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YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Hearings for the trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be moved to a prison compound in the military-built capital Naypyidaw, a source with knowledge of the case said Tuesday. The Nobel laureate, 77, was detained by the military when it ousted her government last year and faces a raft of charges that could see her jailed for more than 150 years. She has since been confined […]
DOH data shows Metro Manila with highest number of new COVID-19 cases at 2,582 in the past 2 weeks “by date of onset of illness” (Eagle News) — The Philippines logged over 400 more COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, June 21. According to Department of Health data, the 409 new cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases in the country to 3,697,200. The number of 409 new cases for the country reported on Tuesday was lower compared […]
by Ben PERRY Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Rush-hour commuters in the UK faced chaos on Tuesday as railway workers launched the network’s biggest strike in more than three decades, forcing people to trek to work on foot, by bike, bus — or simply not bother at all. The RMT rail union argues the strikes are necessary as wages have failed to keep pace with UK inflation, which has hit a […]
Covid cases on the rise but hospital bed occupancy remains low, says OCTA (Eagle News) – The Department of Health noted an 82 percent increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country in the period of June 13 to 19, compared to the previous week of June 6 to 12. In data that the DOH had recently released, the new cases from June 13 to 19 reached 3,051, with the daily average number […]
PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP) — The President of Panama Laurentino Cortizo said on Monday that he has blood cancer, although the 69-year-old said he feels well and is in “good spirits.” In late May, Cortizo’s doctors detected “a decrease in hemoglobin and white blood cell count” during routine testing, the president said in a televised statement. Specialists recommended that a bone marrow biopsy be performed, and samples were sent to a US laboratory, and […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The heaviest rainfall in decades has triggered floods and landslides in southern China, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people, state media reported. The downpours have dangerously swelled waterways in the low-lying Pearl River basin in recent days, threatening manufacturing, shipping and logistics operations at a time when supply chains are already stressed because of China’s strict Covid-19 controls. The average rainfall in Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces […]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) — A fisherman on the Mekong river in Cambodia has hooked the biggest freshwater fish ever recorded, scientists said — a 300-kilogram stingray. The giant freshwater stingray, which measured four metres (13 feet) from snout to tail, was caught last week and released back into the wild after being fitted with a tag to track its behaviour. The monstrous bottom-dweller beat the previous record for biggest recorded freshwater fish, held […]
by Maggy Donaldson Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Dmitry Muratov, the Russian editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, on Monday auctioned off his Nobel Peace Prize gold medal for a whopping $103.5 million to benefit children displaced by the war in Ukraine. The medal was sold to an as yet unidentified phone bidder at the sale in New York organized by Heritage Auctions. The sale was a spirited one, with lots […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Tuesday, June 21. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 1:26 a.m. The epicenter was 235 kilometers southeast of Sarangani Island. The depth of focus was 104 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and isolated rains are expected in parts of the country. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Metro Manila, in particular, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. The rest of the country will have the same conditions. PAGASA said the whole archipelago will have light to moderate winds and slight to moderate coastal waters. The ridge of a high pressure […]
Taking DA’s helm only temporary, says Marcos Jr, until he reorganizes the dep’t to to make it more responsive after post-pandemic era and amid crisis in Ukraine Problems in agriculture “severe enough” that he decided to take the portfolio of DA Secretary, he says (Eagle News) – President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., announced on Monday, June 20, that he will be temporarily head the Department of Agriculture upon his assumption in office as the […]
A 15-year-old boy was killed and three other people, including a police officer, were wounded in a shooting after a concert in Washington Sunday night, the local police chief said. The shooting was preceded by two other incidents which caused panic at the unpermitted “Moechella” concert celebrating Juneteenth, with several people injured while running away, DC police chief Robert Contee told reporters. Police then shut down the sidewalk concert on safety grounds but shortly afterwards, […]
