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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Smoke from the fires ravaging the American West Coast traveled across the continent to reach the skies over New York on Tuesday, according to meteorological reports. The smoke was visible in the hazy New York sky, thought it remained well above the ground at 15,000 to 20,000 feet (4,500 to 6,000 meters), according to the site NY Metro Weather. Thanks to strong pressure systems, the smoke was trapped along […]
GREECE (AFP) — Roughly 800 of the thousands of asylum seekers who fled a fire that destroyed Europe’s biggest migrant camp have been housed at a temporary site on the island of Lesbos, Greece’s migration ministry said. Among them, 21 have tested positive for coronavirus, the ministry said late Monday. Thousands of people had been left wandering aimlessly since a blaze ripped through the overcrowded Moria camp on September 8. The fire forced its 12,000 […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Jakarta has protested against the intrusion of a Chinese coast guard ship into the Southeast Asian archipelago’s waters, Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. The Chinese vessel, identified as CCG 5204, was seen Saturday in North Natuna waters, Indonesia’s exclusive economic zone near the Riau Islands province. “Following the issue, the ministry on Sunday communicated with Chinese representative in Jakarta to request clarification,” spokesman Teuku Faizasyah told AFP on Monday. The Indonesian […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 269,000 mark on Tuesday, Sept. 15, after the Department of Health reported an additional 3,544 cases. The DOH said of the 269,407 total cases, 57,392 were active. Of these, the DOH said 87.9 percent were mild, 8 percent asymptomatic, 1.2 percent severe, and 2.9 percent critical. Of the 3,544 newly-reported cases 3,177 or 90 percent, occurred within the recent 14 days, from September 2 to […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — An experimental green housing project in a Chinese megacity promised prospective residents life in a “vertical forest”, with manicured gardens on every balcony. All 826 apartments were sold out by April this year, according to the project’s estate agent, but instead of a modern eco-paradise, the towers look like the set of a desolate, post-apocalyptic film. The problem? The mosquitoes love the plants too. Only a handful of families have moved […]
by Cyril JULIEN Agence France-Presse PORTLAND, Oregon (AFP) — The deadly fires spreading across three western US states are causing record-breaking pollution and a spate of health woes, from headaches and coughs to impaired vision, that have residents worried about the long-term consequences. Portland, the largest city in Oregon, has been blanketed for days by a dense smog that has sent pollution meters soaring. On Monday, the city ranked second-worst on IQAir’s live global air […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Information and Communications Technology on Tuesday, Sept. 15, announced it had given 23 provisional certificates of registration to several tower companies, as it continues to ramp up the roll-out of common towers in the country. In a statement, the department said the provisional certificates were issued to the following companies which already had prior memoranda of agreement or understanding with the agency: Aboitiz Infracapital, Inc. ACODA Towers SDN BHD Alt-Global-Solutions Inc. […]
(Eagle News)–The people who were supposed to set the policies and operational guidelines for the management of PhilHealth did not show the due diligence required of them in the discharge of their duties. This was among the findings of the Department of Justice-led task force that probed the allegations of corruption in the state insurer, and which submitted a report of its recommendations to President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday. Also on Monday, the President approved […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Education is preparing for the possibility of a monthly provision for connectivity and communications for DepEd personnel. This was according to memorandum 00-0920-0124 signed by Education Undersecretary Alain Del Pascua, and which was uploaded on the DepEd official Facebook account. According to the memo, in order to qualify for the provision, should there be one, all regional division and school employees, whether teaching or non-teaching personnel, should register and […]
by Eugenia LOGIURATTO The smell of burnt vegetation and the red glow of flames welcome visitors these days to the Pantanal, the world’s biggest tropical wetlands — a biodiverse paradise that is now partly reduced to ashes by record wildfires. In the northern Pantanal, in central-western Brazil — a region that formerly had a thriving ecotourism industry — hotel employee Felipe Maia is hosing down a wooden bridge, hoping to stop the nearby flames from […]
by Jean-Baptiste OUBRIER Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Global oil demand might have already peaked and will likely not stop falling for the next 30 years, hit by virus fallout and moves towards greener energy, Britain’s BP predicted Monday. At the same time, the oil cartel OPEC has revised its forecast for global demand lower this year and next for essentially the same reasons. London-listed oil giant BP, which is seeking to achieve […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Monday vowed that any attack by Iran would be met with a response “1,000 times greater in magnitude,” after reports that Iran planned to avenge the killing of top general Qasem Soleimani. A US media report, quoting unnamed officials, said that an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the US ambassador to South Africa was planned before the presidential election in November. “According to press reports, […]
