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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 3, 2021

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Updated as of Aug 16 03:20 PM

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Photo courtesy of Sri Lanka Airforce Media
Updated as of Jun 03 11:34 AM

Smoke rises from a fire onboard the MV X-Press Pearl vessel as it sinks while being towed into deep sea off the Colombo Harbor, in Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Read more »

Sri Lanka marine disaster

Lakruwan Wanniarachchi, AFP
Posted at May 30 07:44 PM

Sri Lanka's Air force personnel remove debris washed ashore from the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl, which has been burning for the eleventh consecutive day in the sea off Sri Lanka's Colombo Harbour, on a beach in Colombo on Sunday. Read more »

Sri Lanka battles fire on ship loaded with chemicals

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 27 03:13 PM

Sri Lankan authorities battled Wednesday to put out a fire raging for a week on a stricken container ship loaded with chemicals to avoid a potential marine environmental disaster. Read more »

Philippines extends, expands travel ban vs COVID-19 variant from India

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 14 12:11 AM

The Philippines on Thursday extended its ban on travelers from India until the end of May, to arrest the spread of a COVID-19 first detected in the South Asian nation, and expanded the restriction to two more countries. Read more »

Palace says 'doing best' to keep out India COVID-19 variant

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 03:58 PM

The Philippines is doing its "best" to keep out the COVID-19 variant detected in India, where are a record surge of coronavirus infections has pushed the healthcare system to the brink of collapse, Malacañang said on Thursday. Read more »

Philippines expands travel ban as precaution vs Indian COVID-19 variant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 07:19 PM

The Philippines is widening to 4 more counties a travel ban that aims to prevent the entry of a COVID-19 variant first detected in India, which is battling the world's worst surge in coronavirus infections, a Palace document released Wednesday said. Read more »

Google funding vaccines for 250,000 people in several countries, including PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 28 04:52 PM

Google will fund the vaccination of 250,000 people in several countries, including the Philippines, the tech giant said on Wednesday. Read more »

$'Mrs. Sri Lanka' regains title after on-stage fracas$

'Mrs. Sri Lanka' regains title after on-stage fracas

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 08 01:20 PM

A Sri Lankan beauty pageant winner who had her crown yanked off by last year's champion in an ugly on-stage fracas has been re-declared the victor and says she will sue. Read more »

Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut many Islamic schools, minister says

Waruna Karunatilake, Reuters
Posted at Mar 13 09:23 PM

Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a government minister said on Saturday, the latest actions affecting the country's minority Muslim population. Read more »

Sri Lankan health minister who took magic potion vs COVID-19 tests positive for disease

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 24 10:21 AM

Sri Lanka's health minister, who publicly endorsed sorcery and magic potions to stop surging coronavirus infections in the island, has tested positive and will self-isolate, officials said Saturday. Read more »

Eight shot dead in Sri Lanka prison coronavirus riot

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 30 09:23 PM

Sri Lankan prison guards shot dead eight inmates and wounded at least 71 others in a riot sparked by anger over rising coronavirus infections, officials said Monday. Read more »

Sri Lanka rescues 120 whales after mass stranding

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 03 03:19 PM

The school of short-finned pilot whales washed ashore at Panadura, 25 kilometers south of Colombo, since Monday afternoon in the biggest-ever mass stranding of whales on the island. Read more »

China-US rivalry becomes Aliens vs Predator as Chinese embassy in Sri Lanka hits Pompeo

Laura Zhou in Beijing, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 29 01:31 PM

The embassy issues spiky retort after the US Secretary of State accuses the Chinese Communist Party of being a predator during a visit to Colombo. China is one of Sri Lanka’s largest trading partners and its largest foreign investor. Read more »

Over 1,000 get coronavirus in Sri Lanka factory that made masks for US

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 08 03:30 AM

COLOMBO - More than 1,000 workers have tested positive for coronavirus at a Sri Lanka factory that until August was producing surgical masks for the US, officials said Wednesday, as they scrambled to find the source of the country's biggest outbreak. Read more »

Stricken oil tanker pushed further away from Sri Lanka

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 05 10:36 PM

The Panamanian-registered New Diamond carrying 270,000 tonnes of crude had drifted dangerously close to the eastern shores of Sri Lanka since issuing a distress message Thursday. Read more »

1 Pinoy seafarer killed, as blazing tanker sparks fears of a new Indian Ocean disaster

Amal Jayasinghe, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 04 08:56 PM

The ship was carrying 270,000 tonnes of crude from Kuwait to India when the engine room exploded on Thursday killing one Filipino crew member. The other 22 crew -- five Greek and 17 Filipino -– were taken off the vessel. Read more »

Elephant crushes scholar to death in Sri Lanka before escaping

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 05:26 AM

A young university scholar has become the latest victim of a deadly wild elephant attack in Sri Lanka, officials said Monday, after a growing spate of similar incidents across the island nation. Read more »

2 Pinoy mangingisda na stranded sa Sri Lanka nagpapasaklolo

Zen Hernandez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 07:27 PM

Humihingi ng saklolo ang 2 mangingisdang Pinoy na stranded ngayon sa isang fishing vessel sa Sri Lanka dahil nais na nilang makauwi. Read more »

Sri Lanka lifts virus lockdown, says 'no community spread'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 29 06:38 AM

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's nationwide lockdown was lifted Sunday after a selective curfew a month ago was reimposed during a surge in coronavirus infections, the country's president said. Read more »

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