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(Eagle News) — Police Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido on Wednesday, Feb. 19, said “greedy” politicians were behind his inclusion in the drug list. Espenido did not say who exactly these were, but said these were the kinds of people “na nabangga natin” even when he was just P01. “But one thing I can tell you — greedy, a greedy kind of person,” he said in a nationally televised press conference following his inclusion. Espenido issued […]
by Miwa Suzuki and Hiroshi Hiyama Agence France Presse YOKOHAMA, Japan (AFP) — Relieved passengers began leaving a coronavirus-wracked cruise ship in Japan on Wednesday after testing negative for the disease that has now claimed more than 2,000 lives in China. The Diamond Princess has proved a fertile breeding ground for the virus with at least 542 positive cases, and Japan has faced mounting criticism for its quarantine arrangements as the passengers disperse. “I’m relieved… […]
(Eagle News) — An alert level 2 remains hoisted over Taal. In its advisory on Wednesday, Feb. 19, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said activity in the main crater in the past 24 hours has been characterized by a “weak emission of steam-laden plumes rising 50 to 100 meters high.” Sulfur dioxide emission, PHIVOLCS said, was “below instrumental detection due to weak plume activity.” The Taal Volcano Network also recorded 30 volcanic earthquakes […]
(Eagle News) — Mayon Volcano’s seismic monitoring network recorded five volcanic earthquakes during the latest 24-hour observation period, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said on Wednesday, Feb. 19. In an advisory, PHIVOLCS said sulfur dioxide emission at the volcano, which remains on alert level 2, was also measured at an average of 288 tons per day on February 17. “Recent electronic tilt data showed inflation of the middle to upper portions of the […]
Filipinos and their foreign spouses and children also allowed entry (Eagle News) — Filipinos and their foreign spouses or children, and holders of diplomatic visas will now be allowed into the country even if they come from China, Macau and Hong Kong. According to the Department of Health, based on a recently revised resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases, they will, however, still be subjected to the required 14-day quarantine to […]
(Eagle News) – The number of Filipinos aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship currently docked in Japan who have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has risen to 41, according to the Department of Health (DOH) All the 41 confirmed COVID cases are all crew members, said Health Assistant Secretary Dr. Maria Rosario Vergeire in a press briefing on Wednesday, Feb. 19. But she said that these 41 confirmed cases would not be […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Wednesday, Feb. 19, ordered local chief executives to come up with a task force that will create a tricycle route plan in their areas of jurisdiction. Año issued the order as he reiterated that tricycles, pedicabs and motorized pedicabs were banned from plying national highways as part of the national government’s road clearing operations. Año said the task force was separate from the tricycle regulatory board already existing in […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The death toll from China’s new coronavirus epidemic jumped past 2,000 on Wednesday after 136 more people died, with the number of new cases falling for a second straight day, according to the National Health Commission. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in mainland China to 74,185. The death toll rose to 2,004, with most of the deaths in central Hubei province, where the virus first emerged in […]
by Laurent THOMET Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — The death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak surged to 2,000 on Wednesday, as Chinese and international health officials warned against excessive measures to contain the epidemic. More than 74,000 people have now been infected by the virus in China, with hundreds more cases in some 25 countries. The situation remains serious at the epicentre, with the director of a hospital in the central […]
(Eagle News)–Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido can still clear his name, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said. According to Año, Espenido can “present his side” in the “ongoing adjudication and validation.” He said in a separate statement that the evidence should be presented before the PNP, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, and the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. All four agencies, he said, should give the clearance for […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Wednesday, Feb. 19. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 6:16 a.m., had its epicenter 104 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. It had a depth of focus of 1 kilometer. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Luzon and Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Visayas, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Bicol Region, Aurora, Quezon, Marinduque, Romblon, and Oriental Mindoro will have cloudy skies with light rains as a result. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Mindanao, on the other hand, PAGASA said, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies […]
