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(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, Sept. 6: MIAA said the flight schedules may be subject to changes. 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 under a general community quarantine, which is Metro Manila’s quarantine level […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — A suspected gas explosion tore through a Bangladesh mosque killing at least 12 people while dozens suffered life-threatening burns, police said Saturday. Worshippers were at Friday evening prayers when the blast sent a ball of flames through the mosque in the central district of Narayanganj, emergency services said. Investigators suspected a spark from an air conditioner — which came on after a power cut — set off the gas. “Leaked gas […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — A 27-year-old German woman is suspected of smothering five of her children as she was feeling “emotionally overwhelmed”, investigators said Friday, a day after the lifeless bodies were found in their family apartment. The suspect then attempted suicide by throwing herself under a train, before being rescued with serious but not life threatening injuries, said lead investigator Marcel Maierhofer. She is believed to have “carried out the act while she was […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — The explosion of a chlorine gas canister being transported by a truck in western Iran has injured 217 people but caused no deaths, state news agency IRNA reported. The blast struck late Friday in Chardavol county in Ilam province, the news agency said. The head of the province’s medical university, Mohammad Karimian, told IRNA driver “carelessness” was suspected. The incident is the latest in a series of fires and explosions that […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has started its beautification project of Manila Bay by covering its shoreline with crushed dolomite rocks from Cebu. The department clarified earlier that they are using crushed dolomite boulders from Cebu, and not white sand. DENR Undersecretary for Solid Waste Management and Local Government Units Concerns Benny Antiporda said that transporting sand from the country’s coastlines is prohibited. He did not however say if […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 234,000 mark on Saturday, Sept. 5, after the Department of Health reported an additional 2529 cases. The DOH said of the 234,570 total cases, 69,112 were active. Of these, 90.4 percent were mild, 7.2 percent asymptomatic, 1.0 percent severe, and 1.4 percent critical. The 2,529 additional cases were from tests done by 92 out of 113 labs. Of these, the DOH said 1171 were from […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over parts of Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are being experienced in portions of Misamis Occidental, Sultan Kudarat (Kalamansig), Agusan del Norte (Cabadbaran, Magallanes), Davao Del Norte (Carmen, Tagum), and North Cotabato (Alamada, Arakan) within the next one to two hours. These conditions, PAGASA said, are being experienced in portions of Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental […]
(Eagle News)–There have been no reports of COVID-19 deaths among overseas Filipinos recently, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Friday night. According to the DFA, as of September 4, the death toll therefore remains at 757. The Middle East and Africa still had the most number of deaths with 476, followed by the Americas with 178, Europe with 95, and the Asia Pacific region with eight. Eighteen new cases reported in the Asia Pacific […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — A Panamanian-registered oil tanker burned out of control for a second day off Sri Lanka on Friday as authorities confirmed a Filipino crew member was killed in an explosion and fears grew of a major new oil spill in the Indian Ocean. Sri Lankan navy and Indian coastguard vessels fired water cannon at the blaze on the New Diamond, which issued a distress call Thursday after its engine […]
(Eagle News)–The Japanese Coast Guard has temporarily suspended its search and rescue operations for the missing crew of the Panamanian-flagged vessel that sank off Japan. The Department of Foreign Affairs made the announcement on Saturday, Sept. 5, based on a report from the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo and the Philippine Consulate General in Osaka. The DFA said the temporary suspension was in light of the expected arrival of Typhoon 10 in Japan. It came after […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpUJsStoVBE Ni Richard Gadian Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Pinarangalan ng Armed Forces Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom) ang ilang tauhan ng Sulu Taskforce na nasugatan sa mga magkahiwalay na engkwentro sa probinsiya ng Sulu. Mismong si WestMinCom commander Maj. Gen. Corleto Vinluan ang naggawad ng mga parangal sa loob ng Camp Navarro General Hospital sa kampo ng militar sa Upper Calarian, Zamboanga City. Nakatanggap ng parangal sina Cpl. Jonathan Garsuta at Cpl. Romel Mendoza […]
by Jerome Cartillier with Michael Mathes in Wilmington, Delaware Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US election is officially open: North Carolina on Friday launched vote-by-mail operations for the November 3 contest between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, which is getting uglier by the hour. With two months until Election Day, Trump is seizing on fears over violent protests in US cities and questioning the integrity of voting by […]
