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SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A shark “grabbed” a 10-year-old boy from a fishing boat off Australia on Friday but swam off after his father jumped in to save him, officials said. The boy was taken to hospital in stable condition with cuts to his arm, chest and head after the attack off the coast of the island state of Tasmania, the local government reported. The child was wearing a life vest as he accompanied his […]
JIUJIANG, China (AFP) –Vast swathes of China have been inundated by the worst flooding in decades along the mighty Yangtze River, with residents piling into boats and makeshift rafts to escape a deluge that has collapsed flood defences and turned their homes into waterways. Heavy rains since June have left at least 141 people dead and missing, forced nearly 15 million people to be evacuated from their homes in July alone, and caused billions […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country reached 63,001 after the Department of Health reported 1841 cases on Friday, July 17. According to the DOH, the 1841 cases reported today were based on total tests done by 76 out of 84 laboratories. Of the newly-announced cases, majority still came from Metro Manila, with 441 from Manila, 140 from Quezon City, 96 from Mandaluyong, and 86 from Navotas. Eighty-seven of […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse The number of children worldwide getting life-saving vaccinations has declined this year largely because of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization and UNICEF warned on Wednesday. The first four months of 2020 saw a “substantial drop” in the completion of the three-dose jab that protects against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough — the first decline in 28 years. “Vaccines are one of the most powerful tools in the […]
A strong magnitude 7 quake shook Papua New Guinea on Friday, July 17, sending residents scrambling from buildings in the capital Port Moresby but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The quake was 79.8 kilometers deep and its epicenter was located 114 kilometers north northwest of Popondetta, Papua New Guinea, the US Geological Survey said. It was located in a remote region near the eastern coast around 150 kilometres from Port […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Fire Protection will assist local health authorities in implementing the Oplan Kalinga program. This was after the Department of the Interior and Local Government gave the bureau the directive for them to help search for COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms but who are not qualified to do home quarantine, and transport them to isolation facilities. Under the government’s new policy, COVID-19 patients in those categories […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Twin red-ruffed lemurs have been born at Singapore zoo, officials said Thursday, a rare double delivery that is a boost for the endangered saucer-eyed primates. It was the first birth at the zoo of the endangered creatures, which are native to Madagascar, in over a decade, Wildlife Reserves Singapore said. The arrival of the yet-to-be-named twins was “particularly special” because the creatures breed only once a year, it said. The fluffy […]
(Eagle News)–Talking on board Light Rail Transit-2 trains is no longer allowed. The LRT-2 management announced the new policy on Friday, July 17, days after the Metro Rail Transit-3 implemented the no-talking policy to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This was after a surge of infections among MRT-3 personnel, prompting a one-week suspension of MRT-3 operations to allow for testing and a disinfection of facilities. Prior to that, the Light Rail Manila Corp., private operator […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific issued a profit warning on Friday, estimating it will suffer a historic loss of HK$9.9 billion (US$1.3 billion) in the first half of 2020 as it reels from the coronavirus pandemic. “The Group will record a net loss attributable to shareholders of approximately HK$9.9 billion, which compares to a net profit to shareholders of HK$1.3 billion for the same period in 2019,” the airline said […]
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) — Scientists said Thursday they had obtained the closest ever images taken of the Sun as part of a pan-European mission to study solar winds and flares that could have far-reaching impacts back on Earth. The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter blasted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral in February and completed its first fly by of our star last month, sending back unprecedented images of phenomena close to its […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has chosen Court of Appeals Justice Priscilla Baltazar-Padilla as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to fill in the post vacated by Supreme Court Associate Justice Andres Reyes Jr., who retired last May. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement on Thursday, July 16, in a brief statement. “This is to announce that Court of Appeals Justice Priscilla J. Baltazar-Padilla has been appointed as Associate Justice of the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — NASA on Thursday postponed the launch of its $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope from March next year to October 31, 2021, blaming the pandemic and other technical challenges. The telescope, first conceived in the 1990s, was initially to be launched in the 2000s, but its main maker Northrop Grumman has faced numerous development problems that have doubled its cost. “Webb is the world’s most complex space observatory, and our […]
