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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan will move away from a zero-Covid policy and instead focus on tackling the most severe infections in an effort to live with the coronavirus, its health minister said Thursday. The decision leaves China — and its financial hub Hong Kong — as the only major economy still sticking to the strategy even as Omicron breaks through those defences. Taiwan has largely closed its borders and implemented strict quarantine rules […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia called Thursday for an “independent” probe into the alleged massacre of Ukrainian civilians by Russian troops in the town of Bucha. The call follows an international outcry after Ukrainian officials said hundreds of civilians were found executed in areas where Russian soldiers have withdrawn around the capital Kyiv. The Southeast Asian country, which will chair the G20 summit on the resort island of Bali in November, declared its support […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Thursday, April 7. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 5:52 p.m. The epicenter was 21 kilometers southeast of Don Marcelino. The depth of focus was 154 kilometers. The following instrumental intensity was reported: Intensity I – General Santos City No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
This snail was seen at a mall parking in Metro Manila amid the pandemic. At the time the photo was taken, Metro Manila was still under Alert Level 4 last year, 2021. It was just about an inch long, and New Era University student Carmie Hufano who took the shot, said she happened to see the snail slowly inching its way across a parking lot of a mall in Alabang, Manila one late Wednesday […]
by Hervé Bar © Agence France-Presse SEVERODONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) — Desperate evacuation attempts from eastern Ukraine were under way Thursday as authorities warned of an imminent Russian offensive, following the devastation around Kyiv that has shocked the world. Russian troops have been withdrawing from around the capital and Ukraine’s north, leaving a trail of destruction, as they prepare for an expected assault on the country’s southeast. Scenes of carnage that Ukrainian officials have accused retreating […]
Says collection is highest monthly collection in bureau history (Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has collected P70 billion in revenues in March this year, reportedly its highest monthly collection in history. According to the bureau, the P70.727 billion collection was higher than the P57.69 billion target collection for that month. The bureau pegged the surplus at P13.037 billion or +22.6% from the target. According to the bureau, based on the preliminary report from […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday called on NATO members to provide Kyiv with all the weaponry it needs to fight Russia. “My agenda is very simple. It has only three items on it. Its weapons, weapons, and weapons,” Kuleba told journalists ahead of a meeting with NATO foreign ministers in Brussels. “I call on all allies to put aside their hesitations, their reluctance, to provide Ukraine with everything it […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Heavy rain triggered evacuation orders in Sydney on Thursday, as swollen rivers threatened homes and flooded roads in the latest wild weather to lash Australia’s east. Residents in several suburbs of Sydney’s south and southwest were told to leave for safety as fast-flowing rivers rose. “We have seen exceptionally sharp, short bursts of rain that have created significant flash flooding events around parts of the Illawarra,” New South Wales State Emergency […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines’ unemployment rate was at 6.4 percent in February, the same rate registered the month before, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported. According to the PSA, this translates to 3.13 million unemployed individuals 15 years old and above. Meanwhile, the number of employed persons increased by 2.33 million, from 43.15 million in February 2021 to 45.48 million in the same month this year. Employment rate in February this year was at 93.6 […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Jaylen Brown scored 25 points on Wednesday as the Boston Celtics kept up their push for the number two playoff seed in the Eastern Conference with a 117-94 victory over the Chicago Bulls. With the identity of the six automatic playoff teams in the East already settled, the only issue remaining is to determine the final playoff seedings. Boston sits behind leaders Miami with two games remaining in the […]
(Eagle News) — The government would again be able to distribute P500 monthly fuel subsidies after the Commission on Elections granted the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board’s (LTFRB) petition to exempt the fuel subsidy program from the cash disbursement ban. Comelec announced its decision on Wednesday, April 6, while saying that the resolution on this will be issued later this week – on Thursday or Friday. “We granted the petition of the LTFRB […]
Cloudy skies, rains expected in parts of PHL due to northeasterly surface windflow, LPA off Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a tropical cyclone outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. According to PAGASA, the tropical depression was so far located 2,435 kilometers east of Mindanao. The tropical depression was apart from the low pressure area located 130 km east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, and […]
