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(Eagle News) — A suspected high-ranking New People’s Army official was arrested in Pampanga on Tuesday, Feb. 18. The Philippine National Police said Rodolfo Canda Salas, 72, also known as Commander Bilog, was arrested by virtue of a warrant of arrest for murder issued by Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 32 Presiding Judge Honorable Thelma Bunyi-Medina. The warrant was in connection with the 2006 discovery of a mass grave in Inopacan, Leyte. The grave supposedly […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has sacked from their posts the heads of the terminals of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval said in an interview with “Sa Ganang Mamamayan” on Tuesday morning, Feb. 18, said that the bureau had already coordinated with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on the investigation of similar schemes. Sandoval said that as of Monday afternoon, Feb. 17, Immigration Commissioner Jaime […]
(Eagle News) — Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is set to post this morning at the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court for his conspiracy to commit sedition case. Trillanes arrived earlier this morning at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3. He is expected to post the P10,000 bail at the Quezon City MTC. Judge Kristine Grace Suarez of the QC Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 138 earlier issued the warrants of arrest against Trillanes, […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck Occidental Mindoro on Tuesday, Feb. 18. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 5:02 a.m., had its epicenter 12 kilometers southwest of Paluan. It had a depth of focus of 3 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — His company is often criticized for its environmental record, but Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon and the world’s richest man, said Monday that he was committing $10 billion to a new fund to tackle climate change. In a post to his 1.4 million followers on Instagram, the e-commerce tycoon said the Bezos Earth Fund would “fund scientists, activists, NGOs — any effort that offers a real possibility to help preserve […]
(Eagle News)–An alert level 2 remains hoisted over Taal. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said activity in the main crater in the past 24 hours has been characterized by weak emission of steam-laden plumes rising 50 to 100 meters high. Sulfur dioxide emission was below instrumental detection due to weak plume activity. The Taal Volcano Network, PHIVOLCS said, recorded 41 volcanic earthquakes that are associated with ” rock fracturing processes beneath and around […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and light rains are expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila, Bicol Region, CALABARZON, Central Luzon, Cordillera Administrative Region and Cagayan Valley will have cloudy skies with isolated light rains as the northeast monsoon affects Northern Luzon. PAGASA said the rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Visayas and Mindanao will have partly cloudy […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The death toll from China’s new coronavirus epidemic jumped past 1,800 on Tuesday after 93 more people died in Hubei province, the hard-hit epicenter of the outbreak. In its daily update, the province’s health commission also reported 1,807 new cases, a smaller number of infections compared to those declared on Monday. The new cases mean more than 72,300 people have now been affected across the country. Most of the cases are […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Tomato plants in France’s far-west Finistere region has been contaminated with a destructive virus that can lead to whole crops being wasted, the agriculture ministry said on Monday. A farm had been isolated and greenhouses full of tomatoes would be destroyed, as there is no known treatment, it said. The tomato brown rugose fruit virus, known as ToBRFV, leads to rough discolored patches on the fruit that render it unsellable — […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese health officials Monday urged patients who have recovered from the coronavirus to donate blood so that plasma can be extracted to treat others who are critically ill. Drugmakers are racing to develop a vaccine and treatment for the epidemic, which has killed 1,770 people and infected over 70,500 people across China. Plasma from patients who have recovered from a spell of pneumonia triggered by COVID-19 contains antibodies that can help […]
by Joe JACKSON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain on Monday battled the fallout from Storm Dennis after the second severe storm in seven days left one woman dead over the weekend. Winds of more than 90 miles (140 kilometers) an hour, along with more than a month’s worth of rain in 48 hours in some places, led officials to issue rare “danger to life” warnings. A 55-year-old woman was found dead after being swept […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Thirteen US citizens deemed “high risk” for the deadly new coronavirus are being treated at a federally designated facility in the University of Nebraska following their evacuation from a cruise ship in Japan, officials said Monday. A total of 338 Americans were flown home from the Diamond Princess cruise ship off Japan’s Yokohama, touching down first at Travis Air Force Base in California shortly before midnight Sunday. The second flight […]
