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(Eagle News)–The North Luzon Expressway Corporation has released its list of toll plazas on NLEx and the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway amid the enhanced community quarantine. NLEx Corp. said the list was as of Thursday, April 30: NLEx Corp. said frontliners continue to provide 24/7 operations. Earlier, NLEx Corp. announced the opening of the Mindanao and Balagtas toll plazas, and of the Sta. Ines entry. The enhanced community quarantine has been extended in selected areas to May […]
(Eagle News)–At least six people, including two minors, died after a fire hit a residential area in Manila on Thursday, April 30. Four people were also hurt in the fire that hit the corner of Tioco and Herbosa streets at 6:37 a.m. The fire reached the first alarm and was put out at 7:52 a.m. Authorities have so far yet to determine the cause of the blaze and the damage to property.
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britons will be urged to join a national singalong from their doorsteps and hold 1940s-style tea parties to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day or Victory in Europe Day, under a coronavirus-appropriate programme unveiled Wednesday. Queen Elizabeth II will make a televised address to the nation on May 8 to mark the day the Nazis surrendered, bringing an end to World War II in Europe. It will be followed […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights. MIAA said the list was as of Thursday, April 30: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. MIAA said all flights are now concentrated in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1. AirAsia, Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific have cancelled their flights until May 15. The government has said the extended enhanced community quarantine in select areas will last until May […]
(Eagle News) – Following the lockdown of Sampaloc district, the Manila city government has announced that the entire Tondo 1 district will be placed under hard lockdown this weekend due to rising COVID-19 cases. In a statement, Manila mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said that mass testing operations will be conducted during the lockdown for Tondo 1 residents. “We will try again 48 hours. I think that is good enough to do massive testing,” Domagoso […]
(Eagle News) – Starting next Monday, May 4, higher education institutions can start its skeletal operations in areas under general community quarantine, or those outside of the enhanced community quarantine, according to Malacanang. This is for these institutions to finish the requirements for the current school year, academic year 2019 to 2020. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the HEIs would also need to prepare for “flexible learning arrangements” for the next school year. This […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Thursday, April 30. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 1:46 a.m., had its epicenter 251 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. It had a depth of 53 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
by Issam AHMED with Paul Ricard in Paris Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Children have largely been spared the worst of COVID-19, but there may be a rare complication — an inflammatory syndrome that one doctor described as causing patients to feel like “every blood vessel in the body is on fire.” Britain’s National Health Service first sounded the alarm over the weekend, warning about a small rise in children infected with […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States recorded 2,502 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the latest real-time tally on Wednesday reported by Johns Hopkins University. After two days of a relative easing in the toll on Sunday and Monday, the numbers have spiked again the past two days. At least 60,853 people have now died in the country, according to the Baltimore-based university. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over parts of Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are expected over Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon and Davao City within the next one to two hours. These conditions are being experienced in Agusan del Norte; Sibagat, Bayugan, Esperanza in Agusan del Sur; Davao del Norte; Davao de Oro; and in Banaybanay, Lupon, Caraga in Davao Oriental. […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Wednesday reported a sharp jump in usage as the global pandemic unfolded, in a quarterly update that sparked a rally in shares of the social network despite its warning of turbulence in the coming months. Shares climbed some 10 percent after Facebook reported a profit of $4.9 billion on revenue that grew 17 percent to $17.4 billion during the first three […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France on Wednesday reported 427 more deaths from COVID-19 to push the total above 24,000 but it also saw new declines in the numbers of patients in the hospital and intensive care. The total number of deaths in hospitals and nursing homes from the virus in France is now 24,087, the health ministry said in a statement. The daily toll was slightly higher than the 367 deaths announced on Tuesday. But […]
