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(Eagle News) — Philippine laws covering money laundering should be updated, Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Thursday, March 5. Lacson issued the statement in light of what Senator Richard Gordon said was the bringing in of $447 million or P22.69 billion in cash by only 46 individuals in five months. “The bringing of huge sums of money in and out of the country in past months with seeming impunity indicates the urgent need for action […]
(Eagle News) — A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over parts of Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are expected over Dinagat Islands and Agusan del Norte within the next one to two hours. PAGASA said this was due to localized thunderstorms. The weather bureau said these conditions are being experienced in Claver, Socorro, and Siargao Islands in Surigao del Norte; in […]
(Eagle News) — Inflation further slowed in February, clocking in at 2.6 percent, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Thursday, March 5. According to the PSA, inflation rate in January was pegged at 2.9 percent and at 3.8 percent in February 2019. The PSA said the downtrend in the inflation was due to the “slower annual increase in the heavily-weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages index at 2.1 percent during the month.” “In addition, annual increments […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s total number of novel coronavirus cases — the largest outside China, where the disease first emerged — approached 6,000 on Thursday as authorities reported 145 new infections. The total stood at 5,766, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, with 35 deaths. So far 36 countries and regions have imposed a blanket entry ban on people who have recently been in the South, according to the […]
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq (AFP) — Iraqi health authorities announced on Wednesday the country’s first two deaths from the new coronavirus, one in the capital Baghdad and the other in the autonomous Kurdish region. A 70-year-old Muslim cleric died on Wednesday from the virus, the first death from the outbreak in a country where 31 people have been infected. The Iraqi preacher had been quarantined in the northeastern city of Sulaimaniyah before his death, a spokesman for […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US manufacturing and technology group Honeywell said Tuesday it will bring to market “the world’s most powerful quantum computer” aimed at tackling complex scientific and business challenges. The company said it had achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing, which uses subatomic particles to speed up processing, and would launch the new computers within three months. It released a scientific paper describing the accelerated quantum capability. Honeywell said it had entered […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US government on Wednesday approved the sale to Poland of Javelin anti-tank missiles, the weapon system at the center of the Ukraine scandal that led to President Donald Trump’s impeachment. The Pentagon said the order, authorized by the State Department, was for 79 Javelin missile launchers and 189 missiles worth $100 million. Poland’s conservative government has stepped up its efforts in Washington, which it regards as its most reliable […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s biggest supermarket on Wednesday announced a limit on toilet paper purchases after the global spread of coronavirus sparked a spate of panic buying Down Under. Woolworths said the restriction of four packs of toilet paper per person would apply “to ensure more customers have access to the products”. Hand sanitizers will also be sold from behind the service counter and restricted to two per person. “It will help shore up […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The stale odor that announces a smoker’s entry into a room may be more than merely unpleasant. A new study by scientists at Yale University has found that compounds from tobacco smoke can infiltrate well-ventilated rooms by hitching a ride on peoples’ clothes, skin, and hair and then evaporating slowly over time in a process called “off-gassing.” By placing a high-tech air sampling device in the exhaust duct of a […]
by Dmitry ZAKS ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy on Wednesday closed all schools and universities until March 15 as the number of deaths from the new coronavirus in the Mediterranean country hit 107. The measure is the most restrictive response to COVID-19 of any European nation and tougher than the closure of schools — but not universities — taken by fellow Group of Seven (G7) member Japan. Italy reported 28 more deaths on Wednesday — […]
(Eagle News) — The helicopter carrying Philippine National Police chief Gen. Archie Gamboa crashed in a vacant lot in San Pedro, Laguna on Thursday morning, March 5. Initial reports said that Gamboa and the seven other passengers of the helicopter were already extracted and brought to a hospital. Among the passengers were PNP spokesperson BGen. Bernard Banac, Police Major Gen. Jovic Ramos, and Police Major Gen. Mariel Magaway. Footages taken from the crash site […]
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) — German airline giant Lufthansa said Wednesday it would ground 150 of its more than 750 planes worldwide, days after announcing a slimmed-down timetable over the effects of the novel coronavirus. “25 long-haul aircraft and 125 short- and medium-haul aircraft” will no longer fly, a spokesman for the group also including carriers Eurowings, Austrian and Swiss told AFP. Shares in Lufthansa have plunged in recent days as the likely impact […]
