Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
PARIS, France (AFP) — The world has lost nearly 100 million hectares of forests in two decades, marking a steady decline though at a slower pace than before, a UN agency reported Tuesday. The proportion of forest to total land area fell from 31.9 percent in 2000 to 31.2 percent in 2020, now some 4.1 billion hectares, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. It marks “a net loss of almost 100 million hectares of […]
Says Calabarzon police chief Vicente Danao being considered as next NCRPO chief (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief, Police General Camilo Cascolan believes National Capital Region Police Office chief Debold Sinas should be promoted. Cascolan made the comment in a television interview on Wednesday, Sept. 16. “The guy deserves also an evaluation and of course, a promotion too. He has done good things and that’s all really I can say,” Cascolan said. According to […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief, Police General Camilo Cascolan has ordered a crackdown on police personnel using vehicles impounded as evidence. Cascolan ordered a nationwide inspection and inventory of all motor vehicles, and instructed PNP unit commanders to conduct surprise camp inspections. He directed the PNP Highway Patrol Group and PNP Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group to lead the crackdown. According to Cascolan, police personnel found using evidence vehicles face stiff administrative sanctions for “infidelity […]
(Eagle News) — Seventeen additional COVID-19 recoveries were reported among overseas Filipinos, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday night. According to the DFA, with the additional recoveries, the total number of Filipinos abroad who have recovered from COVID-19 has climbed to 6,571. The Middle East and Africa still have the most number of recoveries, with 4,239, followed by the Asia Pacific region with 991, Europe with 880, and the Americas with 461. Fifteen […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Disneyland, Universal Studios and other theme parks have called on California officials to set out the health criteria required for them to reopen, warning that tens of thousands of jobs are at stake. Six months after some 30 amusement parks closed “voluntarily in response to COVID,” the California Parks and Attractions Association said it had created robust measures to protect visitors and staff, but guidance from the state “has […]
Orange, yellow rainfall warnings hoisted over other areas (Eagle News) — A red rainfall warning has been raised over Cebu and Palawan due to the southwest monsoon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration in particular said the warning was hoisted over Central Cebu and Kalayaan islands. This means these areas will have more than 30 millimeters of rains in one hour, which may continue in the next two hours. Serious flooding is expected […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Higher Education said it will issue a show-cause order against a school in Isabela for holding face-to-face orientations and classes. In asking Isabela Colleges, Inc. to explain its move, CHED noted that the conduct of face-to-face classes was in violation of Inter-Agency Task Force and CHED advisories issued amid the COVID-19 pandemic. CHED announced it would issue the show-cause order after a student of the college located in Cauayan […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Wednesday, Sept. 16. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 2:41 a.m., had its epicenter 423 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. It had a depth of 79 kilometers, and was tectonic in origin. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–“Leon” has intensified into a tropical storm as it moved west-northwest over the West Philippine Sea. “Leon,” which is located 225 kilometers west northwest of Coron, Palawan, packing maximum sustained winds of 65 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 80 kph, is forecast to reach the severe tropical storm category within 24 hours and the typhoon category within 48 hours. No tropical cyclone wind signal is currently in effect, but intermittent […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Wednesday, Sept. 16: MIAA said flight schedules may be subject to changes. Passengers are allowed to take domestic flights but subject to the requirements of the local government unit covering the area of destination. The Bureau of Immigration earlier said restrictions on international travel remain.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday asked the Senate for a referendum on whether to prosecute five of his predecessors over allegations including corruption. Lopez Obrador’s proposed “people’s consultation” targets Carlos Salinas, Ernesto Zedillo, Vicente Fox, Felipe Calderon and Enrique Pena Nieto, whose terms in power stretched from 1988 to 2018. He accused them of presiding over “excessive concentration of wealth, monumental losses to the treasury, privatization of […]
by Gianrigo Marletta / with Tori Otten in Washington NEW ORLEANS, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Sally churned towards the US Gulf Coast on Tuesday, threatening deadly flash flooding in Alabama and Mississippi, even as it weakened to a Category 1 storm. The National Hurricane Center said the storm could make landfall late Tuesday and was packing maximum sustained winds of around 80 miles (130 kilometers) per hour, a slight weakening from earlier in the […]
