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KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — An Ebola epidemic that has killed more than 500 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been brought under control in one major area, the health ministry said late Tuesday. In a statement, it said there had been no new confirmed cases of Ebola in the Beni area for the past 21 days. “We can now consider that the Ebola epidemic is currently under control in Beni,” it said, […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Thursday, Feb. 21, expressed its condolences to the family of the late National Artist for Architecture Bobby Mañosa. “The so-called father of Philippine neo-vernacular architecture devoted his lifetime work championing the extensive use of indigenous Filipino materials in his design,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement. According to Panelo, while Mañosa “will be missed,” his “influence and legacy will continue to live on.” Mañosa, whose works include the Coconut Palace […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Feb. 20, said international drug cartels were behind the blocks of cocaine recently found floating in some of the country’s waters. “The news that you hear every day about the floating drugs all around the country is that really we have confirmed that (Sinaloa) and the Medellin cartels are in the trade now. And it’s cocaine. It has always been cocaine from Mexico,” Duterte said. Earlier, PNP Chief Oscar […]
by Shafiqul ALAM Agence France Presse DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — At least 56 people have died in a huge fire that tore through apartment buildings also used as chemical warehouses in an old part of the Bangladeshi capital, a fire official said Thursday. Dozens of people were trapped in the buildings, unable to escape onto narrow streets clogged with traffic, as the highly-combustible stores of chemicals, body sprays and plastic granules erupted in flames. Bangladesh’s […]
(Eagle News)—A 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental on Thursday, Feb. 21. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 141 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso at 3:31 a.m. The earthquake, which was of tectonic origin, had a depth of focus of nine kilometers. No damage nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health said that a patient suspected of having Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) who was first rushed to a Laguna hospital had tested negative for the disease. The 47-year old man who arrived in the Philippines last Feb. 14 from Saudi Arabia was first reportedly rushed to the emergency room of the Laguna Doctors Hospital before he was transferred to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) […]
by Joe JACKSON Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Three MPs quit Britain’s governing Conservative Party on Wednesday in protest at its “disastrous” hard line on Brexit, joining a rebellion in parliament that is redrawing the country’s political landscape just weeks before it leaves the EU. The resignations by the pro-European trio posed a fresh and embarrassing headache for Prime Minister Theresa May as she headed to Brussels for talks with European Commission […]
Items should be tested in front of security personnel before being allowed entry, MRT-3 says (Eagle News)—–The Metro Rail Transit-3 has lifted its ban on liquids above 100 milliliters but these should first be subjected to tests in front of security personnel before they are allowed inside. In an advisory on Thursday, Feb. 21, the MRT-3 said bottles supposedly containing water will therefore be drunk by passengers, those containing perfume will therefore be sprayed, among […]
DUBAI, United States (AFP) — Dubai budget carrier flydubai chalked up a loss of $43.5 million in 2018, it said Wednesday, as airlines across the Gulf struggle with mounting costs and political tensions. The government-owned carrier, a sister of aviation giant Emirates, said total revenue for the year was up just over 12 percent to $1.7 billion. But this was not enough to offset its losses. The loss, a dramatic shift from a $10 million […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — More than 2,500 foreign children from 30 countries who have fled the Islamic State group’s last redoubts are living in desperate conditions in camps in northeastern Syria, Save the Children said Thursday. The charity urged their countries of origin to “take action to ensure the safety of their citizens” as US-backed forces battle IS in the final sliver of territory it holds near the Iraqi border. “They need specialised help to […]
by Roland LLOYD PARRY Agence France Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido forged ahead Wednesday with plans to bring US medical and food aid into the country in defiance of the military-backed government, raising fears of possible weekend confrontations. In the latest maneuver of his standoff with socialist President Nicolas Maduro, self-declared interim leader Guaido rallied bus drivers who he said will head to the borders to collect aid for Venezuelans […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Feb. 20, signed an order directing the government to identify agricultural lands owned by the state and distribute these to qualified beneficiaries. In Executive Order 75, Duterte ordered “all departments, bureaus, offices and instrumentalities of the government” to do this within 30 days from effectivity of the order. According to the order, the Department of Agrarian Reform shall then “cause the preparation of an inventory” of the lands “devoted to” […]
