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(Eagle News) — Fifteen foreign tourists in Palawan have tested positive for COVID-19, the Department of Health said on Tuesday, May 3. According to the DOH, of the 15, 13 were asymptomatic. The remaining two, it said, started showing mild symptoms on April 27 and 28. The DOH said of the 15, 14 were already isolated in facilities while one was admitted to a hospital. “As of the moment, the DOH through the [Regional Epidemiology […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong has plummeted down an international press freedom chart as authorities have wielded a draconian new security law to silence critical news outlets and jail journalists, a new report said on Tuesday. For two decades, media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has ranked countries and territories around the world by how free their press is. Hong Kong, a regional hub for both international and local media, has […]
by Dave CLARK Agence France Presse The European Union warned member states Monday to prepare for a possible complete breakdown in gas supplies from Russia, insisting it would not cede to Moscow’s demand that imports be paid for in rubles. The European Commission will on Tuesday propose to member states a new package of sanctions to punish President Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin for its invasion of Ukraine, including an embargo on Russian oil, officials said. But […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang added more areas under Alert Level 1, including two provinces, Nueva Vizcaya and Misamis Occidental, and three component cities and municipalities. The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Monday, May 2, 2022, approved the recommendations of the sub-Technical Working Group for Data Analytics placing the two provinces and three other areas under Alert Level 1 effective May 3, Wednesday, until May 15. The following component cities and municipalities were placed under […]
(Eagle News) — The country’s next Philippine National Police will be known on Tuesday, May 3. This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte himself, who held his Talk to the Nation on Monday, May 2. According to the President, he will take a look at what the contenders for the post–as submitted by Interior Secretary Eduardo Año—have done in the past and at their track record in government. Earlier, Año said he recommended two senior […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined | AFP Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Monday slammed his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for alleging Adolf Hitler may have “had Jewish blood” and summoned Moscow’s ambassador for “clarifications”. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Israel has sought to keep a delicate balance between the two sides, but remarks by Lavrov to an Italian channel sparked anger in Israel. Moscow has previously said it wants to “de-militarise” and “de-Nazify” […]
by Yussel Gonzalez © Agence France-Presse PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AFP) — Bulldozers sit idle next to tree stumps along the disputed route of a new Mexican tourist train. Beneath the jungle, environmentalists warn that a magical labyrinth of underground rivers and caves is also under threat. The rail link under construction between popular Caribbean beach resorts and archeological ruins is at the center of a legal battle between authorities and activists. Last month […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A woman was pulled out alive Tuesday from the rubble of a building that collapsed four days ago in central China, state media said, calling the rescue a “miracle”. The commercial building in Changsha city, Hunan province — which housed apartments, a hotel and a cinema — caved in on Friday, sparking a massive rescue effort with hundreds of emergency responders. State broadcaster CCTV showed footage of a person wrapped in […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Tuesday, May 3. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 5:51 a.m. The epicenter was 403 kilometers southeast of Balut Island. The depth of focus was 14 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and scattered rain showers are expected in parts of the country. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Caraga, Davao Region, and SOCCSKSARGEN will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms, in particular, due to the Low Pressure Area (LPA) estimated 230 km East Southeast of General Santos City and embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Mindanao. Flash floods or landslides due to […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Stock markets and oil prices fell in holiday-thinned trade Monday as traders digested weak Chinese economic data and a looming US interest rate hike. Equities kicked off the month of May on the wrong foot after Wall Street finished a tough April by closing sharply down on Friday following disappointing results from tech giant Amazon. Paris and Frankfurt were down in midday trading while London was closed for a bank […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — The sea level is rising twice as fast as previously forecast around parts of New Zealand, according to research published Monday, putting the country’s two largest cities at risk decades earlier than expected. Government-backed data amassed from around the country’s coastline found some areas are already sinking three to four millimetres per year, speeding up a long-expected threat. The projections, labelled “a bit terrifying” by one expert, are the […]
