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Says almost all families interviewed by phone have received food aid (Eagle News) — Around 4.2 million Filipino families “experienced involuntary hunger” or “hunger due to lack of food to eat” at least once in the past three months, according to a recent special Social Weather Stations COVID-19 mobile phone survey. “This is nearly double the 8.8% (est. 2.1 million families) in December 2019, and the highest since the 22.0% (est. 4.8 million families) […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted the resignation of Information and Communications Undersecretary Eliseo Rio. In a statement on Friday, May 22, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque thanked Rio for his ” invaluable services to the nation..” “..We wish him well in all his future endeavors,” Roque said. In February, Rio filed his resignation but he said President Rodrigo Duterte did not accept this. Rio filed his resignation after he was allegedly not informed about how […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross warned Thursday of a worsening crisis in northeast Syria, where water cuts, food shortages and depleted health services are proving as dangerous as coronavirus. Home to sprawling displacement camps hosting tens of thousands of people, including families of Islamic State group members, the Kurdish-held northeast has been hard hit by nine years of war. A COVID-19 outbreak, which the United Nations says has infected […]
PEKIN, China (AFP) — A proposal to enact new Hong Kong security legislation was submitted to China’s rubber-stamp on Friday, state media said, a move expected to fan fresh protests in the semi-autonomous financial hub. The proposal, which has been condemned by the United States and Hong Kong pro-democracy figures as an assault on the city’s freedoms, was tabled on the opening day of the week-long National People’s Congress, Xinhua news agency said. Parliament spokesman […]
(Eagle News)–Four volcanic earthquakes were recorded at Taal in a 24-hour period. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the earthquakes at the volcano, which remains on alert level 1, were “associated mainly with rock-fracturing processes beneath and around the edifice.” Weak steaming rising 50 meters high was also observed from vents on the main crater and fissure vents along the Daang Kastila trail. PHIVOLCS reminded the public “sudden steam-driven or phreatic explosions, volcanic […]
by Chris Stein Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Job losses in the United States are slowing but totaled an unheard-of 38.6 million since the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns began, while officials debate what additional steps will be needed to rescue the beleaguered economy. Another 2.43 million Americans were put out of work last week, fewer than the previous week but still among the highest figures on record, according to the latest Labor Department […]
PEKIN, China (AFP) — China took the rare move of not setting an annual growth target this year after the coronavirus battered the world’s second-largest economy and ravaged global growth, Premier Li Keqiang said Friday. Instead, given “great uncertainty” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Beijing will “give priority to stabilizing employment and ensuring living standards”, he told the opening of the National People’s Congress. He also announced that China’s fiscal deficit was expected to be […]
by Alexandria SAGE ROME, Italy (AFP) — The sun is shining and it feels like summer. For many Italians, that means one thing — Aperol spritzes at a terrace cafe with friends. But just days after most coronavirus lockdown restrictions were lifted, authorities are saying not so fast. From Palermo to Turin, images of partygoers gathering in piazzas and outside bars have caused panic among regional leaders and mayors. They worry that crowds of mostly […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The British government on Thursday announced that foreign care workers would be exempt from a charge imposed on migrants to fund the health service, after an outcry sparked by the coronavirus outbreak. Prime Minister Boris Johnson had defended the immigration health surcharge as recently as Wednesday, saying it raised much-needed funds for the state-run National Health Service (NHS). But Keir Starmer, the main opposition Labour leader, condemned the levy at […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States recorded 1,255 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 94,661, according to the latest real-time tally Thursday reported by Johns Hopkins University. The country — hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of the number of fatalities — has now confirmed a total of 1,576,542 cases, the Baltimore-based school reported. © Agence France-Presse
PEKIN, China (AFP) — China has made “major strategic achievements” in its response to the coronavirus outbreak, Premier Li Keqiang said at the opening of the National People’s Congress on Friday. “At present, the epidemic has not yet come to an end, while the tasks we face in promoting development are immense,” he told thousands of delegates in Beijing. © Agence France-Presse
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Consumer prices in Japan fell for the first time in more than three years last month, official data showed Friday, dragged down by the coronavirus pandemic and collapsing oil prices. Core prices in April, excluding volatile fresh food, slipped 0.2 percent from a year earlier, reversing a rise of 0.4 percent in March, according to the internal affairs ministry. It was the first drop in 40 months, the ministry said, and […]
