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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — The United Arab Emirates on Friday reported the first two deaths from coronavirus in the country. Abu Dhabi has reported 140 infections so far, of whom 31 have recovered, but no deaths. “The Ministry of Health and Prevention has announced the first two deaths caused by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the country,” the Emirates News Agency reported. One of the individuals was a 78-year old Arab national who […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea on Saturday fired two projectiles presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, Seoul’s military said. The projectiles were fired from North Pyongan province into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement, without providing further details. “The military is monitoring for additional launches and maintaining readiness,” it added. Japan’s defence […]
WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — Poland on Friday launched a smartphone app allowing people under a mandatory 14-day quarantine for coronavirus to send selfies to let authorities know they are indeed staying home. “People in quarantine have a choice: either receive unexpected visits from the police, or download this app,” Karol Manys, digital ministry spokesman, told AFP. The “Home quarantine” app is intended for people undergoing the mandatory 14-day quarantine after returning from abroad, he said. […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — The coronavirus death toll rose to 1,002 in Spain on Friday after 235 people died in 24 hours, and the number of cases approached 20,000, the health ministry said. The spiraling number of infections has propelled Spain into the top four worst-hit countries in the world — with the figures growing as the country steps up its capacity for testing, forcing doctors to have to make choices as to which cases […]
(Eagle News) — Jack Ma, founder of the Alibaba Group, has pledged to give half a million face masks to the Philippines to help in the country’s fight to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease, the Department of Finance said. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said hat Ma had committed the delivery of the masks at the latest by early next week through the Jack Ma Foundation and the Alibaba Foundation. Dominguez said that […]
(Eagle News)–Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have expressed readiness to hold the special session of Congress for the passage of a supplemental budget against the coronavirus disease 2019 tomorrow afternoon. In a statement, Senator Bong Go said according to Sotto, this was at 2 p.m. “According to the Office of the President, the Presidential Proclamation to be released will call for a Special Session anytime from March 21 to 23. However, the […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran said Friday that coronavirus has killed 149 more people in the Islamic republic, raising the country’s official death toll from the disease to 1,433. Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi said 1,237 more cases have been confirmed over the past 24 hours and 19,644 people are now known to have been infected in Iran, one of the world’s worst-hit countries. The latest figures come as Iranians celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers are expected over parts of Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers are expected over the provinces of Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Abra, Benguet, Ifugao, Mt. Province, Kalinga, Apayao, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan and Aurora. PAGASA said this was due to the easterlies affecting the eastern section of the country. Light […]
by Emily Manuel and Prescila Cuadra Contributors, Eagle News ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands (Eagle News) — Chalk murals expressing love and support for health care workers began to appear in parts of Rotterdam. – Standing ovation and applause – A special nationwide social media event was organised last March 17, 2020 calling for everyone to stand on their balconies or in front of their doors to clap for all health workers. In a show of solidarity, […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The number of coronavirus cases recorded in Belgium surged past 2,000 on Friday and the number of deaths attributed to the disease COVID-19 jumped up by 16 to 37. According to the country’s national crisis center, 462 new confirmed cases of the virus have been reported, bringing the total to 2,257 in a country of 11.4 million people. Two-thirds of the new cases overnight were in Dutch-speaking Flanders, in northern Belgium. […]
HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — Good cheer may feel in short supply as the world reels under a global pandemic, but experts at the United Nations on Friday declared Finland to be the world’s happiest nation for the third year running. Researchers for the World Happiness Report asked people in 156 countries to evaluate their own levels of happiness and took into account measures such as GDP, social support, personal freedom and levels of corruption to […]
by Alexandra Megia Eagle News QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) —The stage is set and the lights are hot. The time has come for EBC Films’ Make it Reel participants to see the fruits of their labor. Excitement filled the air—10x more than the first day of the Make It Reel Seminar. This is the time to see how each other fared during the 2-day Guerrilla filmmaking a week prior to the awards night. After […]
