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Man came from Wuhan, China, seat of novel coronavirus outbreak (Eagle News) — (Eagle News)– The Department of Health is monitoring a man in Tacloban for showing signs of a respiratory infection after arriving from Wuhan, China, where the novel coronavirus was first identified. Undersecretary Eric Domingo said the 36-year-old man worked in the Chinese city and arrived in the country on Jan. 17. The man is now isolated in a health facility. Earlier, the […]
by Sebastien Ricci and Leo Ramirez Agence France Presse WUHAN, China (AFP) — Trapped in a Chinese city at the centre of a deadly viral outbreak, residents who should have been celebrating Lunar New Year lined up to have their temperatures taken by medical staff wearing full-body protective suits. At hospitals across Wuhan in central Hubei province, tense patients with high temperatures turned out in large numbers to get checked as the death toll […]
by Ammar Karim and Ayman Henna Agence France Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — Thousands of supporters of populist Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr gathered in Baghdad on Friday for a rally to demand the ouster of US troops, putting the protest-hit capital on edge. The march rattled the separate, months-old protest movement that has gripped the capital and the Shiite-majority south since October, demanding a government overhaul, early elections and more accountability. In the early […]
(Eagle News) — Almost 89,000 families have been affected by the Taal Volcano’s activities since it erupted on January 12, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). In its 12 noon update, it listed the number of families affected 88,842 or equivalent to 346,244 individuals. Of this number, a total of 37,230 families or 137,538 persons are “taking temporary shelter in 488 evacuation centers.” Meanwhile, 37,230 more families or 144,907 […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte believes the country has stronger ties with Russia and China than with the United States because the two countries respect Philippine sovereignty. “Because America continues to look at us as a vassal state because we were under the Americans for 50 years and they lived off the fat of the land before we got our independence,” Duterte told RT television. According to the President, “it’s not only the Philippines, but it’s […]
(Eagle News) – Nearly 500 tourists who came to the Philippines through the Kalibo International Airport from Wuhan City before the lockdown began, will be transported back to China. According to the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), air carriers Royal Air Philippines and Pan Pacific Airlines will be sending back the visitors to Wuhan, China on Friday night, Saturday and Monday. CAB Executive Director Carmelo Arcilla, in an interview with CNN Philippines, said that the […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson believes President Rodrigo Duterte can scrap the Visiting Forces Agreement without the Senate’s approval or consent. In a statement, Lacson said this was “in the absence of a Supreme Court ruling on the President’s power to unilaterally break a treaty/bilateral agreement like the VFA without the consent of 2/3 supermajority vote of the Senate.” “Having said that, the SC should act on the pending petition filed by a number […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China is rushing to build a new hospital in a staggering 10 days to treat patients at the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak that has stricken hundreds of people, state media reported Friday. The facility in the central city of Wuhan is expected to be in use by February 3 to serve a rising number of patients infected by a coronavirus that has left at least 26 people dead […]
(Eagle News)–The easterlies are affecting the eastern section of Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. As a result, PAGASA said Bicol Region, Quezon, and Northern Samar will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms. Some parts of the country will also have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to, apart from the easterlies, localized thunderstorms. Because of the northeast monsoon, PAGASA […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima has said she was “disappointed” over the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss her petition for a writ of habeas data petition against President Rodrigo Duterte, adding that it had the effect of “emboldening attacks against women.” The writ of habeas data is a remedy available to any person whose right to privacy in life, liberty or security is violated or threatened by an unlawful act or omission of […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Shanghai Disneyland will close until further notice this weekend due to a deadly virus outbreak that has infected hundreds of people in China, the amusement park said Friday. The closure comes as China entered its nearly week-long Lunar New Year holiday, and the home of Mickey Mouse had prepared special “Year of the Mouse” celebrations for its guests. But the park and resort said on its website it would temporarily […]
China has imposed a travel ban in more cities, including the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus in Wuhan, bringing the number affected by the shutdown to over 41 million as authorities scramble to control the disease that has killed 26 so far. Various reports said that 13 cities all in Hubei province where the virus first emerged are now under a transport ban. Aside from the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus in Wuhan, these […]
