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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern moved most of New Zealand to the lowest virus alert setting Monday, saying the country was edging towards eliminating Covid-19. Ardern announced New Zealand would from late Monday move down to virus level one in its four-tier alert system, except for Auckland, where the country’s most recent outbreak emerged. “Our actions collectively have managed to get the virus under control,” said Ardern, whose government has been […]
BHIWANDI, India (AFP) — Ten people were killed and up to 25 were feared trapped after a three-storey residential building collapsed before dawn on Monday in western India, officials said. The accident in the city of Bhiwandi, which neighbors India’s financial capital Mumbai, occurred around 3:40 am (2210 GMT Sunday), local authorities said. “Ten people have died, we have rescued 11 people alive,” an official at the Thane city authority, which oversees Bhiwandi, told AFP. […]
(Eagle News) — More health professionals are now allowed to leave the country for their work abroad. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte gave the approval for health workers with complete documents as of Aug. 31 to report to work overseas. Earlier, only those with complete documentation as of March 8 were exempted from the ban on the deployment abroad of medical workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Palace earlier urged Filipino healthcare workers to […]
(Eagle News)–“Marce” is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Marce,” which has intensified into a tropical storm, exited PAR at 6 a.m. PAGASA said as of 10 a.m., it was estimated 1,400 kilometers east northeast of extreme Northern Luzon, packing maximum sustained winds of 75 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 90 kph. It is moving at 15 kph, and will move […]
TORONTO, Canada (AFP )– The Quebec government on Sunday announced new restrictions on gatherings in order to prevent a second wave of Covid-19 infections. The number of people allowed in “rented halls, places of worship, festive events weddings” will drop from 250 to 50 from Monday, said Health Minister Christian Dube. In three of the regions in the province — including the cities of Montreal and Quebec City, which have increased to an “orange” alert […]
(Eagle News) — The police are not the only ones to blame for the massive crowd that gathered at Manila Bay over the weekend. This is according to Philippine National Police Chief, Police General Camilo Cascolan, who has since relieved Police Lieutenant Colonel Ariel Caramoan, chief of the Ermita police that has jurisdiction over the area, over the incident that saw health protocols on social distancing and the wearing of face masks and shields, violated. […]
by Mikhail FLORES MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — When big wave surfer Doug Falter lost his board in a wipeout in Hawaii, his best hope was for a local fisherman to pick it up. He never imagined it would be found more than 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) away in the southern Philippines. More than two years after watching his pale blue custom-shaped board disappear in the huge swell of Waimea Bay, Falter was alerted via social […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Anthony Davis drained a three-pointer as time expired to seal the Los Angeles Lakers’ 105-103 victory over the Denver Nuggets Sunday for a 2-0 lead in the NBA Western Conference finals. “People talk about (I’ve) never been in this moment before, pressure, am I ready for it,” Davis said. “I want to take those shots.” Davis scored 31 points and pulled down nine rebounds, and LeBron James added 11 […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — A fire that broke out on Sunday at a reception centre for asylum-seekers on the Greek island of Samos was under control, police and the fire services said. The fire came after 12,000 people including entire families with elderly and newborns were left homeless earlier this month when fire broke out in the overcrowded and unsanitary Moria camp on Lesbos, another island in the Agean. Two or three containers at the […]
(Eagle News) — Bureau of Corrections Director-General Gerald Bantag has tested positive for COVID-19. The confirmation came two days after the BuCor announced its spokesperson, Gabriel Chaclag, tested positive for the virus. The bureau earlier said Chaclag’s results were based on a swab test he took on Tuesday, Sept. 15. BuCor said Chaclag has been in quarantine since, and has been experiencing mild symptoms. Earlier, two of Bantag’s close-in staff members also tested positive for […]
(Eagle News)–Thunderstorm advisories have been raised over parts of the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said in Mindanao, moderate to occasionally heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are currently being experienced in portions of Zamboanga City, and Basilan. PAGASA said in Luzon, light to moderate to at times heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are being experienced over Romblon, Sorsogon (Sorsogon City, Barcelona, Prieto Diaz, Gubat), Masbate (Balud) and […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Sur on Monday, Sept. 21. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 7:14 a.m., was an aftershock of the 6.1-magnitude quake that hit the province early in the day. The 4.1-magnitude quake came right after a 5.3-magnitude aftershock hit the province. PHIVOLCS said the 4.1-magnitude quake had its epicenter 96 kilometers northeast of Bayabas. It had a depth of three kilometers. […]
