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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The World Bank on Tuesday said it has asked its board of directors to approve $12 billion to help poor countries purchase and distribute eventual vaccines against Covid-19. The bank has already implemented emergency response programs in 111 countries and the extra money, if approved, would be aimed at low- and middle-income countries. “An effective and safe Covid-19 vaccine is the most promising path forward for the world to reopen […]
Southwest monsoon affecting western section of country (Eagle News)–Localized thunderstorms are affecting Mindanao today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the southwest monsoon was also affecting the western section of the country. Because of the thunderstorms, PHIVOLCS said Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers. Light to moderate winds will prevail in those areas, which will have slight to moderate coastal waters. Visayas, Palawan including the Kalayaan Group […]
(Eagle News)–Taal volcano has had 29 volcanic earthquakes in the past five days, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. PHIVOLCS said in its recent bulletin of Taal, which remains on alert level 1, that one of the earthquakes from Sept. 24 to 28 was reported at Intensity II in Calaca, Batangas on Sept. 25, while two others were reported at Intensity I in nearby Agoncillo, Laurel and Lemery, Batangas. Based on the PHIVOLCS […]
by Saul Loeb with Sebastian Smith in Washington CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Frontrunner Joe Biden and an increasingly struggling Donald Trump traded jabs Tuesday hours ahead of a first presidential debate that promised to be as nasty and unpredictable a clash as American voters have ever seen. Before they’d even met on the stage in Cleveland for the first of three 90-minute live television showdowns, Biden made public his tax returns to capitalize on […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Wednesday, Sept. 30: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. Passengers were advised to confirm 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 allowed with Metro Manila under a general community quarantine until the end of October. They are, however, […]
by Paul RICARD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Do 5G mobile telephones and networks pose health risks? Worries about the effect the technology has on humans and the environment have persisted as it has been deployed in various countries. What do scientists have to say about it? – What is 5G? – 5G networks are touted as promising an exponential leap in the amount and speed of wireless data, enabling advances in […]
by Ludovic EHRET Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — A Chinese company is entering the global race to help defeat the coronavirus, promising its testing machine will return results faster than a lab and more reliably than at-home screening kits. The Flash 20 “is currently the fastest machine in the world for PCR tests for the new coronavirus”, says Sabrina Li, founder of the company Coyote. PCR tests are the industry standard and […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Up to 100 million additional doses of any eventual safe and effective Covid-19 vaccines will be secured for delivery to poorer countries in 2021, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance announced Tuesday. The announcement means 200 million doses have been secured from the Serum Institute of India, following a previous announcement in August from Gavi and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that they had secured an initial 100 million doses from SII, […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 309,000 mark on Tuesday, Sept. 29, after the Department of Health reported an additional 2025 new cases. The DOH said of the 309,303 total cases, 50925 were active. Of these, 86.5 percent were mild, 8.8 percent asymptomatic, 1.4 percent severe, and 3.3 percent critical. Of the additional 2025 COVID-19 cases, 628 were from Metro Manila, 279 from Cavite, 218 from Negros Occidental, 108 from Laguna, […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned Facebook that their operations in the country could be restricted after it had taken down Facebook accounts of the government connected with the services of the Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, as well as advocacy campaigns of the Philippine government. “Facebook, listen to me. We allow you to operate here hoping that you could help us also. Now, if government cannot espouse […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The rate of positive coronavirus tests is ticking up in New York, especially in neighborhoods with large Orthodox Jewish populations, the state’s governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday. Of the 52,936 tests reported Sunday, 834 were positive, or 1.5 percent of the total, tweeted Cuomo. The positive rate had previously been at one percent for several days. New York became the global epicenter of the pandemic in spring, recording 23,800 […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers has parted company with the franchise in the wake of the team’s latest playoff flop, the coach confirmed Monday. In a statement on Twitter, Rivers said he was no longer the coach of the Los Angeles club. “Thank you Clipper nation for allowing me to be your coach and for all your support in helping make this a winning franchise,” Rivers wrote. “When […]
