Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
by Javier TOVAR Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — California firefighters battled the state’s largest ever inferno Thursday, as tens of thousands of people fled blazes up and down the US West Coast and officials warned the death toll could shoot up in coming days. At least eight people have been confirmed dead in the past 24 hours across California, Oregon and Washington, but officials say some areas are still impossible to reach, […]
by Louis GENOT RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — The Pantanal, the world’s biggest tropical wetlands, is burning at record-shattering pace this year as drought-fueled fires devastate its vegetation and celebrated wildlife in an environmental catastrophe. The region, which sits at the southern edge of the Amazon rainforest, is known for its immense biodiversity, drawing wildlife lovers from around the world with its jaguars, jabiru storks, giant otters, caimans, toucans, macaws and monkeys. But in […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — NASA on Thursday announced it was in the market for Moon rocks, and wants to pay companies to scoop out the dirt, take a photo, and then have it ready for collection by a future mission. The contract doesn’t actually involve getting to the Moon itself — a feat only achieved by the national space agencies of three countries — but instead envisages companies designing a robot that NASA or […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Customs has seized P1.6 million worth of ecstasy pills at the port of Clark. In a statement, the bureau said the shipment, which arrived on September 1 from Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, had been declared as an “air humidifier.” It was subjected to a “non-intrusive examination” that showed images of various tablets. This prompted the physical examination of the shipment which yielded an air humidifier and 988 tablets in assorted colors, […]
(Eagle News)–The remains of the two Filipinos who died in the restaurant gas explosion in Abu Dhabi on Aug. 31 are being readied for repatriation. The Department of Foreign Affairs said this was after the repatriation was cleared by local authorities. Officials and regional representatives from DFA and the Department of Labor and Employment are working closely with the families for the acceptance of the remains. Meanwhile, the DFA said a DFA-DOLE composite team recently […]
(Eagle News)–Thirty-one additional COVID-19 cases were reported among police personnel. The Philippine National Police said as of Thursday night then, the number of COVID-19 cases within their ranks rose to 4868. Recoveries also increased to 3396 after the 37 additional ones. No additional deaths were reported, which means the death toll remains at 16. Suspect cases are at 3146, while probable cases are at 735. The police are among the country’s frontliners, as they man […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TUCoDVMHp8&feature=youtu.be (Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has already transmitted the certificate of absolute pardon for US serviceman Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton signed by President Rodrigo Duterte to the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) which has already started processing his release. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra sent on Sept. 9 the certified true copy of the absolute pardon granted by President Duterte to Pemberton on Sept. 7 to BuCor Director General Undersecretary Gerald Bantag. […]
(Eagle News)–Thirty-one more Filipinos abroad have recovered from COVID-19, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday afternoon. The DFA said with the additional recoveries from the Americas, Asia Pacific region, and the Middle East, the number of COVID-19 recoveries among overseas Filipinos rises to 6413. Eleven additional COVID-19 cases were reported from the same regions, bringing the total to 10162. “To date, the total number of countries and regions with confirmed cases among Filipinos […]
(Eagle News)–More passengers are expected to be allowed in each mode of public transportation starting Monday, Sept. 14. In a statement, the Department of Transportation said this was after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) approved the proposal by the Economic Development Cluster (EDC) and the DOTr to “optimize” or reduce the physical distance among commuters. The DOTr said according to Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, the proposal also got […]
LPA spotted off Catanduanes also being monitored (Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a tropical depression outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said the tropical depression 2010 east northeast of extreme Northern Luzon was apart from the low pressure area it was monitoring 135 kilometers east of Virac, Catanduanes. PAGASA said Bicol Region, MIMAROPA , Visayas and Caraga will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Greenpeace warned residents in Lebanon’s capital Thursday to protect themselves against “toxic” smoke after a huge fire broke out in a Beirut port warehouse said to be storing tyres. “Burning tyres produces a lot of fine particulates, visible smoke and ash but also a lot of volatile organic pollutants that can be inhaled even outside the smoke plume,” the environment campaigners said. “The smoke can include highly toxic and carcinogenic compounds, […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao del Sur early Friday, Sept. 11. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 2:37 a.m., had its epicenter eight kilometers southwest of Kiblawan. It had a depth of 12 kilometers. An instrumental intensity I was reported in Tupi, Cotabato. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
