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Easterlies affecting eastern section of Southern Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao

(Eagle News)–The easterlies affecting  the eastern section of Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will bring cloudy skies and isolated rainshowers to parts of the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Visayas, Palawan and Occidental Mindoro will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies also due to localized thunderstorms. Light to moderate winds will prevail over  Visayas, Palawan, and Occidental Mindoro too. PAGASA said there will be  slight to moderate seas in those […]

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US suffers biggest job losses in history amid coronavirus pandemic

by Heather SCOTT Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — With shops and factories closed nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, nearly all of the jobs created in the US economy in the last decade were wiped out in a single month. An unprecedented 20.5 million jobs were destroyed in April in the world’s largest economy, the biggest amount ever recorded, the Labor Department said in a report released Friday, the first to capture […]

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US VP Pence spokeswoman tests positive for COVID-19

  by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US vice president’s spokeswoman became the second White House staffer this week to test positive for coronavirus, officials said Friday, even as President Donald Trump continued to go mask-free at a World War II ,commemoration with veterans in their 90s. News that staffer Katie Miller had fallen ill boosted fears that the White House is at risk of becoming a viral hot […]

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IATF to “strongly consider” proposal for another extension of ECQ in NCR — DILG

(Eagle News)–The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases will “strongly consider” the recommendation that the enhanced community quarantine be extended for another 15 days in Metro Manila. In a radio interview on Saturday, May 9, Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya noted that the IATF takes into consideration the recommendations of local government units, which he said were considered the IATF’s partners in the implementation of the quarantine. He recalled the IATF gave […]

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DILG: No more extension of May 10 deadline for completion of SAP distribution

(Eagle News)-The May 10 deadline for the distribution of assistance under the Social Amelioration Program will no longer be extended, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said on Saturday, May 9. Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said in a radio interview this was according to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año himself, who had already made a second extension of the deadline from May 7 to 10. The original deadline was April 30 based on a […]

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COVID-19 cases in QC reach 1518; 337 recoveries reported

(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in Quezon City has reached 1518. The local government said of the figure, 1156 cases have been confirmed by the Quezon City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit. Barangay Matandang Balara has the most cases so far, at 42; followed by Pasong Tamo at 40. Over 300–or 337–have recovered so far. The death toll stands at 134. There are 570 suspected COVID-19 cases of those who had contact […]

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NLEx Corp. releases list of toll plazas on NLEx, SCTEx amid extended ECQ

(Eagle News)–The North Luzon Expressway Corporation has released its list of toll plazas on NLEx and the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway amid the extended enhanced community quarantine. NLEx Corp. said the list was as of Saturday, May 9: Tambubong northbound and southbound, Valenzuela Lawang Bato northbound and southbound  exit, Valenzuela Lingunan exit and Libtong and Pandayan exit remain closed. President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the enhanced community quarantine in select areas, including in Metro Manila, to May […]

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Taal update: Nine volcanic quakes recorded, volcano still on alert level 1

(Eagle News)–Nine volcanic earthquakes were monitored in a 24-hour period at Taal, which remains on alert level 1. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said  the  earthquakes were “associated mainly with rock-fracturing processes beneath and around the edifice.” PHIVOLCS reminded the public that at alert level 1, “sudden steam-driven or phreatic explosions, volcanic earthquakes, minor ashfall and lethal accumulations or expulsions of volcanic gas can occur and threaten areas within the Taal Volcano Island […]

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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, May 9

(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights. MIAA said the list was for Saturday, May 9: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. AirAsia, Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific earlier cancelled their flights until May 15. This was in light of the extension of the enhanced community quarantine in select areas.

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3.9-magnitude quake hits Pangasinan

(Eagle News)-A 3.9-magnitude earthquake struck Pangasinan on Saturday, May 9. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 6:53 a.m., had its epicenter 14 kilometers southwest of Agno. It had a depth of 39 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks.

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Cloudy skies, isolated rainshowers expected in parts of N. Luzon

(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers are expected over parts of Northern Luzon today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers are expected over the provinces of Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Apayao, Kalinga, Ifugao, Mt. Province, Abra, Benguet, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, and Aurora due to the easterlies affecting Northern and Central Luzon or  localized thunderstorms. Light to moderate with […]

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Lufthansa to resume some European services in June

  FRANKFUTR AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) — German airline giant Lufthansa said Friday it will fly twice as many aircraft in June as in recent weeks and return to some European destinations, but the flight plan remains a shadow of pre-coronavirus operations. Spots beloved of holidaymakers like Spanish island Mallorca, Crete and German North Sea retreat Sylt will return to the timetable, with 160 aircraft aloft bearing Lufthansa’s crane or the logos of subsidiaries Swiss […]

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