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Police Colonel Ysmael Yu is acting PIO chief, Banac is PNP Training Service director (Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Gen. Camilo Cascolan has ordered another reshuffle, days after he took the helm of the 209,000-strong police force. In a statement, with the “major reorganization,” the PNP said Police Major General Marni Marcos Jr, was the new Director for Investigation and Detective Management effective September 10. Police Major General Celso Pestano will take the helm of […]
(Eagle News)–Eleven volcanic earthquakes were recorded at Taal in the last 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said weak to moderate steaming was also monitored from the vents on the main crater of the volcano, which is still on alert level 1. PHIVOLCS said the weak to moderate steaming rose 20 meters high before drifting southwest. PHIVOLCS reminded the public that “sudden steam-driven or phreatic explosions, volcanic earthquakes, minor ashfall, and lethal […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Apple on Tuesday fired off invitations to a September 15 online event expected to star the first iPhone tailored for superfast 5G telecom networks. The typically tight-lipped technology titan revealed only that the presentation would be streamed starting at 1700 GMT from its headquarters in Silicon Valley. Copies of the emailed invitation spread quickly on social media, featuring a video-snippet version of the Apple logo in blue that unraveled […]
(Eagle News)–There are no latest reports of COVID-19 deaths among overseas Filipinos, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA, the death toll remains at 763 as of Sept. 8 then. The Middle East and Africa still had the most number of deaths, with 482, followed by the Americas with 178, Europe with 95, and the Asia Pacific region with eight. Seven additional COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos brought the total to 10,136. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A massive motorcycle rally held in the US state of South Dakota last month may have been responsible for 260,000 new coronavirus cases, according to an analysis published Tuesday. This figure, which came from a paper that hasn’t yet been peer-reviewed, would represent the biggest Covid-19 spreading event documented in the US to date. The study was published by the Institute of Labor Economics and conducted by economists at the […]
Race by various countries to come up with vaccines good for PHL, he says (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that the government will choose for the country’s use the less expensive vaccines to be developed and approved against COVID-19. Duterte said that the various vaccines being developed against the virus are all the same as they target to kill the germs that cause COVID-19. His government has already readied the budget for the […]
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) — Disruptions to health services due to the pandemic are putting millions of additional lives at risk worldwide, the United Nations said Wednesday, warning that Covid-19 could reverse decades of progress in reducing child mortality. The past 30 years have seen remarkable strides forward in preventing or treating causes of infant deaths including premature births and pneumonia. New mortality estimates published by the UN’s children’s fund UNICEF, the World […]
(Eagle News)–The easterlies are affecting Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers. PAGASA said these conditions are also due to localized thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Luzon and Visayas, on the other hand, will have light to moderate winds and slight to moderate coastal waters. Mindanao will […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of commercial flights for Wednesday, Sept. 9: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. MIAA said passengers should 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 remain even with […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, the 2019-20 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, leads season’s All-Defensive first team announced on Tuesday. Antetokounmpo received 97 NBA All-Defensive First Team votes from a global panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters and earned 195 total points. Joining Antetokounmpo on the roster of this season’s defensive stand-outs was Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis, Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons of Australia, Utah Jazz […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said Tuesday it had “voluntarily paused” a randomized clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine in what it called a routine action after a volunteer developed an unexplained illness. The company, which is developing the drug alongside the University of Oxford, is a frontrunner in the global race for a Covid-19 vaccine. “As part of the ongoing randomized, controlled global trials of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine, our standard review […]
by Helen Roxburgh with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s leaders staged a triumphant ceremony to celebrate beating the coronavirus on Tuesday as billions of people around the world still suffer the fallout from the pandemic and the global death toll nears 900,000. The upbeat mood in Beijing comes as concerns grow about a resurgence of the virus across Europe, with France tightening restrictions, cases in Britain spiking and schools […]
