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(Eagle News)-Over 300 flights have already left and arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport since flight operations there resumed on Monday, the Manila International Airport Authority said. According to MIAA, the 360 flights were from 10 a.m. yesterday until 7 a.m today. MIAA said a total of 516 flights were affected by the temporary suspension of NAIA operations on Monday, January 12, due to Taal’s volcanic activity. Of that number, MIAA said 283 are […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo is scheduled to visit on Tuesday residents of Santa Teresita, Batangas who were affected by Taal volcano’s activity. An advisory said Robredo was scheduled to attend a briefing at Bulwagan Makulot at the San Fernando Air Base, Lipa, Batangas at 1 p.m. At 2:45 p.m., she would go to Santa Teresita, Batangas. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said an alert level 4 remains hoisted over Taal volcano, which […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Jakarta’s governor has been hit with a lawsuit filed by residents of the sprawling city after torrential rain sparked floods and landslides that killed dozens and left thousands homeless, a lawyer said Tuesday. More than 200 flood victims are seeking a total of 43 billion rupiahs ($3 million) in compensation in the class action, which was filed Monday in Jakarta district court. The suit claims Governor Anies Baswedan was responsible for […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The former chief executive of Renault Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan while awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges, is seeking the payment of a retirement payment by the French carmaker that he says was unfairly withheld. Ghosn has filed a complaint with a French employment tribunal in Boulogne-Billancourt outside Paris, when Renault is headquartered, a source close to Ghosn told AFP, confirming a report in Le Figaro daily. A Renault spokesman […]
STRASBOURG, France (AFP) – Marine LAOUCHEZ Going green can be a costly business, as the EU’s executive body will make clear on Tuesday when it launches a one-trillion-euro plan to finance its goal of making the bloc carbon neutral by 2050. That figure represents a 10-year investment to be sourced from public funds and leveraged private sector money. It is part of Europe’s “Green Deal” — an ambitious rethinking of the economy, transport and energy […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — An enormous sinkhole swallowed a bus and pedestrians in China, sparking an explosion, killing six people and leaving 10 more missing, state media said Tuesday. Footage showed people at a bus stop running from the collapsing road, as the bus — jutting into the air — sank halfway into the ground. Several people disappeared into the sinkhole as it spread, including what appeared to be a child. The incident, outside a […]
(Eagle News) — In this video taken by Eagle News Service correspondent Ghadzs Rodelas early Tuesday morning, Jan. 14, 2020, boaters brave the seemingly serene Taal Lake to go back to Taal volcano island despite the existing government advisory of “total evacuation” of the island. Our correspondent said that the men in the boat were out to check the condition of their horses left on the island, and to bring them back as they were […]
by Nina LARSON GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — A new virus from the same family as the deadly SARS disease has spread beyond China’s borders for the first time with a case emerging in Thailand, UN and Thai officials said on Monday. Thai doctors diagnosed with a Chinese traveler with mild pneumonia on January 8 later confirmed to have been caused by the so-called novel coronavirus — which has already given rise to 41 pneumonia-like […]
(Eagle News)-A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over parts of Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds due to thunderstorms are expected over Sarangani and Sultan Kudarat within one to two hours. PAGASA said these conditions are being experienced in Davao Occidental, particularly on Sarangani island and Jose Abad Santos and nearby areas. PAGASA said these may persist within one to two hours. […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo rebounded from his season-worst performance to tally 32 points and 17 rebounds as the Milwaukee Buck routed the Portland Trail Blazers 122-101 on Saturday. Milwaukee, who are on pace to win 70 games, won for the eighth time in the last nine games to improve to 35-6 on the season. Khris Middleton added 30 points and Eric Bledsoe scored 29 for the Bucks who are hoping to […]
PAU, France (AFP) – Laurence Benhamou and Marie Wolfrom France and its five partner nations in the Sahel region of West Africa pledged Monday to bolster their efforts against jihadists waging an increasingly deadly insurgency, while urging the United States to keep its troops engaged in the region’s anti-terror fight. President Emmanuel Macron and the leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mauritania and Chad lauded Washington’s “crucial support”, after a top US general confirmed […]
(Eagle News)–Several flights on Tuesday, Jan. 14, were cancelled due to the volcanic ash generated by Taal. Below is a list according to the Manila International Airport Authority: PHILIPPINE AIRLINES (PR) PR115 SAN FRANCISCO – MANILA PR117 VANCOUVER – MANILA PR103 LOS ANGELES – MANILA PR105 SAN FRANCISO – MANILA PR219 AUCKLAND – MANILA PR127 JFK – MNL MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MH) MH805 MANILA – KUALA LUMPUR OMAN AIR (WY) WY844 MANILA – MUSCAT PAL EXPRESS […]
