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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday called for better ties with South Korea in talks with President Moon Jae-in, the first in months between leaders of the countries. Suga, who took office last week, said he told Moon in a phone call that the countries must repair their “difficult” bilateral relations, which are mired in a long-running dispute over issues dating back Japan’s occupation of the Korean peninsula. “To […]
(Eagle News) — Over 24 million students have enrolled for school year 2020 to 2021, the Department of Education said. According to DepEd, the 24,567,456 enrollees from kindergarten to Grade 12, including ALS and non-graded learners with disabilities, were as of Sept. 23. The figure represents 88.46 percent of the enrollees for school year 2019 to 2020, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The department said of the total figure, 22,383,549 learners enrolled in public schools, […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets tumbled Thursday following another sharp sell-off on Wall Street as investors were bombarded by a perfect storm of problems including rising virus infections, new lockdowns, a slowing economic recovery, stalled US stimulus talks and election uncertainty. Months of mind-boggling gains in global equities have come to a juddering halt this month, with expectations that the wall of cash from governments and central banks would jumpstart a rebound […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the House of Representatives have reached 80. House secretary-general Jose Montales said the 80th case was a staff member of Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano. The employee last reported for work from Sept. 14 to 18. She got tested after experiencing headache, colds, body weakness, and the loss of taste and smell. At least two lawmakers from the House have died after testing positive for COVID-19: Rep. Ditas Ramos and […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean forces shot dead a South Korean fisheries official who disappeared off a patrol vessel and ended up in Pyongyang’s waters, Seoul’s defense ministry said Thursday, calling it an “outrageous act”. The 47-year-old man had been on board a vessel near the western border island of Yeonpyeong, the ministry said in a statement. After analyzing intelligence, the South Korean military had “confirmed that the North fired at a South […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government will continue to hire contact tracers until it reaches its target of at least 50,000. In a statement, Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said the DILG’s provincial and city field offices will continue to accept applications even after the original deadline, which was supposed to be Sept. 23. Malaya said around 10,000 people have already applied for the post in Metro Manila. Some of them, […]
(Eagle News) — A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Sur on Thursday, Sept. 24. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 10:25 a.m., was an aftershock of the 5.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Bayabas on Sept. 21. PHIVOLCS said the 5.0-magnitude quake had its epicenter 91 kilometers northeast of Bayabas. It had a depth of 46 kilometers. No damage to property was reported but aftershocks were.
by Philippe Rater with Shaun Tandon in Washington UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Arab leaders voiced fears Wednesday before the United Nations of new conflict in the region as tensions soar between Iran and the United States. The annual extravaganza of international diplomacy at the UN General Assembly has been turned into a virtual affair this year, with leaders sending in recorded speeches due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Two days after US President Donald […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The Eiffel Tower in Paris was evacuated for two hours Wednesday after an anonymous caller threatened to blow up the great edifice in the heart of the French capital, police said. After an inspection, nothing suspicious was found and the Eiffel Tower was able to reopen to visitors. “A man phoned up, shouted ‘Allah Akbar’ and said he was going to ‘blow up everything’” at the Eiffel Tower, said a police […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The UK on Wednesday reported 6,178 new coronavirus cases, a marked jump in the daily infection rate that comes a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled new nationwide restrictions. It follows a rise of 4,926 the day before and brings the total confirmed cases in Britain since the pandemic hit to 409,729. With a further 37 deaths reported in the past 24 hours, 41,862 people in Britain who tested […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police is preparing criminal charges against a man reportedly using the name of PNP Chief Camilo Cascolan to extort money. In a statement, the PNP said the “cyber con artist,” whom it did not identify, uses a fake Facebook account under the name of the PNP chief for his “elaborate Internet-based scam” that sees him asking for money from policemen in exchange for plum police assignments. The PNP said Cascolan was […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Norte on Thursday, Sept. 24. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 7:32 a.m., had its epicenter 40 kilometers northeast of Burgos. It had a depth of 19 kilometers. Instrumental intensity I was recorded in Surigao City. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
