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by Shingo ITO / Sara HUSSEIN Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The race to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kicked off informally on Saturday, with several contenders announcing their plans to stand, a day after Japan’s longest-serving leader announced his resignation. Abe said he was suffering a recurrence of ulcerative colitis, the condition that forced him to cut short his first term in office, but that he would stay on until his […]
(Eagle News)–Over 3000 additional COVID-19 cases in the country pushed the total to 213,131 on Saturday, Aug. 29. The Department of Health said of the total COVID-19 cases, 74611 were active. Of these, 91.3 percent were mild, 6.7 percent were asymptomatic, 0.8 percent severe, and 1.1 percent critical. The DOH said the 3637 additional cases reported today were from tests done by 102 out of 110 labs. Of these, 2030 came from Metro Manila, 217 […]
MANCHESTER, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Friday paid his “highest respect” to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and voiced concern over his “great friend” resigning for health reasons. “I want to pay my highest respect to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a very great friend of mine,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he returned from a campaign rally in New Hampshire. “We’ve had a great relationship and I […]
(Eagle News)–Bulacan Governor Daniel Fernando has tested positive for COVID-19. The governor made the announcement after the results of his RT-PCR test came back positive on Thursday. He said he “took the initiative” to take the test after a board member of the council whom he had “close contact” with in a couple of functions tested positive for COVID-19. He said he has not experienced any symptoms in the last 24 hours so far but […]
“Julian” intensifies but is less likely to directly cause “high-impact weather,” PAGASA says (Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been raised over parts of Cavite and other areas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are expected over Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Laguna, Batangas, and Quezon within the next two hours, too. These conditions, PAGASA said, are being experienced in Metro Manila (Malabon, Valenzuela, Caloocan), Bulacan […]
LAKE CHARLES, United States (AFP) — At least 14 people were killed after Hurricane Laura slammed into the southern US states of Louisiana and Texas, authorities and local media said Friday. Louisiana’s Governor John Bel Edwards confirmed at least 10 people had died in his state, half from using carbon monoxide-producing portable generators indoors in the aftermath of the storm making landfall Thursday. Four of the remaining deaths were caused by trees falling on […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Chadwick Boseman, star of the ground-breaking superhero movie “Black Panther,” has died after a private four-year battle with colon cancer, his publicist told AFP Friday. Boseman, 43, never publicly discussed his condition and continued to work on major Hollywood films during and between “countless” operations and chemotherapy, his family said in a statement. “It was the honor of his career to bring King T’Challa to life in ‘Black […]
(Eagle News)–Seventeen volcanic earthquakes were monitored at Taal within 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said apart from the quakes, weak steaming was observed from the vents on the main crater of the volcano, which remains on alert level. PHIVOLCS said “sudden steam-driven or phreatic explosions, volcanic earthquakes, minor ashfall, and lethal accumulations or expulsions of volcanic gas” can occur and threaten areas within the Taal olcano island. Entry into TVI, Taal’s […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Franklin Drilon has hit the designation of Arnel de Jesus as PhilHealth officer-in-charge following the resignation of Ricardo Morales. In criticizing the move by the PhilHealth board, Drilon noted De Jesus, as PhilHealth’s chief operations officer, implemented the Interim Reimbursement Mechanism that is now the subject of inquiries by both the Senate and the House of Representatives. “It must be remembered that he was the one who kept justifying the download of IRM […]
(Eagle News)–Over 160,000 Overseas Filipino Workers have returned to their respective provinces under the government’s Hatid-Tulong program. The Department of Transportation said the 165,862 OFWs assisted by the government were as of Aug. 27. Of these, the DOTr said 52,022 were transported by land, 74,440 using air transport and via sea transport 39,400. The data for land and air transport is from May 25 – August 27, while the data for sea transport was from […]
(Eagle News)–The Quezon City government has launched a telemedicine system to address the needs of COVID-19 patients. In a statement, the local government said with the QC COVID Telemed program launched in partnership with the Department of Health, patients who are undergoing home quarantine or admitted in the city’s HOPE community-caring facilities can consult their doctors without having to personally meet them. The DOH donated 15 laptops and desktops for the program. These will be […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and rainshowers are expected in parts of Northern Luzon today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms, in particular, are expected over the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela and Aurora. PAGASA said these were due to Severe Tropical Storm “Julian,” which was estimated at 850 kilometers east of Tuguegarao City, Cagayan. So far, PAGASA said it is packing maximum sustained winds of 95 kph […]
