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(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has opened additional 44 routes for public utility jeepneys. The LTFRB also allowed 4,820 more PUJs on Metro Manila streets, based on Memorandum Circular 2020-058 released on Saturday. Below are the routes and number of public utility vehicles now authorized to ply them starting June 1: 1. TRADITIONAL PUBLIC UTILITY JEEPNEY (PUJ) No. of routes opened: 302 No. of authorized units: 27,016 2. MODERN PUBLIC UTILITY JEEPNEY […]
(Eagle News)–Thirty-three more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said with the addition, the total number of recoveries in the PNP rose to 5,666 as of Monday night. Sixty-two more COVID-19 cases pushed the total to 6,471. Of these, 785 were active cases. No additional death was reported, which means the death toll remains at 20. PNP Chief Cascolan has said police personnel are among the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has reported over 200 more COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos. With the additional 213 cases, the COVID-19 tally among Filipinos abroad rose to 11082 as of October 12. Recoveries also rose to 7136, including the 217 additional ones reported. The death toll is at 80, with the addition of a fatality in the Middle East. The Middle East and Africa still had the most COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos, […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers are expected over Visayas and Palawan, including the Kalayaan Group of Islands. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said this was due to the low pressure area situated 355 km east of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte, and the southwest monsoon affecting the western section of Luzon. PAGASA said Occidental Mindoro will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to southwest monsoon and localized […]
(Eagle News)–A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Norte early Tuesday, Oct.13. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 3:21 a.m., had its epicenter 13 kilometers southwest of Dapa. It had a depth of 21 kilometers, and was tectonic in origin. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Intensities: Intensity III – Surigao City; Dapa, Surigao Del Norte Intensity II – Borromeo, Surigao Del Norte; Carrascal, and, Tubod, […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, Oct. 13: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. Only those with a confirmation of their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled will be allowed entry into the airport premises. MIAA advised passengers then to confirm their flights first before going to the airport. Domestic flights are allowed but subject to the requirements of the […]
(Eagle News)–“Nika” has exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, after “Nika,” now “Nangka,” left PAR at 11 a.m., it intensified into a tropical storm and will continue to intensify over the West Philippine Sea over the next 24 hours. Today through tomorrow morning, the combined effects of “Nangka” and the southwest monsoon affecting the western section of Luzon will bring light to moderate with at […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — French authorities could be forced to impose new lockdowns in a bid to contain another surge in coronavirus cases that is putting a strain on hospitals, Prime Minister Jean Castex warned Monday. “If over the next two weeks we see the epidemic indicators worsen, if intensive care beds fill up even more than we expect, we will indeed take additional measures,” Castex said in an interview with France Info radio. Asked […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang called on lawmakers to set aside politics for now and pass first the critical proposed 2021 national budget amid the speakership fight that came to a head Monday noon, Oct. 12. Palace spokesperson Harry Roque said that President Rodrigo Duterte is so fed up with the politicking at the House of Representatives, using the word “tagam” to describe his feelings, about the speakership fight affecting the passage of the critical […]
(Eagle News)– COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 342,000 mark on Monday, Oct. 12, after the Department of Health reported additional 3,564 cases. The DOH said of the 342,816 total cases, 43,332 were active. Of these, 83.9 percent were mild, 10.8 percent asymptomatic, 1.7 percent severe, and 3.6 percent critical. Of the 3,564 additional cases, 1,344 came from Metro Manila, 215 from Cavite, 212 from Laguna, 211 from Rizal, and 164 from Iloilo. Recoveries […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Two moderate earthquakes of over 5.0 magnitude struck off the Greek island of Crete early Monday but there were no reports of casualties or damage. The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the first quake, with a 5.1 magnitude, hit at 4:11am local time (0111 GMT) about 47 kilometers (29 miles) northeast of the city of Sitia. A second quake, with a magnitude of 5.2, struck the same point exactly three hours later, […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — At least 18 people died and more than a dozen are missing after floods submerged homes in central Vietnam and rough seas capsized fishing boats, authorities said Monday, as another storm threatened fresh downpours. Images on state media showed entire villages under water in Quang Tri and Quang Nam, while murky floodwaters swept through the Imperial City of Hue and the tourist hotspot Hoi An over the weekend. More than a […]
