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MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — A Russian military plane carrying medical equipment has departed for the United States, the defense ministry in Moscow said Wednesday, as the Kremlin flexes its soft power amid the coronavirus pandemic. Antonov-124, “with medical masks and medical equipment onboard”, left for the US overnight, a statement said, without providing further details. Video released by the ministry showed the cargo plane loaded with boxes preparing to take off from a military airbase […]
(Eagle News) – Total confirmed coronavirus cases in the country again rose dramatically, climbing to 2,311 after the addition of 227 new cases, the Department of Health said. The DOH also reported eight additional COVID-19 related deaths on Wednesday, April 1, bringing the total fatalities to 96. One patient, a 59-year old Filipino male from Taguig City, also recovered. Patient no. 179 had no travel history. He was discharged after two negative test results […]
MNILHA, Tunisia (AFP) — Several hundred Tunisians demonstrated in a working-class district of the capital Tuesday, demanding government support and protesting a week-old lockdown against the coronavirus pandemic that has disproportionately impacted the poor. “Nevermind coronavirus, we’re going to die anyway! Let us work!” shouted one protester. “Let me at least bring bread home for my children,” the bricklayer told AFP. In poor areas like Mnilha and Ettadhamen on the outskirts of the Tunisian capital, […]
(Eagle News) – Interior Secretary Eduardo Año condemned the recent attack on a health worker in Sultan Kudarat over fears about the coronavirus, and warned those who threaten or attack health workers that they would face the full force of the law. Año said that he had already asked the police to look for the suspects in the case in Tacurong City where a health worker of St. Louis Hospital had been attacked by […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Cagayan today, April 1. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 1:49 p.m., had its epicenter 62 kilometers northwest of Santa Ana. It had a depth of focus of one kilometer. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China on Wednesday said it has more than 1,300 asymptomatic coronavirus cases, the first time it has released such data following public concern over people who have tested positive but are not showing symptoms. Health officials also reported the first imported case from abroad in Wuhan — the epicenter where the virus first emerged late last year — heightening fears of infections being brought into China from other countries. Of 36 […]
(Eagle News)–Over 2.7 million Social Security System pensioners can expect their April pensions early. In a statement, SSS said it has released P11.9 billion to its distributing partner-banks for the April pension, and have started crediting this in bank accounts of pensioners starting March 23. According to SSS president and chief executive officer Aurora Ignacio, “we allowed the early release of their monthly pension to provide them with some financial assistance.” “It will help our […]
by Luc OLINGA and Juliette MICHEL NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The coronavirus pandemic took Brittany Brook’s job on March 16, two days after it took her husband Matthew Whitfield’s, leaving the New York couple scrambling as end-of-the-month bills come due. On April 1, Brook, an artist who until recently taught music at a preschool school, and Whitfield, a now-former waiter and actor, have to pay the rent and other bills, as do millions […]
by Camille LAFFONT Pictures by FLORENT VERGNES Agence France-Presse DZANGA-SANGHA NATIONAL PARK, Central African Republic (AFP) — The prehistoric shape is hard to make out as it moves slowly through the gloomy forest, so trackers listen for the rustle of scales against the leaves to pick up its trail. Their target is the long-tailed pangolin — a little mammal also called the scaly anteater, which will be lucky to survive to the end of this century. […]
(Eagle News)–Over 800 Filipino seafarers who were stranded in the United States have arrived in the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The DFA said the 881 sailors were from various cruise ships stranded due to the coronavirus 2019 pandemic. Of the number, 445 are from Norwegian Cruises Dawn and Encore, and another 436 from MV Magica and MV Favolosa. “The DFA and the Philippine Embassy in Washington DC closely coordinated with the Department […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Rupert Murdoch’s Australian flagship media group News Corp announced Wednesday it will stop printing around 60 regional newspapers, as the troubled sector received a fresh blow from a COVID-19 advertising downturn. News Corp said papers in the states of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia would cease printing and move online. “We have not taken this decision lightly,” News Corp Australasia Executive Chairman Michael Miller was quoted as […]
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has suspended all its scheduled hearings in its main office amid the enhanced community quarantine. The LTFRB said the suspension until further notice also applies to all hearings in its National Capital Region office. “This is to ensure the safety of our stakeholders amidst (the) rising number of confirmed cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country,” the LTFRB said. The Philippines has so far […]
