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by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India’s nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the biggest in the world, will be extended until at least May 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday. The current three-week-old lockdown of the nation of 1.3 billion people had been scheduled to end at midnight Tuesday. “From the economic angle, we have paid a big price,” Modi said in a nationwide address. “But the lives of the people […]
Grant of special authorizations, however, as “last resort” (Eagle News) — The government will tap medical graduates to help fight the coronavirus disease 2019. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the limited practice of the graduates was decided by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant of special authorizations, however, would be as a “last resort.” “Provided further that any authorization shall only be effective for […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that a national ID system would have helped the Philippine government in identifying the poor families and other individuals in need of immediate cash assistance. The President again went on national television on Monday night, April 13, 2020, to address concerns on the current COVID-19 pandemic. Duterte said that the if the national ID had just been placed earlier, the process of giving cash amerioration to the poor […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has given the go-signal for a wage subsidy program for middle class workers affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the announcement a day after Finance Undersecretary Karl Chua unveiled details of the program aimed at helping around 1.6 million small businesses and their 3.4 million employees. Chua had said the small businesses would be identified through the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Priority would be given […]
by Olga SHYLENKO Agence France Presse KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — Hundreds of firefighters on Monday battled a forest blaze in Ukraine’s Chernobyl exclusion zone while officials insisted there was no risk to the ruined reactor and nearby storage facilities for nuclear waste. “There is no threat to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the storage facilities,” Volodymyr Demchuk, a senior official from Ukraine’s emergency service, said in a video statement late Monday. The fire broke […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Tawi-Tawi on Monday night. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 10:22 p.m., had its epicenter 420 kilometers southeast of South Ubian. It had a depth of three kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia and New Zealand on Tuesday brushed aside calls for an easing of tough restrictions on travel and public gatherings despite their success in curbing the spread of COVID-19. The number of new coronavirus cases in the neighbouring nations has fallen dramatically in the last two weeks, raising hopes that difficult social distancing measures may be relaxed. But Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the country was still “many weeks away” […]
(Eagle News)–Doctors, nurses and other medical workers who have signed overseas employment contracts as of March 8 can leave the country. This is according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who announced on Tuesday, April 14, the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases which met the day before. The issue on whether the country’s medical workers would be allowed to leave amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic was discussed […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Oil prices rose Tuesday after US President Donald Trump said producers are considering cutting 20 million barrels per day — more than double the figure publicly announced — to help the virus-hit sector. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate rose nearly 2 percent to trade at $22.85, while international benchmark Brent crude climbed 1.5 percent to trade at $32.26. OPEC producers dominated by Saudi Arabia and allies led by Russia thrashed out […]
(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 Tuesday, April 14: If there are any updates, NLEx Corp. said these will be announced. The ECQ in Luzon is expected to last until April 30.
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Tuesday, April 14, called on local government units to pass ordinances that would impose fines on violators of the enhanced community quarantine. Año made the appeal in a phone interview during a Laging Handa virtual press briefing. “Kung di mo ‘yan maikulong, magmulta siya ng P1,000 o P2,000, eh talagang magtatanda at susunod na ‘yan,” he said. Año issued the statement amid reports of people who continue to violate […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights. MIAA said the list was for Tuesday, April 14: Flight schedules may be subject to changes anytime. 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 coronavirus disease 2019, MIAA said earlier. The Philippines has so far confirmed over 4000 COVID-19 cases.
