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by Florence GOISNARD / with Jorge SVARTZMAN in Rio de Janeiro SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — In Brazil, health care workers are on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic in more ways than one, treating patients but also volunteering to test some of the most promising experimental vaccines. Brazil is the country with the second-highest number of infections and deaths in the pandemic, after the United States, and the virus is still spreading quickly […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Anglo-Dutch energy major Royal Dutch Shell posted Thursday a colossal net loss of $18.1 billion (15.4 billion euros) for the second quarter, blaming massive asset writedowns on the coronavirus-hit oil market. The performance, contrasting sharply with profit after tax of $3.0 billion a year earlier, was sparked by a huge $16.8-billion charge on chronic fallout both from COVID-19 and collapsing oil prices. The vast charge was taken “as a result […]
(Eagle News)–Former Dinagat Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr. has been arrested. Authorities nabbed Ecleo, who had been convicted of parricide and of graft and corruption over several anomalous projects when he was mayor of San Jose, near Beverly Golf in San Fernando, Pampanga. Also arrested was his driver Benjie Fernan who will be charged with obstruction of justice. Police seized a vehicle registered under the name Marcos Macapagal Garcia, allegedly Ecleo’s alias. Also seized were over […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil registered record daily numbers of infections and deaths from the new coronavirus Wednesday, sending its overall death toll surging past 90,000 people. Despite the record figures, the government issued a decree reopening the country to foreign visitors arriving by plane, ending a four-month travel ban in hopes of reviving a lockdown-devastated tourism industry. Brazil, which has been hit harder than any country except the United States in the […]
by Isgender GANBAROV with Emil GULIYEV in Baku Agence France-Presse BANKA, Azerbaijan (AFP) — The village of Banka in Azerbaijan should have plentiful supplies of water as it lies beside one of the country’s mightiest rivers, the Kura. But the river has shallowed dramatically this summer and has become contaminated with salty seawater, in what experts warn is an unfolding ecological disaster. “Our animals are dying. We don’t get water in time,” said farmer Maryam Hasanova, […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Zamboanga del Norte on Thursday, July 30. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 1:17 p.m., had its epicenter 62 kilometers northwest of Liloy. It had a depth of 56 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News) — There will be no work in all courts nationwide on Friday, July 31, but the signing of Roll of Attorneys will continue. The Supreme Court made the announcement in a Tweet on Thursday, July 30. According to the SC, the suspension of work was in view of July 31 being declared a regular holiday by President Rodrigo Duterte. A separate notice from the Office of the Bar Confidant said the signing of […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Office has further extended the validity of the registration of motor vehicles amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, the LTO said for motor vehicles with plate numbers ending in 6 or those scheduled for registration renewal in June in all areas other than the National Capital Region (NCR), Laguna, Cebu, and Region III, registration validity is extended for thirty days from June 30. “Thus, no penalty shall be […]
(Eagle News) –Western Mindanao Command chief Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana is the incoming Philippine Army commanding general. Sobejana will replace Lt. Gen. Gilbert Gapay, who is slated to succeed outgoing Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief Felimon Santos Jr. on Aug. 3. Santos will reach the mandatory age of retirement of 56 on the same day. Sobejana was a member of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1987. He received the Medal of Valor, the […]
(Eagle News)–The Metro Rail Transit-3 has rescheduled its weekend suspension of operations. In a statement on Thursday, July 30, the MRT-3 said instead of August 8 to 9, August 21 to 23, and September 12 to 13, operations will be suspended on October 10 to 11, October 31, November 1 to 2, and November 14 to 15, upon the recommendation of maintenance provider Sumitomo-MHI-DESP. The MRT-3 had said the suspension of weekend operations was to […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Eastern Samar early Thursday, July 30. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the epicenter of the quake, which hit at 3 a.m., was 74 kilometers northeast of San Policarpio. Depth of focus was 22 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Rains are expected in parts of the country today, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. According to PAGASA, the rains in Palawan and Occidental Mindoro are due to the southwest monsoon affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, while the cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms in Western Visayas are from both the southwest monsoon and the low pressure area 50 km west of Iba, Zambales. The rest of Visayas, PAGASA […]
