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(Eagle News)–Fifty-two additional COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. The Philippine National Police said the tally as of Sept. 9. then is at 4837. Twenty-two additional recoveries brought the total to 3359. No deaths have been reported, which means the death toll remains at 16. Suspect cases are at 3129, and probable cases at 735. The police are among the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The PNP has said it would continue […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been raised over parts of Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are expected over portions of Surigao del Sur, Dinagat Islands, Misamis Occidental, Zamboanga City, Basilan, and Sulu within the next one to two hours. These conditions, PAGASA said, are being experienced in portions of Misamis Oriental (Magsaysay, Medina, Talisayan, Kinoguitan, Sugbongcogon, Binuangan, Salay, Lagonglong, Balingasag, Gitagum), […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has reported an additional 49 COVID-19 recoveries among overseas Filipinos, bringing the total to 6382. The DFA said the additional recoveries were from the Asia Pacific region, Europe, and the Middle East. As of Sept. 9, the Middle East and Africa had the most number of recoveries, with 4178, the Asia Pacific Region with 879, Europe with 869, and the Americas with 456. Fifteen new cases brought the total […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Clinical trials in Brazil of a Chinese-made vaccine against Covid-19 have shown “extremely positive” results, and a widespread vaccination campaign could begin as early as December, the governor of Sao Paulo state said Wednesday. Sao Paulo, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in hard-hit Brazil, is one of six states helping to test the so-called CoronaVac vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech. The vaccine produced an immune response […]
Says no unloading incident recorded since June (Eagle News)–The MRT-3 has deployed 19 train sets to accommodate more passengers in the main line. The MRT-3 said the train sets, composed of 16 CKD train sets and three Dalian train sets, will also help the MRT-3 minimize the waiting interval between trains. The MRT-3 said the three Dalian trains were provisionally accepted in July 2019 and passed the required commissioning after undergoing an intensive Reliability, Availability, […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Thursday, Sept. 10. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 2:46 a.m., had its epicenter 269 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. It had a depth of seven kilometers, and was tectonic in origin. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Southern Luzon. PAGASA said as of 3 a.m., the LPA was located 965 kilometers east of the island group Luzon. It is embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao. Bicol Region and Samar provinces will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the trough of the LPA. Flashfloods or landslides during severe […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Thursday, Sept. 10: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. All passengers were advised to get confirmation of their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport premises. Domestic flights are allowed with Metro Manila under a general community quarantine. Restrictions on international travel, however, […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Hundreds of homes have been lost to massive and unprecedented Oregon wildfires with a potentially historic number of fatalities feared in the northwestern US state, governor Kate Brown said Wednesday. More than 300,000 acres are burning across Oregon including 35 major wildfires, with at least five towns “substantially destroyed” and mass evacuations taking place. “This could be the greatest loss of human lives and property due to wildfire in […]
NIAMEY, Niger (AFP) — Three months of pounding rain in Niger has left 65 people dead and affected nearly 330,000, while several areas of the capital Niamey remain underwater, the government said. The ministry of humanitarian action and disaster management told AFP on Tuesday that as of September 7, 51 people had died when their home collapsed in the floods, and 14 had drowned. The worst-affected regions are Maradi in the central south of the […]
(Eagle News) — To minimize hazards to health workers, Taguig City has come up with a perfect solution for a nurse to assist COVID-19 patients — a robot nurse or simply called a “Robonurse.” “These robots will physically carry medications and other supplies to Covid-19 patients while the nurses look on from the monitor at the head of the robot,” explained Taguig City mayor Lino Cayetano. “Amid the pandemic, Taguig has also shown that it […]
by Emal HAIDARY KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — Afghanistan’s vice president Amrullah Saleh sustained minor injuries Wednesday when an explosion targeted his convoy and killed at least 10 people, as government-backed negotiators and the Taliban prepared to meet in Doha for long-delayed peace talks. The attack in the capital Kabul was quickly condemned as an attempt to frustrate the peace process, with top Afghan and foreign officials calling for an end to the violence so negotiations […]
