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(Eagle News) — A 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck Surigao del Norte on Friday, Nov. 29. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 38 kilometers southeast of General Luna at 11:28 a.m. Depth of focus was 11 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News) — Typhoon “Kammuri” has gained more strength as it approached the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Friday, Nov. 29. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 10 a.m., “Kammuri,” last spotted 1470 kilometers east of Southern Luzon, was packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kph near the center, and gustiness of up to 170 kph. It is moving northwest slowly, and is expected to enter PAR between Saturday, Nov. […]
MAJURO, Marshall Islands (AFP) — More than 200 people have been forced to flee their homes after they were inundated by freak waves in the Marshall Islands capital Majuro. Swells averaging five meters (16 feet) washed rocks and debris onto roads, temporarily cutting access to the international airport at the peak of the flooding on Wednesday. The Red Cross set up evacuation centers at two schools, with local churches and Majuro’s mosque also offering help […]
(Eagle News) — The Pampanga provincial government has suspended classes in the province from December 4 to 10. In an executive order signed on Thursday, Nov. 28, Governor Dennis Pineda said the suspension at all levels in all public and private schools was to give way to the expected influx of people and vehicles to the province for the international sporting event. Pineda said the suspension, which was recommended by Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, was […]
by Michel VIATTEAU MIKOLOW, Poland (AFP) — Silently the eight propellers of the Hermes V8MT drone begin to spin and the large yellow aircraft rises up, locates its direction and moments later disappears into the sky in southern Poland. Today the drone is making a successful 8.5-kilometer (5.3-mile) test flight near the headquarters of the Polish firm Spartaqs in the town of Mikolow; soon it will be making journeys between a blood bank and the […]
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil on Thursday released revised statistics showing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest surpassed 10,000 square kilometers (3,860 square miles) in the year to July 2019, the highest in more than a decade. The National Institute for Space Research (INPE) said last week that satellite data showed 9,762 square kilometers were cleared of trees in the 12-month period, an increase of 29.5 percent. This week’s revised statistics released by the INPE show […]
(Eagle News)–Several flights on Friday, Nov. 29, were cancelled due to bad weather. Below is a list: (5J) Cebu Pacific 5J 321-Manila-Legazpi 5J 322 –Legazpi-Manila The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northeast monsoon is affecting Northern and Centra Luzon.
(Eagle News)–A 3.4-magnitude earthquake struck Occidental Mindoro on Friday, Nov. 29. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 13 kilometers southwest of Mamburao at 4:41 a.m. Depth of focus was 25 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Winds are expected in parts of the country today as the northeast monsoon affects Northern and Central Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said strong winds are expected in Northern Luzon. Rough coastal waters are also expected. Visayas, Mindanao and the rest of Luzon, on the other hand, will have moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough coastal waters. As of 3 a.m., Typhoon “Kammuri” remains outside the Philippine Area […]
TORONTO, Canada (AFP) — A small airplane crashed in a wooded area on the north shore of Lake Ontario in eastern Canada Wednesday evening, killing all seven people on board, Canada’s transport safety agency said Thursday. The US-registered single-engine Piper PA-32 plane was traveling from Toronto’s Buttonville Airport to Kingston, Ontario when it went missing at around 5 pm local time (2200 GMT). Emergency services, including police on all-terrain vehicles and a military search and […]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) — Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday approved a $9.2-billion budget for his war-torn country, official media reported. The 2020 budget, approved by Syria’s parliament before being signed off by Assad, sees the country’s deficit rise by 54 percent compared to the current budget, according to the pro-government newspaper Al-Watan. The country’s devastating eight-year war has inflicted damage estimated by the United Nations last year at some $400 billion. The Syrian pound […]
MALE, Maldives (AFP) — Disgraced Maldives ex-president Abdulla Yameen was sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering on Thursday after a corruption probe into the former strongman’s rule of the luxury tourist destination. Yameen, who ran the Indian Ocean archipelago with an iron fist before his shock election loss in 2018, was accused of illegally transferring one million dollars from one of his bank accounts during an ongoing graft investigation. The 60-year-old was […]
