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(Eagle News)–A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck Batanes on Thursday, Feb. 6. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 3:22 a.m., had its epicenter 74 kilometers southwest of Sabtang. It had a depth of focus of 22 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country today, Feb. 6. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Visayas, Caraga, Northern Mindanao, and Davao Region will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the trough of the low pressure area spotted 705 kilometers east of Davao City. PAGASA said Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Bicol Region, Aurora, and Quezon will have cloudy skies with light rains […]
by Gokan GUNES ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) –Three people have died and 179 were injured when a plane skidded off the runway at an Istanbul airport, caught fire and split into three after landing in rough weather. Live images broadcast on Turkish television showed several people climbing through a large crack in the severed aircraft and escaping onto one of the wings at the rear. The Boeing 737 operated by Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines had […]
by Dan Martin BEIJING, China (AFP) — Authorities in China warned Wednesday they faced a severe shortage of hospital beds and equipment needed to treat a growing number of patients stricken by the new coronavirus, as cities far from the epicenter tightened their defenses. Central Hubei province reported 3,156 new infections, its biggest single-day jump in the outbreak that has spiraled into a global health emergency with cases reported in over 20 countries. Among those […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The new coronavirus that emerged in a Chinese market at the end of last year has killed at least 490 people and spread around the world. The latest figures from China show there are more than 24,300 people infected in the country. Outside mainland China, there have been more than 240 infections reported in around two dozen places. There have also been two deaths, one in the Philippines and the other […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The number of confirmed fatalities from China’s coronavirus outbreak rose to at least 560, after authorities in hardest-hit Hubei province reported 70 new deaths on Thursday. In its daily update, the health commission in Hubei also confirmed another 2,987 new cases. That puts the national total at more than 27,300, based on numbers previously issued by the central government. The epidemic, which has spiraled into a global health emergency, is believed […]
NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) — Seven people were shot dead on Wednesday in Iraq’s shrine city of Najaf after supporters of powerful cleric Moqtada Sadr raided an anti-government protest camp, medics told AFP. It marked the bloodiest episode yet in the escalating tensions between Sadr, a militiaman-turned-politician with a cult-like following across Iraq, and decentralized rallies that have demanded regime change since October. Sadr had initially backed the demonstrations but split with them suddenly this weekend, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Senate Wednesday acquitted President Donald Trump of abuse of power, the first of two impeachment charges, following a historic two-week trial. The Republican-majority Senate voted 52-48 to acquit Trump of charges that he withheld military aid to Ukraine to pressure Kiev to investigate political rival Joe Biden and help his re-election effort. Fifty-two Republicans voted to acquit Trump while all 47 Democrats voted to remove him from office. […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong’s flagship carrier Cathay Pacific is asking its entire workforce to take up to three weeks of unpaid leave, its CEO announced Wednesday, as the airline faces a crisis in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak. The request lays bare desperate times at Cathay, which was hammered last year by months of political chaos and protests in Hong Kong and is now being further hurt by the […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine National Police and other government agencies are now helping the Department of Health in the contact tracing of persons who may have interacted with the Chinese couple who had been confirmed positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus. Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo said that the DOH’s Epidemiology Bureau is now meeting with the PNP, and other concerned government agencies to help speed up contact tracing. He said that airline companies involved […]
by Dan Martin Agence France Presse HANGZHOU, China (AFP) — Millions more people have been ordered to stay indoors as China battles to curb the spread of a new virus that authorities said Wednesday has already killed nearly 500 people. With more than 24,000 cases in China, a growing number of cities have been imposing a range of restrictions in recent days far from central Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, as authorities […]
(Eagle News) – A 60-year old Chinese woman who had travelled to Cebu and Bohol is the country’s third positive 2019-novel coronavirus case, the Department of Health announced on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo said the patient tested negative for samples taken on Jan. 24 and was thus allowed to go back to China, but that they recently tested a sample taken on Jan. 23 from the patient which tested positive. By […]
