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LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru has become the second Latin American country after Brazil to reach 100,000 coronavirus cases, according to health ministry figures out Wednesday. The number of dead from COVID-19 has also passed 3,000, with only Brazil and Mexico having suffered more. Both cases and deaths have tripled since April 30. The dire statistics come even though Peru has been in lockdown for nine weeks, paralyzing the economy. The vast majority of cases […]
Families left out due to limited funds to receive cash aid from local gov’t (Eagle News)–The Quezon City government has completed the distribution of the national government’s Social Amelioration Program to qualified families, city administrator Michael Alimurung said. According to Alimurung, a total of P3.02 billion were distributed to 377,584 families. He said some P23.5 million have been returned by residents who already received financial assistance from the Social Security System, Department of Labor and […]
LANSING, United States (AFP) — After mass rallies featuring armed protesters, those angry over the restrictive anti-virus lockdown in the US state of Michigan launched “Operation Haircut” Wednesday, with barbers using their scissors and clippers outside the state capitol. Several hundred demonstrators — some not wearing face masks or practicing social distancing — lined up in Lansing under sunny skies for a free trim from hairstylists. Chairs were disinfected after each haircut. It was the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — NBA teams expect the league office to issue guidelines around June 1 allowing teams to begin recalling far-flung players in anticipation of resuming the coronavirus-disrupted season, ESPN reported Wednesday. The US sports broadcaster said teams expect to be told about the same time when they can expand individual workouts — already underway at some clubs — to include more team personnel. And ESPN said, citing unnamed sources, many owners […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights. MIAA said the list was for Thursday, May 21: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. Earlier, Cebu Pacific said its flights were still cancelled from May 16 to 31. The airline said this was in view of the modified enhanced community quarantine imposed in Metro Manila amid the COVID-19 pandemic. At present, all flight operations are concentrated at the Ninoy […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Wednesday night. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 9:56 p.m., had its epicenter seven kilometers southeast of Malita. It had a depth of 174 kilometers. The following intensity and instrumental intensities were recorded: Intensity: Intensity III – General Santos City Instrumental Intensities: Intensity III – General Santos City; Malungon, Sarangani Intensity II – Alabel, Sarangani Intensity I – Tupi, South […]
(Eagle News) – Ninety-one Filipinos from Myanmar were repatriated back to the Philippines after being stranded in the capital city of Yangon, the Department of Foreign Affairs reported on Tuesday, May 19. In a statement, the DFA said that some of the Filipinos were stranded due to flight cancellations, while others lost their jobs due to COVID-19 restrictions. “Most of the Filipinos who were repatriated were staying in Yangon. Others came from the capital, Nay […]
KOLKATA, India (AFP) — Cyclone Amphan, one of the most powerful in decades, made landfall in eastern India on Wednesday packing winds of up to 190 kilometers (120 miles) per hour, an official said. “The cyclone has made landfall. The eye is over Sagar Island” on the coast, Sanjib Banerjee, director of the regional meteorological office in Kolkata, told AFP. Weather officials say the cyclone could wreak havoc in India and Bangladesh, and millions of […]
KHULNA, Bangladesh (AFP) — A Bangladesh Red Crescent volunteer drowned Wednesday when a boat capsized while evacuating villagers in the path of Cyclone Amphan, the organization said. “There were four of them on the boat when it sank,” Nurul Islam Khan, director of the Cyclone Preparedness Programme of the Bangladesh Red Crescent, told AFP. Amphan, one of the fiercest cyclones in decades, was due to make landfall late Wednesday afternoon with forecasts of a potentially […]
PHL must do its best to prevent another major wave, says health expert (Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that the country is actually already on the second wave of COVID-19 cases, and that it had actually started by the first week of March. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III told a Senate hearing that the first wave happened last January when the country had three cases from Chinese tourists who came to […]
by Ivan Couronne Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — If the United States is the first to develop an effective vaccine against the novel coronavirus, it has to quickly share it with the world, the head of the National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins, told AFP in an interview. President Donald Trump’s administration has suggested that while it would share its scientific knowhow, it would prioritize the production of doses for the US […]
by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Parts of the Antarctic Peninsula will change color as “green snow” caused by blooming algae is expected to spread with increases in global temperatures, research showed Wednesday. Although often considered devoid of plant life, Antarctica is home to several types of algae, which grow on slushy snow and suck carbon dioxide from the air. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey […]
