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(Eagle News) –The University of the Philippines-Diliman on Wednesday, June 24, announced seven of its frontliners had tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, UPD said the frontliners from Kanlungang Palma and the UP Health Service have already been isolated. Their contacts, UPD said, have also been traced by the UPHS Public Health Unit. Services will continue at Kanlungang Palma and the UPHS, following consultation with an infectious disease specialist, UPD said. ” Rest assured […]
(Eagle News) — All of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board’s 31 rationalized bus routes are now operational. This was after route number 10, or the Cubao-Doroteo Jose route, was officially opened today, June 24, the LTFRB said. Apart from that route, the following were routes opened to commuters since the first week of June: 1.) Portion of Route E (EDSA Carousel) *to augment MRT-3 operations 2.) – Route 1 (Monumento-Balagtas) 3.) – Route […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Just days after lockdown ended and European travel restrictions were lifted, many were staying home in the cool Tuesday as a heatwave hit the continent with temperatures touching 40 degrees Celcius. In some areas, the mercury was even seen topping 41 degrees Celcius (106 degrees Fahrenheit), such as Seville in southern Spain where people were cooling off in fountains or taking a dip in the Guadalquivir River in the morning, an […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — At least 223 police officers in Peru have died after contracting the coronavirus while enforcing one of South America’s longest lockdowns, the interior ministry announced Tuesday. “We have to date 223 police dead and 15,500 infected,” Interior Minister General Gaston Rodriguez told a virtual press conference. The death toll is 30 percent higher than two weeks ago, when the ministry announced 170 officers had died and just under 10,000 were infected, […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Wednesday, June 24, said the national government would also look into what he said was the spike in COVID-19 cases in Leyte. In a radio interview, Año said he would be accompanied by Carlito Galvez Jr., the chief implementer of the country’s national action plan against COVID-19. “Biglang nag-surge doon dahil ang sabi may dumating na LSIs (locally stranded individuals) at OFWs (overseas Filipino workers) na pinagmulan […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has suspended plans for military action against the South, state media reported Wednesday in an apparent sudden dialling-down of tensions after Pyongyang blew up a liaison office. In recent weeks, Pyongyang has issued a series of vitriolic condemnations of Seoul over anti-North leaflets, which defectors based in the South send across the border — usually attached to balloons or floated in bottles. Last week […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has tested positive for the coronavirus and is currently back in Serbia, the Denver Post reported Tuesday as the NBA begins ramping up preparations for a resumption of play. The Nuggets declined to comment, citing medical privacy. With the NBA planning to resume play after a coronavirus hiatus that began on March 11, players were to be back in their teams’ market on June 22, […]
Mayor appeals for “calm, understanding” (Eagle News)–The Cebu City government has canceled all quarantine passes issued to its residents, after President Rodrigo Duterte lamented what he said was the continued rise in COVID-19 cases in Cebu. Mayor Edgar Labella said the decision was made upon the recommendation of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, a day after the President ordered Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu to go to Cebu and assess the COVID-19 response […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has repatriated 60 Filipinos from India amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The DFA said the 60 included nine seafarers and five babies who underwent liver transplant in India. The repatriates landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 aboard Air India Flight AI 1310 on Tuesday. The DFA said the repatriates underwent routine health screening and mandatory RT-PCR test for arriving passengers. The DFA said the family of a […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and rainshowers are expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to the easterlies affecting the eastern sections of Visayas and Mindanao. Flashfloods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, PAGASA said, will have light to moderate winds and slight to […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights. MIAA said the list was for Wednesday, June 24: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. Travelers were advised to confirm their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled. MIAA said only those with confirmed flights will be allowed in the airport premises. While domestic flight operations are allowed provided there is approval from tbe local government unit […]
by Kelly MACNAMARA PARIS, France (AFP) — Scientists have found bits of polystyrene in the guts of tiny, soil-dwelling organisms in the Antarctic, raising concern that microplastics pollution has already “deeply” entered the world’s most remote land-based food systems. While the infiltration of microplastics throughout the oceans is well-known, researchers said their findings provided the first evidence of contamination in the Antarctic terrestrial food chain. “Plastics have therefore entered even some of the most remote […]
