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(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police is eyeing opening a COVID-19 testing facility. PNP Chief Archie Gamboa said in a television interview the plan was to open it by next week. “Medyo maliit lang ang capacity nito pero sinadya ko ito, ginastusan namin para sa mga kapulisan,” Gamboa said. He said Research Institute for Tropical Medicine personnel will provide training to PNP medical officers on COVID-19 test procedures. The PNP has so far 78 confirmed COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Army has ordered a probe into Tuesday’s shooting incident that led to the death of a former soldier in Quezon City. In a statement, the Army said the probe of the shooting of Winston Ragos would be conducted by the Army Judge Advocate in coordination with the Philippine National Police. It added Ragos, in November 2017, was given a complete disability discharge from his military service, “complete with pension and other assistance, […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police on Thursday, April 23, defended a Quezon City policeman’s shooting of an armed retired soldier believed to have mental issues during a confrontation. In a statement, PNP spokesperson Bernard Banac said Police Master Sergeant Daniel Florendo was only defending himself when he shot Winston Ragos who had tried to draw his pistol. “P/MSgt Florendo was the only person in the best position to make that judgment call, better than any […]
by Michelle GUMEDE Agence France-Presse Johannesburg, South Africa (AFP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday announced a $26 billion relief package to support the economy and the vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic. In a special address to the nation, Ramaphosa announced “a massive social and economic support package of 500 billion rand ($26.3 billion), which amounts to about 10 percent of our GDP.” “The impact of the coronavirus requires an extraordinary coronavirus budget…the scale […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Wednesday recorded 1,738 deaths from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, a lower toll than the day before, according to a running tally by Johns Hopkins University. The new deaths bring the total number of COVID-19 fatalities in the US to 46,583 since the outbreak began there, by far the highest figures recorded by any country caught in the global pandemic. © Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused Iran of violating a UN Security Council resolution through a satellite launch and vowed repercussions. “I think Iran needs to be held accountable for what they’ve done,” Pompeo told reporters. Iran announced Wednesday that it had put its first military satellite in orbit after repeated tries and despite intense economic and military pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration. The Trump administration […]
(Eagle News)–The Northern 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 23: NLEx Corp. said frontliners continue to provide 24/7 operations. The ECQ is expected to end on April 30. President Rodrigo Duterte, however, is expected to make a decision today on whether or not to extend or modify it, according to […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France on Wednesday reported 544 more deaths from COVID-19 in hospitals and nursing homes over the last 24 hours but registered new falls in the total numbers of coronavirus patients. The total toll from the epidemic in France has now risen to 21,340, top health official Jerome Salomon told reporters while adding that there were now 365 fewer coronavirus patients in the hospital and 215 fewer in intensive care compared with […]
(Eagle News)–The Quezon City government has reported ten more COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 1072. According to the local government, the number was based on Department of Health data. Of the figure, 763 have been validated by the Quezon City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit and district health offices so far. Batasan Hills still had the most cases, at 35. Batasan Hills also had the most deaths, at seven, followed by Tandang Sora at […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights. MIAA said the list was for Thursday, April 23: Flight schedules, MIAA said, can be subjected to changes. MIAA earlier said all flights are now concentrated in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 in a bid to reduce the risk of exposure of airport workers to the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019. There have so far been limited […]
(Eagle News)–The series of earthquakes that hit Batangas on Wednesday, April 22, are volcano-tectonic in origin. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said this means the 23 earthquakes that struck Mabini and adjacent areas of Balayan Bay since 10:30 a.m. were “associated with failure or breakage of rock material along faults and fractures beneath active volcanos.” PHIVOLCS said although the root causes of tectonic earthquakes, which the Batangas quakes were initially described due to […]
by Alice RITCHIE Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Social-distancing measures to tackle coronavirus are likely to be in place for many more months, one of Britain’s top health officials warned on Wednesday, as the world waits for either a vaccine or drugs that can stop people dying. “Until we have those — and the probability of having those any time in the next calendar year is incredibly small… we are going to […]
