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by Olga NEDBAEVA PARIS, France (AFP) — The ebullient French chef Frederic Anton is having none of the talk that the world will not be the same again after the coronavirus. From the kitchen of his Jules Verne restaurant perched high on the Eiffel Tower 125 metres (410 feet) above Paris, the combative cook is determined that it will make not one iota of difference to the glories of French gastronomy. “Nothing is going to […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — At least 21 people were killed when a bus carrying students preparing to sit their annual college entrance exam plunged into a lake in southwest China on Tuesday. The bus crashed into a guardrail and veered into Hongshan Lake in Guizhou province, leaving 15 others injured, the local emergency management department said in a statement. The incident took place around noon in Anshun city and eyewitnesses said the passengers on the […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers are expected in the country, including in Metro Manila, today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers mostly in the afternoon or evening were because of the easterlies affecting the eastern sections of Visayas and Mindanao and localized thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. PAGASA said Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao will have […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Energy compound will be on full lockdown starting tomorrow, July 8, after three of its employees tested positive for COVID-19. In an advisory, the DOE said the lockdown, which will end on Friday, July 10, covers the main building, the annex, gymnasium, the DOE motorpool and the multipurpose building. The DOE offices located at the Philippine National Oil Corporation building, on the other hand, will be operating with a […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has reached 47873 after the Department of Health reported 1540 cases on Tuesday, July 7. According to the DOH, of the 47873 cases, 34178 are active cases. Of the 1540 cases reported today, 993 were fresh cases, or cases where test results were released to the patient within three days. Over 500–or 547–were late cases, or cases where test results were released […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government has lifted the suspension on non-essential travel by Filipinos. But the non-essential outbound travel should be subject to the following conditions: Traveler should submit confirmed round-trip tickets for those travelling on tourist visas Traveler should have adequate travel and health insurance to cover rebooking and accommodation expenses if stranded, and hospitalization in case of infection, in such amount as may be determined by the Department of Tourism Traveler should […]
(Eagle News) — The Metro Rail Transit-3 on Tuesday, July 7, identified the work shift of the ticket sellers who tested positive for COVID-19, and the stations where they were deployed. According to the MRT-3, as of July 6, the 16 ticket sellers were deployed at North Avenue, GMA Kamuning, Cubao and Quezon Ave. stations. The following were their work shifts per station: North Ave: from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. and from 4:30 a.m. […]
(Eagle News)–A prosecutor was gunned down in Manila on Tuesday, July 7, an attack condemned by the Department of Justice. Authorities identified the victim as Jovencio Senados, 62. The police said he was attacked while on board his vehicle on Quirino Highway corner Anakbayan in Barangay 686. The suspects’ vehicle, a black SUV, was last seen on its way to Roxas Boulevard, on Quirino Ave. The motive of the killing has yet to be determined. […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing on Tuesday reported zero new coronavirus cases for the first time since the emergence of a cluster in the Chinese capital in June that prompted fears of a domestic second wave. A total of 335 people have been infected since a cluster emerged at the city’s massive Xinfadi wholesale market in early June. Beijing’s health commission said on Tuesday it detected only one asymptomatic case the previous day, which China […]
by Charly TRIBALLEAU YATSUSHIRO, Japan (AFP) — Emergency services in western Japan were “racing against time” on Tuesday to rescue people stranded by devastating floods and landslides that have killed at least 50 people, with more torrential rain forecast. Japan’s Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued its second-highest emergency warning for heavy rain and landslides over vast swathes of the country’s southwest and said “risks are rising” nationwide. At least 50 deaths have been confirmed in the […]
(Eagle News)–The number of Metro Rail Transit-3 personnel who tested positive for COVID-19 has reached 198, the Department of Transportation said. According to the DOTr, of the number, 177 are depot personnel while 15 are ticket sellers, three train drivers, two control center personnel, and one a nurse. Of the ticket sellers, eight were stationed at the North Ave. station, three at the Cubao station, two at the GMA-Kamuning station, one at the Quezon Ave. […]
(Eagle News)–Work at the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority will be suspended on Thursday and Friday. The MMDA said personnel will also be allowed to go home at 2 p.m. on Wednesday to pave the way for a “complete sanitation and disinfection of all its offices and adjacent premises” until Sunday. The MMDA made the announcement–which chair Danilo Lim said was approved by the MMDA COVID-19 committee— after four of its personnel tested positive for the […]
