Colombia: 2 days of protests leave 13 dead, over 400 injured
A demonstrator kicks a police officer during protests sparked by the death of a man after he was detained by police at the Villa Luz neighborhood in Bogota, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Javier Humberto Ordonez, 46, died in hospital after receiving repeated electric shocks with a stun gun from officers who detained him for violating […]
16 dead in US wildfires as cool weather brings hope
ASHLAND, OR – SEPTEMBER 11: In this aerial view from a drone, damaged homes are seen in a mobile home park that was destroyed by wildfire on September 11, 2020 in Ashland, Oregon. Hundreds of homes in Ashland and nearby towns have been lost due to wildfire. David Ryder/Getty Images/AFP FRESNO, United States – More […]
Comforting families, warning foes: Biden, Trump mark 9/11
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk with Ed Root and his wife Nancy to lay a wreath at a 19th anniversary observance of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. Ed Root’s cousin was flight attendant Lorraine Bay. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) […]
US remembers 9/11, with virus altering familiar tributes
A mourner prays over the name cut-out of the deceased Emilio Pete Ortiz at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in New York. Americans will commemorate 9/11 with tributes that have been altered by coronavirus precautions and woven into the presidential campaign. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) NEW YORK — Americans commemorated […]
Officials battle online misinformation along with wildfires
This photo taken by Talent, Ore., resident Kevin Jantzer shows the destruction of his hometown as wildfires ravaged the central Oregon town near Medford late Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. (Kevin Jantzer via AP) SEATTLE — Emergency responders in the Pacific Northwest are fighting misinformation along with raging wildfires as people spread unsubstantiated social media posts […]
Restaurant dining linked to COVID-19
FILE PHOTO: People eat at a mostly empty restaurant with tables on the street, in the financial district during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo Among adults tested for the coronavirus at 11 U.S. healthcare facilities in July, those […]
DOTr eases distancing rule in public transport
MANILA, Philippines — Four days after the government announced that it would prohibit home confinement for mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Friday said it would start easing restrictions in public transportation in a bid to revive an economy in its worst recession in decades. The DOTr said it wants […]
West Visayas, Lanao Sur bar entry of LSIs
NO FREEDOM A group of overseas Filipino workers who returned in August have to stay at the Iloilo Freedom Grandstand in Iloilo City due to lack of quarantine facilities. —IAN PAUL CORDERO/CONTRIBUTOR CEBU CITY — Locally stranded individuals (LSIs) bound for Western Visayas, Iligan City and Lanao del Sur province have to wait a bit. […]
EU parliament cuts Suu Kyi from rights prize honorees
Myanmar’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi wears a face shield and mask as she leaves a flag-raising ceremony for National League for Democracy (NLD) party to mark the first day of election campaigning in Naypyidaw on September 8, 2020. Photo by Thet Aung / AFP BRUSSELS — The European Parliament on Thursday removed Myanmar’s civilian […]
Bicol IATF suspends Albay truck ban
NO TO TRUCK BAN A truck carrying goods passes through Quezon Avenue in Legazpi City on Friday. The interagency task force in Bicol has suspended the truck ban in Albay province to help revive local commerce amid the pandemic. —REY ANTHONY OSTRIA LEGAZPI CITY — The Bicol Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging […]