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BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) — Pablo Escobar’s most notorious hitman, known by the nickname Popeye, died on Thursday at age 57 after a life of crime he celebrated on YouTube, Colombia’s prison authorities said. Jhon Jairo Velasquez had boasted of killing hundreds of people for his “boss” Escobar, the infamous drug lord killed by Colombian police in 1993 while on the run to avoid extradition to the United States. Velasquez spent 23 years in prison after […]
by Helen Roxburgh and Laurent Thomet BEIJING, China (AFP) — A Chinese doctor, among the first to raise the alert about China’s new coronavirus, himself died from the pathogen on Friday, emphasizing the depth of a worsening crisis that has killed more than 560 people. Global panic also spread, with thousands trapped on quarantined cruise ships. Ophthalmologist Li Wenliang died at 2:58 am, Wuhan Central Hospital said in a post on its verified account on […]
(Eagle News) — Classes on Friday, Feb. 7, were cancelled in some areas. Below is a list: Province: Negros Oriental — all levels (public school) Schools: Hope Christian High School Philippine Cultural College – Main Saint Jude Catholic School Saint Paul College – Pasig St. Stephen’s High School Tiong Se Academy University of the East – Manila (Kinder to Grade 12) Uno High School Some classes were cancelled as a precaution against the novel coronavirus. […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) –The official Chinese death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose on Friday to 636, with the government saying total infections had climbed past 30,000. The toll was raised by 73 new deaths from the epidemic, the National Health Commission said in its daily update. Another 3,143 new cases of infection were confirmed, bringing total infections in the country thus far to 31,161, it said. The central province of Hubei where the virus […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Friday, Feb. 7. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 2:27 a.m., had its epicenter 107 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos. It had a depth of focus of 17 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News) — Rains and cloudy skies are expected in parts of the country today, Feb. 7. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Visayas, Caraga, Davao Region, Northern Mindanao and Zamboanga Peninsula will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the trough of a low pressure area located east southeast of Davao City, and the tail-end of a cold front. Flash floods or landslides due to scattered moderate to […]
by Michael Mathes / with Chris Lefkow in Washington MANCHESTER, United States (AFP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders joined Pete Buttigieg on Thursday in claiming victory in the chaotic Iowa caucuses as an exasperated party chairman ordered a review of the results of the first nominating contest. Sanders, the leftist senator from Vermont, and Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, have been separated by a razor-thin margin in the results released so […]
by Miguel Medina with Alexandria Sage in Rome LODI, Italy (AFP) — Two rail workers were killed and about 30 people injured on Thursday when a high-speed train derailed before dawn near Milan in northern Italy, authorities said. The crash occurred just after 5:30 am (4:30 GMT) near the town of Lodi, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Milan. “It was a serious accident that had a tragic end with the death of two […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A Chinese doctor who was among the first to raise a public alarm about the deadly new coronavirus outbreak died of the infection early on Friday, his hospital announced. Ophthalmologist Li Wenliang passed away from the infection at 2:58 am, Wuhan Central Hospital said in a post on its verified account on Chinese social media platform Weibo. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 6.1 quake struck off the coast of Davao Occidental, with the epicenter located 118 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos town, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) The quake of tectonic origin was 20 kilometers deep. It occurred at 9:40 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6. Reported intensities are as follows: Intensity IV – Glan, Sarangani Intensity III – Alabel, Sarangani; General Santos City; Davao City Intensity […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — The Kremlin said Thursday it has begun checking the body temperature of officials and reporters attending events involving President Vladimir Putin due to coronavirus fears. “This is a precautionary measure,” presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state news agency RIA Novosti after journalists underwent checks at the Kremlin on Thursday afternoon. Peskov said that all participants of meetings involving the 67-year-old Russian leader would be checked. “There is a new screening […]
(Eagle News) — A 58-year old Filipina household worker in Dubai has died in Dubai due to a still unknown coronavirus strain. This was confirmed by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bellow III after receiving the information from the Labor Attache in Dubai. Bello said that they were able to confirm the OFW’s cause of death on Feb. 2. She died on Jan. 28. The OFW’s remains will be cremated, Bello said that the department will help […]
