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(Eagle News) — Couples will be allowed to ride motorcycles together starting Friday, July 10. In a radio interview, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the prototype motorcycle submitted by Bohol Gov. Arthur Yap has also been approved. He said based on the prototype, there is a barrier between the rider and the passenger. He said the barrier extends beyond the heads of the driver and the passengers. Wearing of face masks is also a must, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has designated Sandra Sanchez-Montano as chair of the Philippine Commission on Women. Sanchez-Montano, who was commissioner of the PCW representing the science and health sector, replaces Rhodora Bucoy. Several reports said Bucoy had been fired by the President, but the PCW denied this in a statement, saying Bucoy tendered her resignation letter on July 7. The letter, the PCW said, has “yet to be transmitted to our head agency, […]
(Eagle News) — The offices of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) and of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Task Force Against Trafficking (NAIATFAT) in terminals 1, 2 and 3 of NAIA are on a 14-day lockdown. Emmeline Aglipay-Villar, IACAT undersecretary-in-charge, said in Office Order No. 0524 said the lockdown, which started on Wednesday, July 8, and ends on July 22, was in view of the confirmation four NAIATFAT personnel tested positive for COVID-19 based […]
by Charly Triballeau in Kumamura and Quentin Tyberghien in Takayama, Japan TAKAYAMA, Japan (AFP) — Japanese emergency services and troops were scrambling on Thursday to reach thousands of homes cut off by devastating flooding and landslides that have killed dozens and caused widespread damage. Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Thursday more than 3,000 households were isolated, either by rising floodwater or roads destroyed by landslides, mostly in the hardest-hit southwestern region of Kumamoto […]
by Ryan Smith MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Five million people in Australia’s second-biggest city began a new lockdown Thursday, returning to tough restrictions just weeks after they ended as Melbourne grapples with a resurgence of coronavirus cases. Residents have been told to stay at home for six weeks after other measures to contain a spike in COVID-19 failed to prevent the virus spreading. The state of Victoria has been effectively sealed off in an effort […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental early Thursday, July 9. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 12:32 a.m., had its epicenter 83 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso. It had a depth of one kilometer. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has breached the 50,000 mark—with 50359 cases—after the Department of Health reported 2539 cases on Wednesday night. The DOH said of the 50,359 total cases, 36457 were active cases. Of the 2539, 1922 were fresh cases, or cases where test results were reported to the patients within the last three days. Over 600–or 617—were late cases, or cases where results to patients were released […]
(Eagle News)–The easterlies are affecting parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Mindanao will have partly to mostly cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers mostly in the afternoon or evening also due to localized thunderstorms. PAGASA said Visayas, Palawan, Occidental Mindoro will have these conditions too. Light to moderate winds will prevail in those areas, which will have slight to moderate waters.
by Yuliya Silina SMOLYANYNOVE, Ukraine (AFP) — Forest fires in eastern Ukraine that have killed five people and left dozens homeless are being brought under control by firefighters, officials said on Wednesday. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said the situation was improving and he had seen no new fires during a fly-over with President Volodymyr Zelensky and other senior officials. The blaze began on Monday in Lugansk region and engulfed Smolyanynove, a village just 20 kilometres […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Thursday, July 9: MIAA said flight schedules are subject to changes. Passengers were advised to confirm their flights on the day they are scheduled as only those with the confirmation will be allowed to enter the airport premises. Domestic flight operations are allowed provided there is approval from the local government. The government early this week allowed non-essential foreign travel […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Powerful explosions rocked a fireworks factory in southwest China on Wednesday night, leaving at least six people injured, authorities said. A billowing yellow cloud rose over the factory in the city of Guanghan in Sichuan province after the first blast, and then thick, black smoke poured from the plant, according to images broadcast by state channel CCTV. This was followed by a second explosion. Six people were injured, including two with […]
By Alfred Acenas EBC Hawaii Bureau HONOLULU (Eagle News) – The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) announced on Tuesday, July 7, that there were 41 new cases of COVID-19, the highest case count since the pandemic began in early March. Thirty-eight (38) were in Honolulu/Oahu, one (1) in Big Island, and two (2) in Kauai. Governor David Ige has assured that the new COVID-19 cases are still manageable. “It is the highest we’ve had, […]
