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(Eagle News)–A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao del Sur early Wednesday, May 27. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 2:10 a.m., had its epicenter 16 kilometers southwest of Kiblawan. It had a depth of 15 kilometers. The following instrumental intensity was recorded: Intensity II – Malungon, Sarangani No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Huge swarms of desert locusts are destroying crops across western and central India, prompting authorities Tuesday to step up their response to the country’s worst plague in nearly three decades. Drones, tractors and cars have been sent out to track the voracious pests and spray them with pesticides. The locusts have already destroyed nearly 50,000 hectares (125,000 acres) of cropland. “Eight to 10 swarms, each measuring around a square kilometer […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France on Tuesday reported 83 new deaths in hospital from the coronavirus over the last 24 hours as key indicators remained steady two weeks into the relaxation of a lockdown. A total of 28,530 deaths have now been recorded in France since the epidemic began, the health ministry said in a statement. This includes a slight revising down by 10 of the numbers who have died in nursing homes. The numbers […]
by Miguel SANCHEZ SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — Shares in Latin America’s largest airline plunged on the New York and Santiago stock exchanges on Tuesday after LATAM filed for bankruptcy in the US. LATAM has suffered a drastic slump in business due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has hit travel and tourism all over the world. Last month the airline scaled back operations by 95 percent. “LATAM entered this crisis as a healthy and profitable group […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over parts of Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said in its 1:10 a.m. advisory that moderate to occasionally heavy rainshowers are expected over portions of Davao Oriental (Cateel, Baganga, Caraga), Davao del Norte (Panabo), Davao City, Davao del Sur (Santa Cruz), and North Cotabato (Makilala ). PAGASA said the conditions are expected within one to two hours. “All are advised to take precautionary measures […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights. MIAA said the list was for Wednesday, May 27: Earlier, Cebu Pacific said the cancellation of its flights was extended until May 31. It said this was in view of the modified enhanced community quarantine imposed in Metro Manila. MIAA has said all flight operations are concentrated at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 in a bid to reduce the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, May 26, met with Philippine Army and Philippine Air Force officers at the Malacañang Golf Clubhouse. In his short speech, the President congratulated the officers for their service. “You do it out of passion, for the love of country, because we are all Filipinos and we know where to place ourselves when the time comes..kayo mga sundalo, piloto. Ako naman, by stroke of luck, I became President,” the President […]
(Eagle News)–Wilkins Villanueva is the new director-general of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. PDEA spokesperson Derrick Carreon said this was after Aaron Aquino was “relieved” to assume another post “but we are not at liberty to disclose further details.” Aquino served as PDEA chief for almost two years. Villanueva’s appointment paper was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte and was dated May 22. In a statement, Villanueva, who was head of PDEA Northern Mindanao prior to […]
Presently, most health care workers with COVID only have “mild cases” (Eagle News) – No health care worker has died due to COVID-19 since May 10, as more recoveries are reported among those infected with the virus. This was the very good news reported by the Department of Health. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that no new COVID-19 death was reported among the ranks of health care frontliners in the fight against […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Anti-viral drug remdesivir cuts recovery times in coronavirus patients, according to the full results of a trial published Friday night, three weeks after America’s top infectious diseases expert said the study showed the medication has “clear-cut” benefits. Complete results from the research, which was carried out by US government agency the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), were published by leading medical periodical the New England Journal of […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization said Tuesday that Dutch workers apparently infected with the coronavirus by minks could be the first known cases of animal-to-human transmission. The WHO told AFP that it was in close contact with Dutch researchers investigating three cases where the virus appears to have been passed to humans from minks. “This would be the first known cases of animal-to-human transmission,” the UN health agency told AFP in an […]
But no more new patients to be given the drug (Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that it will not accept new patients for hydroxychloroquine following the decision of the World Health Organization (WHO) to discontinue its use for its Solidarity Trial. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that while the Executive Group of the WHO Solidarity trial in the country has decided not to accept new patients, those COVID-19 patients who […]
