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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, June 7

(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its operational commercial flights. MIAA said the list was for Sunday, June 7: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. Earlier, several airlines announced the resumption of domestic flight operations following the shift of some areas, including Metro Manila, to a general community quarantine. Transportation Secretary Art Tugade had said the domestic flights were allowed for as long as there was approval from the local government concerned. […]

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DepEd: Public school teachers, except those who are part of skeleton force at school, to continue to work from home

(Eagle News)–Teachers in public schools nationwide, except for some, shall in the meantime continue to work from home amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This was after Education Secretary Leonor Briones signed memorandum 56 s. 2020, which extended a previous memorandum, DepEd Memorandum No. 054 s. 2020, that stipulated the work-from-home arrangement from June 1 to 5. Briones had said the arrangement was to    “(prevent) the risk of exposure” to the COVID-19 virus. The new memorandum […]

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DFA repatriates 345 Filipinos from Barbados

(Eagle News)–The government has recently repatriated over 300 Filipinos from Barbados, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday, June 6. According to the DFA, the 345 Filipinos who were all crew members of the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines arrived at  Clark International Airport via Philippine Airlines flight PR 8117. Upon arrival at Clark International Airport, the repatriates underwent proper documentation procedures, RT-PCR COVID-19 testing and a briefing on current safety protocols prescribed by the  […]

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Global race protests mark George Floyd’s death

  by Dmitry ZAKS with AFP bureaus Taking a knee, chanting and ignoring social distancing measures, outraged protesters from Sydney to London kicked off a weekend of global rallies Saturday against racism and police brutality. The death during the arrest of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in the US state of Minnesota, has brought tens of thousands out onto the streets during a pandemic that is ebbing in Asia and Europe, but spreading in […]

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Palace: Bayanihan law in effect until June 25 due to “sunset clause”

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, June 6, said the Bayanihan To Heal As One Act will remain in effect until June 25 because of its sunset provision. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the statement after at least two senators said the additional powers granted to President Rodrigo Duterte under the law lapsed when the House of Representatives adjourned sine die on June 5 because the Bayanihan law that granted them was an emergency measure. But […]

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French forces kill leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

by Daphné BENOIT and Didier LAURAS Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — France said its forces have killed the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, in a blow to the group behind a string of deadly attacks across the troubled Sahel region. Abdelmalek Droukdel was killed on Thursday in northern Mali near the Algerian border, where the group has bases from which it has carried out attacks and abductions of Westerners in the […]

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US government to give additional P201 million COVID-19 aid for Mindanao

(Eagle News) – The United States government will provide an additional P201 million ($4 million) financial assistance to help support vulnerable populations in Mindanao amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Embassy in the Philippines announced on Friday, June 5. The Embassy said that US Ambassador Sung Kim met with officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) lead by Chief Minister Ahod ‘Al Haj Murad’ Ebrahim, who also chairs the BARMM Inter-Agency Task […]

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Warmest May on record, Siberia 10C hotter

by Kelly MACNAMARA / Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Temperatures soared 10 degrees Celsius above average last month in Siberia, home to much of Earth’s permafrost, as the world experienceTemperatures soared 10 degrees Celsius above average last month in Siberia, home to much of Earth’s permafrost, as the world experienced its warmest May on record, the European Union’s climate monitoring network said Friday. The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said May […]

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3.7-magnitude quake hits Davao Occidental

(Eagle News)–A 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Saturday, June 6. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 12:32 p.m., had its epicenter 341 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. It had a depth of 12 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.

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Biggest batch of COVID-19 recoveries given inspiring send-off at PHL Arena quarantine facility

  (Eagle News) – At least 78 COVID-19 patients who recovered while under quarantine at the Philippine Arena “We Heal as One Center” were given an inspiring send-off ceremony on Friday, June 5, thankful that they can now go home to their families. Philippine National Task Force against COVID-19 officials led by Deputy Chief implementer Vince Dizon, and the frontliners — the health care workers who treated the COVID-19 patients as family — were on […]

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PJ Lhuillier Group boosts digital, taps MultiSys as technology partner

P.J. Lhuillier Inc. (PJLI), the parent company of the Philippines’ largest microfinancial services provider Cebuana Lhuillier, tapped leading software solutions provider Multisys Technologies Corporation to accelerate the Group’s ongoing digital transformation efforts and expand its commercial services. Through the technology partnership, MultiSys will help improve PJLI’s business processes that will digitalize the company’s operations and increase its overall organizational efficiency. MultiSys will also integrate with PJLI’s cash collection and distribution facilities, including its Corporate Payout, […]

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Palace “notes” UN body’s human rights report recommendations, “firmly rejects” conclusions

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, June 6, said the government will continue to respect its international legal obligations, including human rights, taking offense at the “faulty conclusions” made by the United Nations  Office of the High Commissioner in its recent report. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the Philippines “firmly rejects” the conclusion the country’s “heavy-handed” focus on national security has led to “serious” human rights violations as they were premised on among others “the alleged […]

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