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-PHL total cases surpass 30,000- (Eagle News) — Metro Manila is the region with the most COVID-19 cases, while Cebu City and Quezon City topped the list of cities in terms of positive cases in the country this week, according to the Department of Health. This came about as the number of coronavirus infections in the country surpassed 30,000 with more than 20,000 considered active cases. Total COVID-19 cases as of Sunday, June 21, […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Archie Gamboa on Monday, June 22, urged the police to maximize the use of information and communication technology in going after criminals. Gamboa issued the statement as he announced the PNP would “reformulate police response procedures” to ensure the health and safety of the police and the general public amid the new normal due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He said through the initiative of the Directorate for Investigation and Detective […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia on Sunday ended a nationwide coronavirus curfew and lifted restrictions on businesses, including hair salons and cinemas, after three months of stringent curbs, despite a spike in infections. International flights and religious pilgrimages, however, remain suspended and social gatherings of more than 50 people are prohibited, according to the interior ministry. But Saudi Arabia’s General Commission for Audiovisual Media announced the reopening of cinemas across the kingdom with […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Australians were warned Monday to avoid travelling to Melbourne, as the country’s second biggest city tightened coronavirus restrictions amid fears of a second wave of the epidemic. Victoria state has recorded more than 110 cases in the past week — many of them in Melbourne — prompting leaders of other regions to warn against visiting the city’s six designated virus “hot spots”. The premier of neighbouring New South Wales state, Gladys […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has seized P3.1 million worth of high-grade marijuana, the BOC said on Monday, June 22. In a statement, the BOC said its personnel assigned at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport discovered the kush in a parcel sent via the Central Mail Exchange Center. Authorities have intensified their profiling of parcels and cargoes arriving via air in view of what they said was the concealment of illegal drugs in […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over parts of Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with possible lightning and strong winds are expected over portions of Davao de Oro (Compostela, New Bataan, Monkayo), Agusan del Sur (Bunawan, Rosario, San Francisco), Surigao del Sur (Tagbina, Barobo), Agusan del Norte (Cabadbaran, Magallanes, R.T. Romualdez, Butuan), Lanao del Sur (Bubong, Maguing, Tagoloan II, Kapai, Marawi), and Lanao del Norte […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck Negros Occidental early Monday, June 22. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 2:06 a.m., had its epicenter 16 kilometers northeast of La Carlota. It had a depth of 10 kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were recorded: Intensities Intensity IV – La Carlota City, Negros Occidental Intensity III – Bago City, Negros Occidental; Bacolod City Intensity II – Canlaon City, Negros Oriental […]
MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (AFP) — “Mission accomplished!” That joyful declaration came from Juan Manuel Ballestero, an Argentine sailor who, unable to fly home from Portugal due to the pandemic, crossed the ocean alone in his modest sailboat to see his aging parents. “I did it! I did it! I did it!” Ballestero exclaimed at dockside last week when he reached his hometown of Mar del Plata. The 47-year-old had completed an exhausting 85-day odyssey […]
by Asaad Niyazi with Ali Allaq in Kut Agence France-Presse AL-BADAA, Iraq (AFP) — The broad leaves and delicate purple flowers floating on the Euphrates look breathtaking — but they are suffocating the waterways of Iraq, celebrated as the “land of the two rivers”. The water hyacinth, nicknamed the “Nile flower” in Iraq, is an invasive plant native to South America’s Amazon basin that has ravaged ecosystems across the world, from Sri Lanka to Nigeria. The […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Grigor Dimitrov said on Sunday he has tested positive for coronavirus after pulling out of an exhibition tournament which also featured world number one Novak Djokovic. “I want to reach out and let my fans and friends know that I tested positive back in Monaco for Covid-19,” world number 19 Dimitrov wrote on Instagram. “I am so sorry for any harm I might have caused. I am back home now and […]
by Adrian DENNIS READING, United Kingdom (AFP) — Three people were killed and three seriously injured when an assailant went on a stabbing rampage in a park filled with people relaxing in the southern English city of Reading on Saturday, police said. The Thames Valley Police said they had launched a murder investigation and were not treating the incident as terror-related after making one arrest at the scene. Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned the “appalling […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has recently repatriated over 300 Filipinos from Saudi Arabia. In a statement, the DFA said the 344 Filipinos from Jeddah and other parts of the western region of the kingdom were “among the hundreds of (Overseas Filipino Workers) who were economically displaced and got stranded in the Kingdom because of the COVID-19 crisis that continues to ravage the Saudi economy.” The group, the DFA said, included 76 former Filipino […]
