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More than 97 percent of active cases are mild (Eagle News) — The total coronavirus cases reached 26,420 as of 4 p.m., Monday, June 15, as recoveries also increased to more than 6,000. The Department of Health (DOH) said that 490 confirmed cases were added today: 348 were fresh cases, while 142 were late cases. Of the fresh cases, 131 came from Metro Manila, 79 came from Central Visayas, while 138 came from other […]
(Eagle News)–An Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said in its 4 p.m. advisory today that these areas will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides due to scattered moderate to at times heavy rains are also possible. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon, PAGASA said, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers, […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Police in London said they arrested more than 100 people on Saturday after far-right protesters holding a counter-demonstration against anti-racism activists clashed with officers. Thousands of people defied the coronavirus restrictions to assemble in and around Parliament Square, in the centre of the capital. That required “major” policing operation the Metropolitan Police Service said, adding that they had encountered “pockets of violence directed towards our officers”. Television footage showed some […]
(Eagle News) — The new Mandaluyong Hall of Justice is on lockdown starting today, June 15, after a public prosecutor tested positive for COVID-19. In deciding for the 14-day lockdown “unless…earlier lifted and upon notice to all concerned,” Acting Executive Judge Ofelia Calo noted the public prosecutor reported to the Mandaluyong Prosecutors Office sometime last week, and some court personnel and judges “had physical dealings” with the Office of the Prosecutor because of the required […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States has recorded 382 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing its death toll to 115,729, according to a tally Sunday by Johns Hopkins University. This was the lowest 24-hour toll in the US since it peaked in mid-April. It has been averaging 800 or so a day recently. The world’s top economy is by far the hardest-hit country in the pandemic, with both the highest number […]
by Amber WANG / Sean CHANG TAICHUNG, Taiwan (AFP) — Deserted streets, cabin fever and worries over COVID-enabling commutes in Europe and America have sent a demand for bikes into high gear — with factories in Taiwan racing to push out new units and scrambling to find parts. The deadly virus has sparked a global recession and hammered many industries, but it is boom time in the bike world and a major bonus for Taiwan, […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the Philippine National Police has reached 414. The PNP said 240 have so far recovered based on the data as of June 14, 6 p.m., which is more than half of the total number of COVID-19 cases in the police organization. The death toll stands at seven. The PNP said suspected COVID-19 cases have reached 873, while probable cases have are at 699. COVID-19 […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong’s Disneyland will reopen its doors on Thursday following nearly five months of closure, the park said Monday, in a fresh boost for a city that has largely managed to defeat the coronavirus. Visitors will need to sign health declarations, submit to regular temperature checks and wear masks at all times unless eating, the park said in a statement on Monday. It is just the second Disneyland around the […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru has freed 1,500 inmates over the past two months to ease overcrowding in prisons that have seen riots and deaths from the coronavirus. The announcement of the freeing of people serving time for minor offenses was made in a weekend statement by Justice Minister Fernando Castaneda. On April 14, the government pledged to free 3,000 prisoners to ease overcrowding. Peru has the second-most coronavirus cases in Latin America after Brazil, […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese health officials reported 49 new coronavirus cases on Monday, including 36 more in the capital Beijing where a fresh cluster linked to a wholesale food market has fuelled fears of a second wave of infections. The domestic outbreak in China — where the disease first emerged last year — had largely been brought under control but then a fresh batch of cases was detected in the capital last week. In […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s capital city raced Monday to control a fresh coronavirus outbreak, with 75 cases linked to a single wholesale food market in Beijing where authorities have locked down neighborhoods and launched a massive test and trace program. The outbreak in China — where the disease first emerged last year — had largely been brought under control until a fresh batch of cases was detected in the capital last week. Health officials […]
(Eagle News)–“The right to free speech and freedom of the press cannot and should not be used as a shield against accountability.” This is according to the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46, which handed down a guilty verdict for cyber libel against Rappler’s Maria Ressa and former researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. The cyber libel complaint was in connection with a story on businessman Wilfredo Keng published by the media organization in 2012 and republished […]
