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(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights. MIAA said the list was for Monday, April 20: MIAA has 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 COVID-19. The enhanced community quarantine in Luzon that is aimed at containing the spread of the virus is expected to end on April […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and rainshowers are expected in the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Caraga and Davao Region will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms as the easterlies affect the eastern section of the country. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers also due to localized thunderstorms, PAGASA said. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms […]
by Peter HUTCHISON Agence France Presse New York, United States (AFP) — Gone are the softball games, horse-drawn carriages and hordes of tourists. In their place are pronounced birdsong, solitary walks and renewed appreciation for Central Park’s beauty during New York’s coronavirus lockdown. The 843-acre (340-hectare) park — arguably the world’s most famous urban green space — normally bustles with human activity as winter turns to spring But this year due to COVID-19, it’s the […]
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 4.2 quake hit a town in Sarangani province early dawn Monday, April 20, followed by a magnitude 4.3 quake in Sultan Kudarat, according to data from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. The tectonic quakes were just more than two hours apart, both in the Socksargen region in southern Philippines. Before these tremors, a 5.1 magnitude quake hit 168 kilometers southeast of Sarangani town in Davao Occidental around […]
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 5.1 quake struck 168 kilometers southeast of Sarangani in Davao Occidental Sunday night, April 19, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). The quake of tectonic origin had a depth of 132 kilometers and occurred 9:09 p.m. Sunday. The tremor was also felt in Malungon, Sarangani at an Instrumental intensity of 2. Instrumental intensity 1 was recorded in Alabel and Kiamba, Sarangani; Koronadal City and Tupi, […]
Paris, France (AFP) — Former Giro d’Italia cycling champion Tom Dumoulin took on the Amstel Gold Race on Sunday, hemmed in by his sofa rather than the one-day classic’s standout lung-busting hills. A virtual version of the race took place with amateurs testing themselves against Dutch ace Dumoulin and other professionals over a 26km section of the race. Sunday’s real Amstel Gold was postponed due to the coronavirus to be replaced by an online version. […]
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) — Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown urged people to “come together” amid the coronavirus pandemic, even as he used an essay in The Guardian to point out that the virus has highlighted inequality in America. Noting that more than 30,000 have died from COVID-19 in the United States — it was 40,000 by Sunday afternoon — the Georgia native added that of “those heart-wrenching numbers, the percentage of African Americans […]
(Eagle News) – Manila mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso confirmed that a lockdown will be implemented in the Sampaloc area, as the city reports 445 cases of COVID-19 as of Sunday, April 19. A statement posted in the Facebook page of the Manila Public Information Office quoted Domagoso as saying that authorities are still “planning it carefully” and that “[t]he schedule of the lockdown is yet to be announced.” The announcement came as the Manila […]
Paris, France (AFP) — More than 30 studies are under way in France — of a world total of 860 — in search of drugs to treat the COVID-19 disease sweeping the world, infectologist Florence Ader said Sunday. The research is “extremely active” in France involving some 1,600 patients, Ader told a news conference. Ader heads up a study dubbed Discovery in collaboration with several other European countries, with researchers conducting clinical trials of four […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan early Monday, according to the US Geological Survey, but no tsunami warning was issued. The epicenter of the earthquake was 41.7 kilometers (26 miles) beneath the Pacific seabed, less than 50 kilometers off the coast of Miyagi prefecture, the USGS said on its website, rating the risk of casualties and damage as low. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) put the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, April 19, spoke to his United States counterpart Donald Trump to discuss bilateral efforts to fight COVID-19, Senator Bong Go said. Go said the phone call, which the US President made, lasted for 18 minutes. Details of the conversation have yet to be released. As of Sunday, the Department of Health confirmed 6259 COVID-19 cases in the Philippines, with recoveries widening their lead over deaths for several straight days. […]
(Eagle News)–A security officer at the House of Representatives tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement on Sunday, April 19, House Secretary General Jose Luis Montales said the employee, whom he did not identify, was undergoing dialysis and last reported for work in January. He was admitted to a hospital for pneumonia on April 7. Four days later, he was discharged but was admitted again later after testing positive. Montales said the employee, however, has […]
