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PAGASA: Ridge of high pressure area extending over eastern sections of Northern, Central Luzon

(Eagle News)–The ridge of a high pressure area is extending over the eastern sections of Northern and Central Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Visayas, Palawan including Kalayaan Islands, and Occidental Mindoro will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms as a result. The same conditions will prevail over Bicol, Northern Samar, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque and Romblon. Light to moderate winds will prevail over Visayas, […]

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Thunderstorm advisory raised over Metro Manila, nearby areas

(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been raised over Metro Manila. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, moderate to heavy rain showers with lightning and strong winds are also being experienced over Bataan (Bagac, Balanga, Morong), Laguna (Santa Maria, Mabitac, Paete, Kalayaan, Mumban), Nueva Ecija (General Mamerto Natividad, Gapan, Penaranda and San Isidro, and Bulacan (Dona Remedios, Trinidad, San Miguel, San Ildefonso, Angat, Norzagaray, San Jose del Monte, Meycauayan, Obando, Marilao, Bocaue, […]

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PNP: Drug suspect dead in armed encounter with police in Cebu, another escapes

(Eagle News)–A drug suspect died in an armed encounter with authorities in Cebu City early Saturday, June 18, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, the “cohort” of Mark Ronald Matig-a identified as June Tunacao, meanwhile, managed to elude arrest following the encounter during the buy-bust operation inside the Chinese Cemetery in Barangay Careta. Seized during the operation were more or less 3 kilograms of suspected shabu with an estimated value of P20,400,000, […]

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President Duterte confers Order of Lakandula award on DOTr Secretary Tugade

  (Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has conferred Transportation Secretary Art Tugade the Order of Lakandula with the rank of Bayani. According to the Department of Transportation, one of the highest honors given by the Republic of the Philippines was awarded to Tugade for his steadfast and visionary leadership and his indispensable contribution in shaping and transforming the Philippines’ transportation landscape. As Transportation Secretary, Tugade was responsible for the boom in transport infrastructure projects in the […]

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ITCZ affecting Palawan, Mindanao: PAGASA

(Eagle News)–The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Palawan and Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Zamboanga Peninsula, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro and Palawan will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. PAGASA said flashfloods or landslides due to scattered moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. PAGASA said and […]

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WTO strikes landmark deals package after marathon talks

  by Robin MILLARD  GENEVA, June 17, 2022 (AFP)  The World Trade Organization concluded a landmark bundle of deals Friday covering fishing subsidies, food insecurity and Covid-19 vaccines following hectic round-the-clock talks. WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said trade ministers had struck an “unprecedented” number of agreements that would affect the lives of people everywhere. The talks in Geneva began Sunday and had been due to wrap up on Wednesday. But instead the WTO’s 164 members […]

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Philippine military detains two militants accused of killing foreigners

Two Islamic militants accused of kidnapping and killing four foreigners in the restive southern Philippines were detained Friday after surrendering to the military, authorities said. The fugitives were members of the feared kidnap-for-ransom group Abu Sayyaf and have been handed over to police on Jolo island in Sulu province, regional military spokesman Alaric Delos Santos told AFP. “Their surrender does not extinguish their responsibility for these cases. That’s why we turned them over to the […]

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Heatwave grips France and Spain as temps set to rise

   PARIS, June 17, 2022 (AFP) by Tom Barfield, with Mathieu Gorse in Madrid A punishing heatwave broke a string of records in France and Britain on Friday as Spain battled to contain forest fires that forced hundreds from their homes. The hot weather is in line with warnings from scientists that heatwaves will be more intense and hit earlier than usual thanks to climate change. In Spain, forest fires burned up to 7,000 hectares […]

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Stocks waver, oil prices fall on recession fears

Stock markets wobbled and oil prices sank on Friday over growing fears that inflation-fighting interest rate hikes by central banks could trigger recessions. Investors were shaken this week after the US Federal Reserve unleashed its biggest hike in borrowing costs for almost 30 years to tackle runaway consumer prices. This was followed by the fifth straight hike by the Bank of England and the first in 15 years by the Swiss central bank, underscoring the […]

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Thailand to drop mask rule, foreign tourist registration

Thailand announced Friday it would drop rules requiring people to wear masks outdoors and no longer require foreign visitors to register before travel, as Covid-19 cases fall and the kingdom seeks to lure tourists back. Facemasks have been compulsory in public in Thailand, including outdoors, since mid-2021 when the Delta variant was running rampant. But as the pandemic has subsided, the tourism-dependent kingdom has gradually relaxed covid restrictions in a bid to boost visitor numbers. […]

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Russia’s operation in Ukraine not cause of global inflation: Putin

  Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow’s military intervention in Ukraine was not the cause of global economic troubles, instead blaming Western countries for using the situation to cover up their own mistakes. “What is happening is not the result of recent months, much less the result of a special military operation that Russia is conducting in the Donbas,” Putin said referring to the predominantly Russia-speaking region of Eastern Ukraine. “The rising prices, […]

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US approves Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for youngest children

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization Friday for the use of Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines in the youngest children, the final age group awaiting immunization in most countries. The agency, whose approval is considered the global gold standard, authorized Moderna’s two-dose vaccine for children aged six months to five years, and three doses of Pfizer’s shots for those between six months and four years old. […]

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