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(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard has filed criminal charges against the crew members of the Hong Kong-flagged vessel that collided with a Philippine fishing boat vessel off Mindoro last week, and the shipping company. Charges for reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide and damage to property have been lodged against the MV Vienna Wood crew members identified as Zhang Weiwei, Shin Bin, Yi Lei, and Yang Xileng before the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, reopens after its coronavirus closure Monday, but with nearly a third of its galleries still shut. The vast former palace of France’s kings has lost more than 40 million euros ($45 million) in ticket sales during the near-four-month lockdown, and director Jean-Luc Martinez admitted it could have a few more lean years ahead as the world adapts to the virus. Although most of the […]
(Eagle News) — The Hall of Justice in Naga, Cebu will be physically closed starting today, July 6, after a court employee tested positive for COVID-19. A memorandum signed by Executive Judge Dennis Larrobis said the employee from the Regional Trial Court Branch 76 had been swabbed after suffering from fever. The temporary closure, which was approved by Jennylind Aldecoa-Delorino of the Office of the Deputy Court Administrator, will last for 14 days. Tthe RTC […]
by Laurence BENHAMOU and Stuart WILLIAMS PARIS, France (AFP) — France’s new Prime Minister Jean Castex was on Monday expected to unveil a reshuffled government tasked with helping the economy brave its worst crisis since World War II and injecting fresh momentum into the presidency of Emmanuel Macron. Castex, a senior bureaucrat and provincial mayor almost completely unknown to the French before his appointment Friday, is seeking to move quickly and decisively to convince sceptics […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the Philippine National Police climbed to 899. The PNP said the data was as of Sunday, July 5, at 6 p.m. Recoveries climbed to 409, while nine deaths were reported. Suspected cases have reached 1188, while probable cases are at 726. At least three policemen based in Cebu have died due to the virus. The Palace has said Cebu was the new epicenter of COVID-19. At […]
by Jalees ANDRABI NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India’s top tourist attraction the Taj Mahal will remain shut, officials said Sunday, as the vast nation registered a record daily number of coronavirus cases and opened a sprawling treatment centre in the capital to fight the pandemic. The health ministry reported just under 25,000 cases and 613 deaths in 24 hours — the biggest daily spike since the first case was detected in late January. The […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Rescue workers in Japan on Monday combed through the wreckage of houses shattered by deadly floods and landslides in a desperate search for survivors as the death toll rose and more torrential rain loomed. At least 36 people are feared dead after record rains lashed areas of western Japan in the early hours of Saturday, causing rivers to break banks and flooding low-lying regions. “Rescue workers are tirelessly continuing the search […]
(Eagle News)– Tawi-Tawi has confirmed its first COVID-19 case. The Tawi-Tawi government said the 44-year-old male of the Philippine National Police, has a travel history from San Isidro, Quezon City to Zamboanga City to Basilan. From there he went to Zamboanga City and then to Tawi-Tawi. The local government said so far, he has been isolated and is currently isolated. Contact tracing is ongoing. Entry of locally stranded individuals including frontliners to Zamboanga City is […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Monday, July 6. MIAA said flight schedules may be subject to changes. All passengers were advised to confirm their flights on the day they are scheduled as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport premises. Domestic flight operations are allowed provided there is approval from the local government unit. International travel restrictions remain in place.
(Eagle News)–The easterlies are affecting the eastern sections of Visayas and Mindanao. But the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the partly to mostly cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers in Visayas, Palawan and Occidental Mindoro is due to localized thunderstorms. Light to moderate winds will prevail over Visayas, and over Palawan and Occidental Mindoro, which will have slight-moderate seas. A thunderstorm advisory has also been hoisted over some areas, with moderate to heavy […]
by Emily Manuel Contributor, Eagle News AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (Eagle News) — With no end in sight for the COVID-19 pandemic, I decided to join 391 stranded Filipino seafarers, workers, and tourists in a repatriation flight organized by the Philippine Embassy in the The Hague last July 3, 2020. KL 875 would take us from Amsterdam to Manila via Bangkok in approximately 15 hours and 45 minutes. – Check-in – Schiphol Airport stands eerily quiet. […]
(Eagle News) — The number of MRT personnel who have tested positive for COVID-19 has reached 172, the MRT management announced on Sunday, July 5. This was after 45 more people have tested positive for the virus. The MRT said that 166 of the infected personnel were from the depot, while the remaining six were station personnel. These station personnel include four ticket sellers, a nurse, and a train driver. Just last week, the […]
