Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
by Francois Becker and Antoine Bouthier Agence France-Presse MONTCLAR, France (AFP) – Last Christmas, for the first time in its existence, a ski resort in the French Alpine town of Montclar could count neither on Mother Nature nor its artificial snow machines to produce enough of the white stuff to cover its pistes. Instead, it had to use a helicopter, at great cost, to bring snow from the high peaks of the Alps to lower, warmer […]
by Laurent THOMET Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — The death toll from China’s new coronavirus epidemic climbed past 1,100 on Wednesday but the number of new cases fell for a second straight day, as the World Health Organization urged global unity to combat the “grave threat”. As Beijing scrambles to contain the virus, the number of people infected on a cruise ship off Japan’s coast rose to 174 — the biggest cluster […]
by Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – Global energy-related CO2 emissions “flattened” in 2019 following two years of increases owing to greater use of renewables and an accelerating shift from coal to gas, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. Electricity generation produced around 33 billion tonnes of CO2 last year, defying forecasts that emissions from power would continue their upward trend. The IEA said that emissions from coal — the most polluting fossil […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia has criticized a US study questioning why the world’s fourth most populous nation had not yet recorded a case of coronavirus, calling the findings an insult and insisting it was on high alert. The virus has killed more than 1,100 people in China and spread to dozens of countries around the world — but the Southeast Asian nation of more than 260 million has not reported a confirmed case […]
(Eagle News) — Two Filipinos who were repatriated from China over the weekend were brought to the hospital recently due to “diarrhea and abdominal discomfort,” the Department of Health said on Wednesday, Feb. 12. In a press conference, Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo said the one-year-old boy and the 34-year-old woman who were rushed to a hospital in Pampanga after complaining of abdominal pains, too, however, tested negative for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). He said the […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200 people initially placed under investigation for symptoms of the novel coronavirus have already tested negative for the virus, the Department of Health said on Wednesday, Feb. 12. Of the 208, Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo said 165 have been discharged. So far, the number of persons under investigation for COVID-19 was pegged at 408, but it was unclear if the figure includes the PUIs who already tested negative for the virus. The […]
Appointment of first female Navy commodore also confirmed (Eagle News)–The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday, Feb. 12, confirmed the appointment of Gen. Felimon Santos Jr. as Armed Forces of the Philippines chief. The CA also confirmed the appointment of Luzviminda Camacho, the first female Navy Commodore. Before he was chosen by President Rodrigo Duterte as the replacement of General Noel Clement, Santos was commander of the Eastern Mindanao Command. Clement retired as AFP chief on […]
by Eva Xiao and Ludovic Ehret BEIJING, China (AFP) — Doctors on the frontline of China’s new coronavirus epidemic are facing a daunting task: treat an ever-growing number of infected patients and risk getting infected themselves due to a drastic shortage of masks and other protective equipment. Tired and understaffed, medical workers have had to deal with thousands of new cases per week in Wuhan, the city at the epicenter of the outbreak that first […]
(Eagle News) — The termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement will make two other defense agreements with the United States useless, but it doesn’t mean the Philippines can’t survive, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said on Wednesday, Feb. 12. Guevarra noted in particular the effects of the termination of the VFA on the Enhanced Development Cooperation Agreement and the Mutual Defense Treaty. The VFA governs the conduct of American soldiers on Philippine soil as they undertake […]
by Miwa SUZUKI TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japanese lawmaker Yasuhiko Funago has a neurological disease that means he cannot speak and communicates by blinking to his carer or operating a computer system with his mouth. But he is demanding to be heard as he fights to improve the lives of people with disabilities in Japan, where many in the community complain of feeling “invisible”. “I was a corporate soldier before I had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis […]
by Su Xinqi HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hotpot has become the latest casualty of the coronavirus outbreak after ten members of a family in Hong Kong became infected after sharing the dish, a much-loved favorite during winter. Comprised of a vat of soup at the center of a table, hotpot is a deeply communal dish. Those enjoying it dip a variety of meats, seafood, and vegetables into the bubbling broth which becomes more intense […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Australia’s Ben Simmons delivered his sixth triple-double of the season as the Philadelphia 76ers won their 25th home game with a 110-103 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday. Simmons, of Melbourne, finished with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists and American center Joel Embiid had 26 points and nine rebounds for the Sixers, who extended their win streak to three straight. Embiid shook off some boos […]
