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Babuyan, Batanes group of islands to have cloudy skies, light rains today

(Eagle News)– Batanes and Babuyan Group of islands will have  cloudy skies with light rains today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said this was due to the northeast monsoon affecting Extreme Northern Luzon. Visayas, Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains, this time due to the easterlies. Mindanao will also have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms. […]

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Coronavirus treatments could be available by summer: Pence

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Drugs to treat the novel coronavirus could be available by this summer or fall, US Vice President Mike Pence said Monday. “The vaccine may not be available until late this year or early next, but the therapeutics to give relief to the people who contract the coronavirus could be available by summer or early fall,” he told a news conference. The Gilead drug remdesivir has already been used to treat […]

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Third Filipino in Singapore tests positive for novel coronavirus

(Eagle News)–A third Filipino in Singapore tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Singapore’s health ministry said on Monday, March 2. The ministry said the 34-year-old woman had a Singapore Work Pass and has no recent travel history either to China or to Daegu City and Cheongdo County in South Korea. Her employer, however, tested positive for the virus. “She was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on 2 March morning and is currently warded in an […]

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US coronavirus death toll rises to six, all in Washington state

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The number of US deaths from the novel coronavirus rose to six on Monday, all in the state of Washington, officials said, signaling the contagion has taken root in the Pacific Northwest. Five of the six were from King county, the most populous in the state and home to Seattle, a city of more than 700,000 people. The sixth victim was from Snohomish county, officials said. “The risk for […]

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Indicted Netanyahu claims victory in Israel vote

by Joe Dyke JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) –Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in Israel’s general election Monday, with exit polls putting the indicted premier in a strong position to form the next government. The election, Israel’s third in less than a year, was called after inconclusive votes in April and September plunged the Jewish state into political stalemate. The surveys conducted by three Israeli networks gave Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party between 36 and 37 seats […]

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Iran reports 12 more coronavirus deaths, raising total to 66

TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran said Monday that novel coronavirus had killed 12 more people in the Islamic republic, raising the country’s overall death toll to 66. The number of confirmed cases leaped by 523 from the previous day to a total of 1,501, Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi told a news conference. “We are announcing 523 new cases infected (and) 12 new deaths. The total number of deaths is therefore 66,” Raisi said. The […]

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58 quarantined in Nigeria over coronavirus contacts

ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) — Nigeria is monitoring 58 people who had contact with an Italian man infected with the new coronavirus, the health minister said Monday, as officials scrambled to stop the disease spreading. Africa’s most populous country on Friday confirmed the first case of the virus in sub-Saharan Africa after the patient was diagnosed in the economic hub Lagos. The Italian had arrived from Milan on a business trip a week ago and traveled […]

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UPDATED: Greenhills hostage taking ends after 9 hours; police nabs suspect after securing hostages’ release

  (Eagle News) — The hostage-taking in Greenhills Shopping Center has ended at around 8 p.m., nine hours after a disgruntled former security guard of the mall took hostage around 30 persons, including mall employees. The suspect, Archie Paray, 32, surrendered to the police Monday night, March 2, after nine hours of tense police negotiations. He was arrested by the police shortly after securing the release of all 30 of his hostages. The suspect claimed […]

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Egypt detects second coronavirus case

CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — Egypt on Monday reported its second case of a novel coronavirus, more than two weeks after announcing the first confirmed infection in Africa. The foreigner is showing “minor symptoms” and has been quarantined, the ministry and the World Health Organization said in a joint statement. Other people who had contact with the patient are undergoing medical tests, it added. Egypt announced its first confirmed case of novel coronavirus on February 14. […]

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Netanyahu rival Gantz urges ‘change’ as Israel votes

ROSH HAYAAIN, Israel (AFP) — Former military chief Benny Gantz, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main challenger in elections Monday, voiced hope the country would “change the tune,” after a year of political stalemate. “It’s about time that we be much more united,” Gantz said after voting in the central town of Rosh Haayin. “I hope that today will be the day that we change the tune, stop the mudslinging (and) stop the lying,” he […]

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Northeast monsoon affects extreme Northern Luzon

(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting extreme Northern Luzon today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result,  Batanes and Babuyan Group of islands will have cloudy skies with light rains. Visayas, Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains due to the easterlies. Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.

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Nokia CEO to step down, replaced by Fortum chief

HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — Nokia’s chief executive officer Rajeev Suri will leave the telecom equipment provider in September and be replaced by the current head of Finnish energy group Fortum, Nokia announced on Monday. Pekka Lundmark will take over on September 1, Nokia said. Suri, who has been Nokia’s president and CEO since April 2014, had “indicated earlier to the board that he was considering stepping down from his role at some point in the […]

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