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(Eagle News)–A vessel caught fire off Cebu City on Thursday, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Friday, July 24. According to the PCG, MV Filipinas Dinagat of Cokaliong Shipping Lines was located east of Binungcalan when the incident happened at 11:45 p.m. The PCG said BRP Suluan responded to the incident. Thirty-eight 38 individuals on board the vessel were rescued and transported through a motor banca to CGSS Danao. The vessel captain and three other […]
(Eagle News)–The chairperson of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines’ peace panel has passed away. The NDFP said Fidel Agcaoili died at 12:46 p.m. in Utrecht, Netherlands due to “pulmonary arterial rupture which caused massive internal bleeding,” citing information from his doctor. “It was not COVID-related,” the NDFP said. Agcaoili was 75 years old. The NDFP said Agcaoili’s remains will be flown to the Philippines in accordance with the wishes of his family. Agcaoili, […]
(Eagle News)–Three PhilHealth officials have resigned over alleged corruption in the agency. One of the officials was anti-fraud legal officer Thorrsson Montes Keith, who cited four reasons for his resignation, which is effective Aug. 31. The other two are not immediately known. Keith said in his letter to PhilHealth president and CEO Ricardo Morales that he was resigning because of his opposition to the mandatory payment of PhilHealth contributions by Overseas Filipino Workers which he […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Friday, July 24: MIAA said flight schedules may be subject to changes. Domestic flight operations are allowed for as long as there is approval from the local government unit. The Philippine government has reimposed the ban on non-essential travel abroad after lifting it early July. The Palace had said the reimposition was in light of the fact that only one […]
(Eagle News)–The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Palawan, Visayas and Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, Palawan, Zamboanga Peninsula, SOCCSKSARGEN, Western and Central Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, PAGASA said, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers also […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Claims for government benefits by newly unemployed American workers rose to 1.42 million last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, reversing weeks of declines as coronavirus cases skyrocket nationwide. The increase defied analysts’ expectations of another weekly decrease in new claims, which spiked in March as US businesses shut down to stop the spread of coronavirus put have been dropping since. Adding to the toll were the 974,999 people in […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — American Airlines became the latest US carrier to report a hefty second-quarter loss, but said it made progress in reducing cash burn, according to results released Thursday. The company suffered a $2.1 billion loss in the quarter ending June 30, compared with profits of $662 million in the year-ago period. Revenues plunged 86.4 percent to $1.6 billion behind a steep drop in customer traffic. “This was one of the […]
by Deborah Claude and Marie-Pierre Ferey in Paris Agence France Presse Many workers’ lives have been abruptly upended by the coronavirus pandemic, as job losses in tourism, air travel, food and drink or other industries hit those both on fixed contracts and in the informal sector. From employees making a comfortable living, to others just scraping by, people around the world are confronting anxiety over how to feed their families and shame at being […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country breached the 74000 mark on Thursday, July 23, after the Department of Health reported 2200 cases on the same day. The DOH said of the 74390 total cases, 48136 were active cases. Of these active cases, 90.1 percent were mild, 9 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent severe, and 0.4 percent critical. The DOH said the 2200 cases newly-announced on Thursday were from total tests done […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Nearly three billion of the world’s poorest people should receive a temporary basic income to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, a United Nations body says. As infection numbers spike in developing countries, measures to protect vulnerable populations are “urgently needed”, according to a report released Wednesday by the UN Development Programme (UNDP). Funding of $199 billion per month would provide 2.7 billion people with a temporary basic […]
by Joshua Howat Berger, with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — The number of novel coronavirus infections around the world passed 15 million Wednesday, with Latin America and the Caribbean, one of the hardest-hit regions, notching more than four million cases. In the United States, home to over a quarter of global infections, President Donald Trump warned that the pandemic was likely to get worse before it gets better. […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will undergo COVID-19 testing before he holds his fifth State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 27. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said also to be tested are government officials and ground personnel who will be present. Senate President Tito Sotto had said only a maximum of 50 people would be allowed inside Batasang Pambansa, the venue for the SONA. He had said 25 seats would be allotted for the executive […]
