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(Eagle News) — More people who were initially probed for symptoms of the novel coronavirus in the country have tested negative for the same, the Department of Health said on Friday, Feb. 14. In a press conference, Health Assistant Secretary Maria Vergeire said that out of the total 455 patients under investigation, 386, or more than 84 percent, have been cleared. The DOH is awaiting the results of the tests on only 66 PUIs. The […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — The death toll from the explosion of a gas tanker in Lima last month has risen to 30, Peru’s ministry of health said Thursday. Two women and a man were the most recent to succumb to burns from a fireball that occurred when the tanker truck carrying 10,000 liters (2,642 gallons) of liquefied gas exploded on January 23. Initially, only two people were killed and 50 injured, but the death toll […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Thursday promised to support aid work in North Korea to combat the new coronavirus, voicing alarm at the ill-equipped state’s susceptibility. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said the United States was “deeply concerned” about the vulnerability of the North Korean people to COVID-19, which originated in neighboring China where it has killed more than 1,300 people. Ortagus said the United States supported efforts of aid groups […]
(Eagle News)–Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Friday, Feb. 14, said he intends to post bail for the conspiracy to commit sedition case against him. In a statement, Trillanes said he will do this “once I arrive in Manila late next week.” “I am out of the country as of the moment for a series of engagements,” he said. “I will face this case just as I have faced all the other harassment cases (President […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Jayson Tatum scored 39 points, two off his career-high, and Marcus Smart added 31 on Thursday to lift the Boston Celtics over the Los Angeles Clippers 141-133 in double overtime. Tatum hit 14-of-23 from the floor, 5-of-10 from three-point range, and grabbed nine rebounds in more than 47 minutes while playing tough defense against Kawhi Leonard to send the Celtics into the NBA All-Star Game break as winners. “This was […]
by Hiroshi Hiyama with Kyoko Hasegawa in Tokyo YOKOHAMA, Japan (AFP) — Japanese authorities were preparing Friday to move some older passengers who test negative for new coronavirus off a quarantined cruise ship and into government-designated lodging. The move comes a day after the number of infections diagnosed on the Diamond Princess rose to 218, with fears growing for the health of some of the several hundred people on the ship aged 80 or over. […]
(Eagle News)–A Quezon City court has ordered the arrest of former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and several others for conspiracy to commit sedition. Apart from Trillanes, the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 138 ordered the arrest of Peter Joemel Advincula, Jonnel Sangalang, Yolanda Villanueva Ong, Flaviano Villanueva, priest Robert Alejo, Vicente Romano III, Joel Saracho, dismissed police official Eduardo Acierto, Boom Enriquez and “Monique.” Bail was set at P10,000. The charges stem from […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Friday, Feb. 14, confirmed Lieutenant Colonel Jovie Espenido’s inclusion in the government’s drug watchlist. In a message, Año said the information would be validated and Espenido would ne investigated. Espenido made headlines when he led the raid against former Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog, who was included in President Rodrigo Duterte drug list. Parojinog and several others were killed in the raid. Espenido won praises from Duterte following the […]
(Eagle News)– The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Friday, Feb. 14, lowered Taal volcano’s status to alert level 2 following a decrease in volcanic unrest. In its latest bulletin, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said since an alert level 3 was hoisted over the volcano on Jan. 26, volcanic earthquakes recorded by the Taal Volcano Network averaged 141 events per day while the number of significant events recorded by the Philippine […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The death toll from China’s coronavirus epidemic rose to 1,483 on Friday but the number of new infections in hard-hit Hubei province fell after a change in case definitions caused a massive increase the previous day. The central province’s health commission reported 116 more deaths and 4,823 new cases, the majority involving “clinically diagnosed” patients. The province, the epicenter of the outbreak, had 242 more deaths and over 14,800 new cases […]
by Rob Lever WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Chinese tech giant Huawei was hit Thursday with fresh US criminal charges alleging a “decades-long” effort to steal trade secrets from American companies. A US indictment unsealed in New York alleges Huawei and its proxies conspired “to misappropriate intellectual property” from six US firms as part of a strategy to grow and become the world’s largest telecom equipment maker. The new charges including a federal racketeering allegation […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck Southern Leyte on Thursday night. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said on Friday, Feb. 14, that the quake, which hit at 9:25 p.m., had its epicenter 10 kilometers northeast of Sogod. Depth of focus was 5 kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were recorded: Intensities: Intensity III – Silago and Hinunangan, Leyte Intensity II – Mahaplag and Abuyog, Leyte Instrumental Intensity: Intensity I – Palo, Leyte No […]
