Mexico City, Mexico (AFP) A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck western Mexico on Monday, shaking buildings in Mexico City on the anniversary of two major tremors in 1985 and 2017, seismologists said. The epicenter was located 59 kilometers (37 miles) south of Coalcoman in the state of Michoacan on the Pacific coast, the national seismological agency reported. © Agence France-Presse
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Britain and the world bid adieu to Queen Elizabeth II
by Jitendra JOSHI / Phil HAZLEWOOD Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain said farewell to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday at a state funeral attended by world leaders, before a historic last ceremonial journey through the streets of London packed with sorrowful mourners. Huge crowds gathered in near silence to watch as the queen’s flag-draped coffin, topped with the Imperial State Crown, her orb and sceptre, was carried slowly to […]
PAGASA: Southwest monsoon affecting Central and Southern Luzon, Western Visayas
(Eagle News) — The southwest monsoon is affecting Central and Southern Luzon, and the western section of Visayas. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, and Western Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. The rest of the country, meanwhile, will […]
Diesel, kerosene price rollback set on Tuesday, Sept. 20, but gasoline prices remain unchanged
Third straight week of price rollback for diesel, kerosene (Eagle News) – Various oil companies will rollback prices of diesel by P4.15 per liter, and kerosene by P4.45 per liter effective Tuesday, September 20. However, there will be no changes in the price of gasoline. The advisory in the rollback in prices of diesel and kerosene has already been posted in the social pages of oil companies. This is the third straight week of […]
Power cuts to plunge South Africa into darkness
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — Africa’s most industrialised economy South Africa is again facing sweeping power cuts, caused by failures at ageing and poorly maintained infrastructure, the nationalised utility company said Sunday. Andre de Ruyter, the boss of state-owned Eskom, announced a series of planned outages in the coming week. Urging South Africans to use electricity sparingly, he called for office lights to be turned off at night, and for swimming pool pumps and […]
Pres. Marcos hopeful of meeting US Pres. Biden, other world leaders at sidelines of UN Gen. Assembly
(Eagle News) – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., said he hopes to meet with US President Joe Biden and other world leaders at the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. The 65-year old Philippine president will be speaking before the 77th UNGA on Tuesday, September 20, at the high-level general debate of the opening session. The theme of this year’s general debate is, “A Watershed Moment: Transformative Solutions to Interlocking Challenges.” […]
4.1-magnitude earthquake strikes off Surigao del Sur
(Eagle News) — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Sur on Monday, Sept. 19. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 1:24 p.m. The epicenter was 57 kilometers northeast of Hinatuan. The depth of focus was 16 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
PBBM hails Filipinos in US for bringing honor to PHL, cites dollar remittances that helped PHL economy
(Eagle News) – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., met with the members of the Filipino community in New Jersey on Sunday, September 18, at the start of his working visit to the United States, and hailed them for bringing honor and pride to the country. He also thanked the Filipinos in US who voted for him. “Ang pagod po naming ay nawala nalusaw dahil sa mainit na pagtanggap po ninyo,” he said. Marcos Jr., said […]
China lifts weeks-long lockdown on southwest megacity Chengdu
BEIJING, China (AFP) – Millions of people in the Chinese megacity of Chengdu emerged Monday from a Covid-19 lockdown that had closed schools, disrupted businesses and forced residents to stay home for over two weeks. With a population of 21 million, southwest China’s Chengdu is the largest Chinese city to shut down since global finance hub Shanghai imposed a strict two-month lockdown in April, leaving many residents scrambling for food. China is the last major […]
Bus plunges into Costa Rican ravine, killing at least nine
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AFP) — At least nine people were killed and four left missing when a bus and two other vehicles plunged into a ravine in a mountainous part of Costa Rica, the Red Cross reported Sunday. The bus, car and motorcycle slid into the 75-meter-deep (245-foot) ravine on Saturday when heavy rain caused a landslide at the El Hundimiento mountain pass, around 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of the capital San Jose. […]
Biden says Covid pandemic in US ‘is over’
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – US President Joe Biden said in an interview aired Sunday that the Covid pandemic in the United States is over. With Covid restrictions largely eliminated in the country and travel having rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, the comments were reflective of the current status of much of US society. “The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with Covid. We’re still doing a lot of work on it…, but the […]
Power out in Puerto Rico, ‘catastrophic’ damage in several areas from Fiona
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP)- Hurricane Fiona knocked out power across Puerto Rico Sunday before making landfall, dumping torrential rain and wreaking “catastrophic” damage in several areas of the US island territory before spinning off towards the Dominican Republic. Landslides, blocked roads, fallen trees and power lines, as well as a collapsed bridge in the town of Utuado in the central mountainous region were among the destruction already levied by Fiona, Governor Pedro Pierluisi told […]
