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(Eagle News)–The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Visayas, Palawan, and Occidental Mindoro will have mostly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Light to moderate winds will prevail over Visayas, while winds will prevail over Palawan and Occidental Mindoro. These areas will have slight to moderate seas.
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Monday, July 20: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. MIAA said passengers should confirm their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled as only those with the confirmation will be allowed to enter the airport premises. Domestic flights are allowed for as long as there is approval from the local government unit. International non-essential flights are […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — The deadly coronavirus is spreading out of control in Hong Kong with a record 100 new cases confirmed, the finance hub’s leader said Sunday as she tightened social distancing measures to tackle the sudden surge in infections. The finance hub was one of the first places to be struck by the virus when it emerged from central China. But the city had impressive success in tackling the disease, all […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — An explosion hit a power plant in the central Iranian province of Isfahan Sunday, state news agency IRNA reported, saying it was triggered by faulty equipment and caused no casualties. A “worn out transformer… at Isfahan’s Islamabad thermal power plant exploded at around 5:00 am today,” the managing director of Isfahan’s electricity company Said Mohseni told the agency. The facility returned to normal working conditions after about two hours and Isfahan’s […]
Parts of Mindanao also under thunderstorm advisory (Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over parts of Metro Manila and Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are expected over Manila and Pasay. Laguna and Quezon, PAGASA said, will also have the same conditions. In Mindanao, PAGASA said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are expected over portions of Agusan […]
by Cecil Morella, with Aishwarya Kumar in New Delhi Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Indian ship worker Tejasvi Duseja is desperate to go home after months stranded offshore by coronavirus border closures and lockdowns that have left more than 200,000 seafarers in limbo. From engineers on cargo ships to waiters on luxury cruise liners, ocean-based workers around the world have been caught up in what the United Nations warns is a growing humanitarian […]
(Eagle News) –Total COVID-19 cases in the country reached 67,456 on Sunday, July 19 after 2,241 new cases were reported, mostly coming from Metro Manila, the Department of Health said. Metro Manila accounted for 1,625 of the new cases reported on Sunday. This was followed by Laguna with 115 new cases, Cavite with 76 new cases, Rizal with 75 new cases, and Cebu with 55 new cases. Active cases reached 43,160 as of Sunday, […]
(Eagle News)–The government has seized P2.6 million worth of fake cigarettes from a warehouse in Isabela, the Bureau of Customs said. According to the bureau, the 86 cases were seized from an abandoned truck in the warehouse in Santiago during a raid on Friday, July 17. The raid was by virtue of a letter of authority signed by Customs Comissioner Rey Guerrero. An inventory is currently on-going to determine the exact volume of the seized […]
(Eagle News)–New Bilibid Prison inmate Jaybee Sebastian has died reportedly due to complications from COVID-19. The body of Sebastian, who had accused Senator Leila de Lima of being a protector of illegal drugs, was immediately cremated. De Lima faces charges in connection with her alleged involvement in the Bilibid drug trade when she was justice secretary. She has denied the allegations made by Sebastian, who she said was only pressured by authorities. The Department of […]
by Junior KANNAH / Samir TOUNSI à KINSHASA MBANDAKA, DR Congo (AFP) — The Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo’s northwest is growing, according to health officials, sounding the alarm weeks after the country officially declared an end to a separate Ebola epidemic which claimed over 2,000 lives. There have been 54 confirmed cases since June 1 in Mbandaka, a transport hub in Equateur province, including 22 deaths, according to figures released by the country’s […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — A glacier-viewing bus overturned on Saturday at a popular tourist spot in the Canadian Rockies, killing three people and seriously injuring several others, news reports said. The all-terrain vehicle rolled off the road near the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park, Alberta, national broadcaster CBC said. Photos published by media outlets show the upturned red-and-white bus, equipped with monster-truck style tires for crossing ice, on a rocky slope below the road […]
(Eagle News)–Over 69,000 contact tracers have been deployed nationwide as part of the government’s efforts against COVID-19. According to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, the 69,098 contact tracers are in charge of tracking down and managing the close contacts of COVID-19 cases and offer diagnostic, counseling and treatment to confirmed cases. Año said the contact tracers have been assigned to 5,215 contact tracing teams. “Our local contact tracing teams nationwide are working double-time to interrupt the […]
