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2 arrested (Eagle News)–Over P87 million worth of illegal drugs were seized in an anti-illegal drugs operation in Quezon City, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, the P87.9 million worth of shabu, kush, dried marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy were seized in the operation in Cubao on Wednesday, Aug. 10, that also led to the arrest of Riza Bilbao,25, and Alvin Rapinian. No additional details were provided on the operation. The PNP said […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Antique on Saturday, Aug. 13. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 12:25 p.m. The epicenter was 19 kilometers southwest of Anini-y. The following instrumental intensities were reported: Intensity II- Iloilo City, Iloilo Intensity I- Sipalay City, Negros Occidental; Tapaz, Capiz; Sebaste, Antique No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — The southwest monsoon is affecting the western section of Southern Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms as a result. PAGASA said the western section of the country is also expected to experience the same conditions. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. According to the weather bureau, the entire country […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines logged over 4,000 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, Aug. 12. According to the Department of Health, the additional 4661 cases pushed the tally to 3823084. Of these, 40315 are active. Of the regions, Metro Manila logged the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days, with 15725. It was followed by Calabarzon with 10102, Central Luzon with 5201, Western Visayas with 2802, and Central Visayas with 2143. […]
New York, United States | AFP | British author Salman Rushdie, whose writings made him the target of Iranian death threats that forced him into hiding, was attacked on stage Friday in western New York state. Video footage posted on social media showed people rushing to his aid after he was attacked at the event in Chautauqua County, with police confirming a stabbing while declining to immediately identify the victim. “A most horrible event […]
Zurich, Switzerland | AFP | Two children who received Zolgensma, a gene therapy produced by Swiss drugmaker Novartis to treat spinal muscular atrophy, have died from liver failure, the company said Friday. Health authorities in Russia and Kazakhstan, where the deaths occurred, have been notified along with those in all countries where the treatment is used, Novartis said in an e-mailed statement. The children died five to six weeks after receiving infusions of Zolgensma and […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — At least 150 critically-endangered vultures were poisoned to death in separate incidents in Botswana and South Africa, conservationists said Friday, warning the killings pushed the birds closer to extinction. Vulture poisoning is not uncommon in wildlife-rich southern Africa, where they are targeted by poachers because they draw unwanted attention to their illegal activities. Their heads are also used in traditional medicine, according to wildlife groups. In the latest incidents, […]
Paris, France | AFP | Blazes that have torched tens of thousands of hectares of forest in France, Spain and Portugal have made 2022 a record year for wildfire activity in southwestern Europe, the EU’s satellite monitoring service said Friday. Amid a prolonged heatwave that saw temperature records tumble, the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) said that France had in the last three months reached the highest levels of carbon pollution from wildfires since records […]
Frankfurt, Germany | AFP | Germany will limit heating in public buildings over the winter to save on gas as Russia throttles supplies to Europe, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Friday. “Public properties — with the exception of hospitals and other parts of the social system, of course — will only be heated to 19 degrees Celsius (66 degrees Fahrenheit)”, Habeck told the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung in an interview. Public buildings and monuments […]
Hostens, France | AFP | A huge fire that has devastated swathes of southwestern France was largely contained on Friday, but firefighters face another “complicated” day, local authorities said. The 40-kilometre (25-mile) active fire front in the Gironde and Landes departments around Bordeaux “has not developed, but the weather conditions are pushing us towards extreme vigilance,” deputy prefect Ronan Leaustic told reporters. Temperatures of around 37 degrees Celsius (99 Fahrenheit) were expected in the fire […]
Hong Kong, China | AFP | Hong Kong has banned the screening of an award-winning animated short film over a one-second depiction of the city’s 2014 democracy protests, a film society said Friday, as Beijing maintains its chokehold on free speech in the finance hub. The Ground Up Film Society told AFP that it cancelled a Sunday screening of “Losing Sight of a Longed Place” at their film festival after Hong Kong authorities would not […]
London, United Kingdom | AFP | The UK government on Friday officially declared a drought in several parts of England, following months of record low rainfall and unprecedented temperatures in recent weeks. At a meeting of the National Drought Group, the government’s Environment Agency said the “drought trigger threshold had been met” in parts of southwestern, southern, central and eastern England. Drought was last officially declared in England in 2018. The Environment Agency on Friday […]
