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by Aishwarya KUMAR Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India on Monday reported the number of coronavirus cases in the country had passed six million, as the pandemic rages across the vast South Asian nation. With 6.1 million infections according to the health ministry, India is on course to pass the United States in the coming weeks as the country with the most cases. It has also recorded close to 100,000 deaths. […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been raised over Metro Manila and other areas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are expected over Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, Laguna and Quezon within the next two hours. Moderate to occasional heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds due to thunderstorms are also expected over portions of Zamboanga del Norte (Dipolog City, Katipunan, Manukan, Jose Dalman, Piñan), Lanao […]
by Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — TikTok won a last-minute reprieve late Sunday as a US federal judge halted enforcement of a politically charged ban ordered by the Trump administration on downloads of the popular video app, hours before it was set to take effect. District Judge Carl Nichols issued a temporary injunction at the request of TikTok, which the White House has called a national security threat stemming from […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police announced on Monday, Sept. 28, the arrest of an alleged assistant of Abu Sayyaf leader Mundi Sawadjaan. In a press conference, PNP Chief Camilo Cascolan said Hashim Saripada, also known as Ibnu Kashir Saripada, was arrested by operatives of the Regional Intelligence Unit of the Police Regional Office 9 and the 84th Special Action Company of the Special Action Force at 6:30 a.m. in Barangay Recodo in Zamboanga City on […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs said its consular office in the National Capital Region-East in SM Megamall will be closed today, Sept. 28. The DFA said the temporary closure was to allow for a disinfection of the office premises and “implementation of other preventive measures to manage and prevent risks against COVID-19.” The consular office will resume its regular operations on Tuesday, September 29. The DFA said affected applicants with confirmed appointments must secure […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck Pangasinan on Monday, Sept. 28. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 5:52 a.m., had its epicenter 10 kilometers northeast of Alaminos. It had a depth of 63 kilometers, and was tectonic in origin. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Five new COVID-19 cases were reported among overseas Filipinos, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The DFA said with the added cases from Africa, the total rose to 10438. The department said the Middle East and Africa still had the most COVID-19 cases with 7079, followed by the Asia Pacific region with 1372, Europe with 1179, and the Americas with 808. One additional death pushed the death toll to 791. No additional recoveries were […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police has reported 56 additional COVID-19 recoveries among police personnel. The PNP said with the additional recoveries, the total number of recoveries among the police rose to 4556. Forty-six additional COVID-19 cases brought the total to 5751. Of these, 1178 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the death toll remains at 17. The police are among the country’s frontliners, as they continue to man quarantine checkpoints and implement […]
by Simon MALFATTO Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The global death toll from the new coronavirus, which emerged less than a year ago in China and has swept across the world, passed one million on Sunday. The pandemic has ravaged the global economy, inflamed geopolitical tensions and upended lives, from Indian slums and Brazil’s jungles to America’s biggest city New York. World sports, live entertainment and international travel ground to a halt […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs repatriated over 9,000 Filipinos abroad this week. The DFA said with the additional 9,574 overseas Filipinos, the total number of repatriated Filipinos since February rises to 195,224. Of the total, the DFA said 34.6 percent or 67,484 were sea-based, while 65.4 percent or 127,740 were land-based. This week, the DFA said two DFA-chartered flights from Saudi Arabia brought home 711 overseas Filipinos. The DFA said among them was OFW […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation has awarded the three remaining civil works contract packages for the Clark Phase 2 project, or the Malolos-Clark extension of the North-South Commuter Railway System. With the awarding of the three contract packages, the DOTr said the awarding of five civil works packages of the PNR Clark Phase 2 project is now completed. Contracts for Packages N-04 and N-05 were signed on August 1, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the […]
Mindanao affected by ITCZ, PAGASA says (Eagle News)–The southwest monsoon is affecting the western section of Luzon, while the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is affecting Mindanao. Palawan including the Kalayaan Group of Islands will have cloudy skies with scattered rains due to southwest monsoon, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. The entire Visayas and Occidental Mindoro, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to […]
