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BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — The Brazilian state of Parana signed a deal Wednesday to test and produce Russia’s new coronavirus vaccine, though officials stressed they would have to be sure of its safety and effectiveness first. The vaccine would have to receive Brazilian regulatory approval and complete Phase 3 clinical trials, or large-scale testing in humans, before being produced in Brazil, said officials from the southern state. Production, if it goes ahead, would likely only […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has seized over half a million pesos worth of smuggled rice from Myanmar. The bureau said the 495 bags of white rice were intercepted on Aug. 10 from the port of Cebu. This was made possible following a tip that a shipment that arrived from Kaohsiung, Taiwan on July 23 was loaded with imported rice. The Inward Foreign Manifest had declared the shipment contained personal effects of a […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A fast-moving brush fire north of Los Angeles prompted mandatory evacuation orders for some 500 homes on Wednesday as firefighters battled the flames that had burned 10,000 acres by early evening, authorities said. The Lake Fire erupted at around 3:30 pm (2230 GMT) near Lake Hughes, about a 90-minute drive from Los Angeles. Rapidly-spreading flames had scorched some 10,000 acres (4,050 hectares) within a little more than three hours, […]
(Eagle News) — The tropical depression northeast of extreme Northern Luzon has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said TD “Gener” entered PAR at 4 a.m. So far, a rainfall advisory has been raised over parts of Visayas, with light to moderate with occasional heavy rains expected over Occidental Mindoro within two to three hours but because of the Intertropical Convergence Zone affecting that island group and […]
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) — Wind and solar produced a record 10 percent of global electricity in the first half of 2020 as the world’s coal plant fleet ran at less than half its capacity, analysis published Thursday showed. Despite a near-record drop in power demand due to the pandemic, renewables accounted for 1,129 terawatt-hours in January-June, compared with 992 in the first six months of 2019, according to a report by the […]
by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A species of frog from the Brazilian rainforest has become the first amphibian shown to live in a harem, where one male mates with two females who remain loyal to him. So-called polygyny is thought to be the most common mating system among animals and has previously been found in bony fishes, reptiles, mammals, birds, and even some invertebrates, Fabio de Sa, a zoologist at Universidade Estadual […]
by Sara HUSSEIN TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The coronavirus isn’t the only plague making headlines this year — locusts are devastating crops in several parts of the world, and now scientists are discovering why the pest forms destructive swarms. On its own, a locust is fairly harmless. But so-called solitary locusts can undergo a metamorphosis, changing colour and joining together with millions of others in catastrophic clouds that strip fields. So what prompts locusts to […]
by Laurence COUSTAL PARIS, France (AFP) — A golden halo glinting 12 billion light years away is the farthest galaxy resembling our Milky Way yet spotted, astronomers said Wednesday, adding the “surprisingly unchaotic” infant star system challenges our understanding of the early years of the Universe. The galaxy, called SPT0418-47, is so far away that it took billions of years for its light to reach Earth and so our image of it is from deep […]
(Eagle News)–A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Cagayan on Thursday, Aug. 13. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 6:32 a.m., had its epicenter 73 kilometers northwest of Calayan. It was of tectonic origin, and had a depth of 40 kilometers. Damage to property was not expected but aftershocks were.
(Eagle News)–Twelve barangays in District I of Calauag, Quezon are under a modified enhanced community quarantine until Aug. 16. A memorandum from Mayor Rosalina Visorde said the these were placed under the MECQ since Aug. 10 following the continued rise in COVID-19 cases there. As of Aug. 8, the municipality had 30 cases, with 20 suspect cases. This was upon the recommendation of the Municipal Inter-Agency Task Force for Covid-19. Under the MECQ, the memorandum […]
(Eagle News)–A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Batanes on Thursday, Aug. 13. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 6:32 a.m., had its epicenter 49 kilometers southwest of Sabtang. The earthquake was of tectonic origin, and had a depth of 14 kilometers. No damage to property was expected but aftershocks were.
(Eagle News)–The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Visayas and Mindanao. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Visayas, Mindanao, Bicol Region,and MIMAROPA will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate with at times heavy rains are possible. PAGASA said Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers, this time due […]
