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(Eagle News) — The Philippines logged 2371 additional cases on Thursday, July 14. According to Department of Health data, the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 tally to 375382. Of the total, 16244 are active. Of the regions, Metro Manila logged the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days, with 8598. Calabarzon followed suit with 4212 new cases, Western Visayas with 1735, Central Luzon with 1711, and Central Visayas with 785. Of […]
by James PHEBY / Joe JACKSON Agence France Presse Hollywood star Kevin Spacey on Thursday pleaded not guilty at London’s Old Bailey court to four charges of sexual assault against three men. The 62-year-old star was wearing a blue suit and blue tie as he stood in the dock at the UK’s top criminal court. He spoke to confirm his name and age before pleading not guilty to four charges of sexual assault and […]
(Eagle News) — The mayor of a town in Quezon province has issued an executive order instituting a “smile policy” that should be observed by local officials and employees in the town, so they would be more cheerful and helpful in dealing with the people they are serving. Mulanay town mayor Aristotle Aguirre issued EO no. 2 on July 5 this year in response to complaints that public servants in this local government unit. […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The European Space Agency has officially terminated cooperation with Russia on a mission to put a rover on Mars, with Russia’s space chief furiously responding by banning cosmonauts on the ISS from using a Europe-made robotic arm. The ESA had previously suspended ties on the joint ExoMars mission, which had planned to use Russian rockets to put Europe’s Rosalind Franklin rover on the red planet to drill for signs of […]
by Maddison Connaughton Agence France Presse SUVA, Fiji (AFP) — Vulnerable Pacific islands demanded “urgent, immediate” global action on climate change Thursday, while stressing a commitment to democracy and the “rules-based” international order in the face of growing Chinese regional influence. At a key summit in the Fijian capital Suva, island leaders warned time was running out to avoid “worst-case scenarios” that would see their countries — many teetering just above sea level — […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — A week of gang violence in Haiti’s capital has left at least 89 people dead, a rights group said Wednesday, as soaring prices, fuel shortages and gang warfare accelerate a brutal downward spiral in the security situation in Port-au-Prince. The unrest erupted on July 7 between two rival factions in Cite Soleil, an impoverished and densely populated neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. As gunfire crackled in the slums for nearly a week, […]
(Eagle News) — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has designated Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire as officer-in-charge of the Department of Health (DOH). The decision was made as the President is still in the process of choosing who would be the next DOH Secretary. Following the announcement by Palace press secretary Atty. Trixie Cruz-Angeles, the health department immediately issued a statement thanking President Marcos Jr., for designating Vergeire as the DOH’s OIC. “The DOH appreciates […]
by Hamza Mekouar Agence France-Presse TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) — Mahmud Aguil has a comfortable house in Libya’s capital Tripoli, but chronic power outages in the war-battered country and roasting summer heat now force him to sleep in his air-conditioned van. “This is my bedroom,” the 48-year-old said pointing to the cramped vehicle, its back seats removed to make space for him and his two young children. “In the morning I wake up with a terrible […]
(Eagle News) – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas set its key policy rate at 3.25 percent, after the Monetary Board decided to raise the interest rate on the BSP’s overnight reverse repurchase by 75 basis points. This is effective Thursday, July 14, after the morning’s regular meeting of the Monetary Board. BSP Governor Felipe Medalla said that “accordingly, the interest rates on the the overnight deposit and lending facilities were raised to 2.75 percent […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized over P1 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo City, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also arrested in the operation in Jaroo on Tuesday, July 12, were Gian Paolo Riosa,39, and Sachiko Nakata, 33. The PNP identified Riosa as a “high-value individual for illegal drugs.” The PNP said 25 sachets of shabu worth P1,156,000 were seized during the operation. “They have been monitored […]
SUVA, Fiji (AFP) — Solomon Islands will not host a foreign military base because the nation would be targeted for “military strikes”, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said Thursday, as Pacific leaders grappled with China’s security ambitions. The Solomons leader is attending the Pacific Islands Forum summit, the first gathering of the bloc since his country signed a security agreement with China — details of which have not been made public. China’s security pact with the […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — US President Joe Biden will hold bilateral talks on Thursday with Israeli officials in Jerusalem, where the two allies are expected to declare a “united stand” on common foe Iran. Biden touched down in Tel Aviv on Wednesday for the first Middle East tour of his presidency, which will see him meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders before flying onwards to Saudi Arabia. Tehran will top the agenda of talks slated for […]
