives will open the special session called by President Rodrigo Duterte for the passage of the all-important proposed 2021 national budget on Tuesday, Oct. 13, with two lawmakers claiming to be the House Speaker. Both Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and his rival Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco who took his oath as Speaker after a House session staged by his allies at the Celebrity Sports Plaza, claimed to […]

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Taal update: 8 volcanic quakes, steam emissions monitored; alert level 1 still in place

(Eagle News)–Eight volcanic earthquakes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said also monitored at the volcano, which remains on alert level 1, were steam  emissions. PHIVOLCS said  the emission of steam-laden plumes  from the vents of the main crater was weak to moderate. A slow and slight inflation of the northwestern sector of Taal Caldera was monitored. “In contrast, GPS data from the southwestern sector of Taal […]

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