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(Eagle News)–Cavite Gov. Jonvic Remulla has asked the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to allow back-riding for couples on motorcycles. In asking the government to reconsider the decision to ban two people on the same motorcycle, Remulla noted in a letter to Health Secretary Francisco Duque that married couples eat at the same table, and share the same bowl of rice, among other things. He noted that in Cavite, when […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation is urging public utility vehicle operators to shift to the automatic fare collection system, noting that maintenance and processing fees for the same will be waived. “We want to promote a ‘new normal’ in public transportation. And shifting to cashless, and contactless transactions is part of that,” Transportation Secretary Art Tugade said. According to Tugade, cashless payments will be beneficial to operators since they “reduce pilferage, and other […]
(Eagle News) – The Chief Implementer of the Philippines’ COVID-19 response said the government will patrol malls to check compliance with social distancing guidelines. “Ang gagawin po namin ng DTI ay iikot kami sa lahat ng mga malls para makita po namin kung talagang sumusunod sila (What we will do with DTI is to go around malls to check if they are really complying),” Secretary Carlito Galvez said. Galvez made the statement in his […]
(Eagle News) –The Department of Public Works and Highways unveiled plans to build temporary dormitories for healthcare workers working in major hospitals along East Avenue and Quezon Avenue in Quezon City. Undersecretary Emil Sadain, also the head of the DPWH Task Force Head for Augmentation of Health Facilities, identified the Quezon Memorial Circle or the wide ground of Veterans Memorial Medical Center as ideal sites for the temporary accommodation of healthcare workers from East Avenue […]
by Fran BLANDY and AFP Africa bureaus PICTURES BY SIMON MAINA AND NIPAH DENNIS Agence France-Presse NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP)— Watching from afar as much of the world was brought to its knees by the coronavirus, African scientists, engineers and innovators have turned to homegrown solutions to prepare for the worst case scenario. By the time the virus hit Africa, where cases have risen relatively slowly, images of overwhelmed hospitals and stories of health workers strapped for […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over Tarlac and other areas. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are expected over Bataan, Pampanga, Bulacan and Batangas within the next two hours. These conditions are being experienced in Mauban, Sampaloc in Quezon which may persist within two hours and may affect nearby areas. “All are advised to take precautionary measures against the impacts associated with […]
(Eagle News)–Some areas in Parañaque have been placed under a “calibrated lockdown” amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Parañaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the following areas from Barangay Baclaran are under the lockdown, which starts today, Thursday, May 21: Bagong Sikat Bagong Lipunan Bagong Pag-asa Bagong Ilog E. Rodriguez Bagong Buhay Bagong Silang Dimasalang Extension Mabuhay 12 De Junio He said the lockdown will last at […]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP ) — Sweden, which has controversially taken a softer approach to the coronavirus pandemic, said Wednesday that more than one in five people in Stockholm were believed to have developed antibodies to the virus. An ongoing study by the country’s Public Health Agency showed that 7.3 percent of a sample of randomly selected people in Stockholm — Sweden’s worst-hit region — had antibodies when they were tested in the last week of […]
(Eagle News)–Cabinet Secretary Eduardo Año doesn’t believe the country is on its second wave of COVID-19 infections. Año made known his position in a television interview on Thursday, May 21, a day after Health Secretary Francisco Duque made the statement in a Senate Committee of the Whole hearing. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea had also disagreed with Duque. “Para sa akin kasi, parang itong bungang ito ay part pa magmula nang magsimula tayo,” he said. He […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A US fighter jet has crashed during a test flight in Florida, the air force said Wednesday, the second military air accident in a week in the state. No one was hurt in the incident involving an F-35A Stealth jet as it tried to land Tuesday night, Eglin Air Force Base said in a statement. The pilot managed to eject and is in stable condition. The crash caused no injuries […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with scattered rains and isolated thunderstorms are expected over Batanes and Babuyan Islands today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said this was due to the frontal system affecting Extreme Northern Luzon. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers, on the other hand, are expected over the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Apayao, Kalinga, Ifugao, Mt. Province, Abra, Benguet, Aurora, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Isabela and […]
by Sam Jahan with Sailendra Sal in Kolkata Agence France Presse KHULNA, Bangladesh (AFP) — The strongest cyclone in decades slammed into Bangladesh and eastern India on Wednesday, sending water surging inland and leaving a trail of destruction as the death toll rose to at least nine. High winds and torrid rains pounded coastal villages and cities, bringing down power lines, uprooting trees and inundating homes. “The situation is more worrying than the coronavirus pandemic. […]
