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(Eagle News)–The number of those injured in the explosions in Jolo on Monday, Aug. 24, has risen to 78, the military said. Joint Task Force Sulu said of this figure, 24 were government troops, 48 civilians, and six police officers. The task force said the death toll in the incident, which authorities have so far blamed on the Abu Sayyaf Group, remains at 15. Among the fatalities were seven soldiers, six civilians, one policeman, and […]
(Eagle News)–Branch 42 of the Dagupan City Regional Trial Court is physically closed until September 3. Memorandum 12-2020 from Executive Judge Caridad Galvez said the temporary closure, which started on Aug. 24 and was approved by the Supreme Court’s Office of the Court Administrator, was after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. The memo, which was uploaded on the SC Twitter account, said this was to allow for the disinfection of the premises and contact […]
(Eagle News)–The total number of enrollees for school year 2020 to 2021 has reached over 23 million so far, the Department of Education has said. According to DepEd, the 23,643,113 enrollees for Kindergarten to Grade 12, including ALS and non-graded learners with disabilities as of Monday, Aug. 24, constitute 85.07 percent of enrollees for school year 2019 to 2020. The department said based on the data, 21813184 learners enrolled in public schools, while 1785323 registered […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, Aug. 25: 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, MIAA had said, would be allowed to enter the airport premises. Domestic flights are allowed with Metro Manila under a general community quarantine. Restrictions on […]
(Eagle News)–The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos breached the 10,000 mark–now at 10,003– with 19 additional cases in the Middle East. The DFA said the number of recoveries as of Monday also rose to 6014 after 61 new recoveries were reported from Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East. “As the DFA personnel in our (foreign service posts) continue to monitor the status of our Filipino community abroad and work […]
(Eagle News)–Typhoon “Bavi” continues to enhance the southwest monsoon, even if it remains outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The southwest monsoon, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, affects northern and central Luzon. As a result, PAGASA said cloudy skies and scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms are expected in Ilocos, Batanes and the Babuyan Group of Islands. The rest of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will have generally fair weather, PAGASA said. Rains are […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Tuesday, Aug. 25. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 4:43 a.m, had its epicenter 442 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. It depth was 85 kilometers, and it was of tectonic origin. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
by Pritam SAKPAL MAHAD, India (AFP) — One person was killed and dozens feared trapped after a five-storey apartment building collapsed late Monday in western India, officials said. Estimates of the number of missing people range from 51 to 200, according to various local officials. The collapsed structure comprised 47 flats, police in the town of Mahad — 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of Mumbai in Maharashtra state — said in a statement. The cause […]
Malacanang condemns “dastardly attacks”, calls on public to be vigilant, report suspicious persons (Eagle News) — Philippine authorities locked down a part of Jolo in Sulu province following two deadly blasts by terrorist groups believed to be part of the Abu Sayyaf that killed at least 14 people, including seven soldiers, and wounded scores of civilians on a busy commercial street. One of the casualties was a female suicide bomber who detonated herself after […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — China’s “nine-dash line” used to claim most of the South China Sea is a fabrication, the Philippine defence minister said, as he accused Beijing of illegally occupying Filipino maritime territory. The remarks late Sunday come amid a fresh row between Manila and Beijing over the disputed Scarborough shoal, which has long been a flashpoint between the two countries. The Philippine foreign ministry last week lodged a diplomatic protest over what it […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines accused China’s coast guard Friday of illegally seizing fishing equipment near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, sparking a fresh spat with Beijing. Scarborough Shoal, one of several reefs controlled by China, is one of the region’s richest fishing grounds and a flash point between the two countries. The Philippine foreign ministry said it has lodged a diplomatic protest over the “illegal confiscation” by the Chinese […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — An Italian hospital said on Monday it had innoculated a first volunteer with an anti-COVID-19 vaccine as part of human trials expected to last six months. The woman, in her 50s, received the first dose developed by Rome-based biotech company ReiThera at the capital’s Spallanzani Institute for infectious diseases. The trials, developed between ReiThera and Spallanzani researchers, will be carried out on 90 volunteers divided into groups by age to […]
