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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Wednesday, Sept. 15

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Wednesday, Sept. 15: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with their respective airlines as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. The travel ban on India and nine other countries has been lifted. The Philippines, however, has imposed travel restrictions on countries on its “red list.”

173 more COVID-19 cases reported among police personnel

(Eagle News) — Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. The Philippine National Police said the additional 173 cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 37356. Of these, 2646 were active. Recoveries rose to 34601, including the additional 212 recoveries. The PNP COVID-19 death toll is at 109, with no additional deaths reported. President Rodrigo Duterte has said uniformed personnel should be among the priorities in the Philippines’ COVID-19 vaccination drive. […]

Metro Manila to be under Alert Level 4 from Sept. 16 to 30, granular lockdowns to be implemented

  (Eagle News) – Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 4 starting Sept 16 which will last until Sept. 30. Under Alert Level 4, granular lockdowns will be implemented in areas with clusters of COVID-19 cases and businesses or activities that would The following will also not be allowed to leave their homes: • persons below 18 years old, • those who are over 65 years of age, • pregnant women • persons with […]

MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, Sept. 14

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, Sept. 14: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with their airlines and confirm their flights prior to the scheduled travel. The Philippines has lifted the travel ban on India and nine other countries. Travel restrictions, however, are in place on travelers from countries under the Philippines’ red list. The Bureau […]

MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Monday, Sept. 13

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Monday, Sept. 13: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with their airlines prior to their scheduled travel as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. The travel ban on India and nine other countries has been lifted but the Philippines imposed travel restrictions on countries on its […]

2 DFA consular offices suspend operations after 12 employees test positive for COVID-19

(Eagle News) — Operations at the Department of Foreign Affairs’ consular offices in Robinsons Galleria, Quezon City, and in Calasiao, Pangasinan located in Robinsons Place are suspended from  September 13 to 17. The DFA said this was after 12 personnel–10 from the consular office in Quezon City and two from Calasiao—tested positive for COVID-19. Other personnel assigned to those offices have been identified as close contacts. “As such, both Consular Offices have temporarily suspended operations […]

MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, Sept. 12

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, Sept. 12: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with their airlines as only those with the confirmation will be allowed to enter the airport. The travel ban on India, Pakistan, Nepal, Oman, Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Malaysia, Bangladesh, and Indonesia has been lifted. The Philippines, however, announced […]

PNP reports 168 more COVID-19 cases

(Eagle News) — Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. According to Philippine National Police data as of September 10, the additional 168 cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases to 36715. Of these, 2592 are active. Recoveries also rose to 34015, with the addition of 155 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll among police personnel is at 108, with no additional deaths reported. The PNP has said over 40 percent of the […]

MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, Sept. 11

(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, Sept. 11: MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with their airlines prior to the scheduled flight as schedules are subject to changes. The Philippines has lifted the ban on India, Pakistan, Omar, the United Arab Emirates, Nepal, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. International travelers from those countries, however, need to comply with the appropriate entry, testing and quarantine […]

Eleazar orders dismissal proceedings vs cop nabbed for alleged gun-running activities, illegal sale of vehicles

(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered the start of summary dismissal proceedings against a policeman who was arrested on September 4 for allegedly selling firearms and vehicles with spurious documents in Paranaque City. In a statement, Eleazar said he has directed the Internal Affairs Service to initiate summary dismissal proceedings against  Police Staff Sergeant Michael Salinas, who was nabbed along with  four others–Edwin Justo, Bern Bryan Pingol, and Arnold Aron—during […]

QC orphanage where 111 children tested positive for COVID-19 denies “asymptomatic visitor” spread virus

“We have not received any visitors at all,” Gentle Hands Inc. executive director says (Eagle News) — The agency managing the orphanage where 111 children tested positive for COVID-19 denied the virus came from an asymptomatic person who visited the orphanage, as claimed in some media reports. Charity Graff, executive director of Gentle Hands Inc., said “we have not received any visitors at all, due to the fact that some of the children are immunocompromised […]

Metro Manila Council passes “unanimous” resolution asking IATF to allow some activities for fully vaccinated

Asks IATF to come up with guidelines and list of allowable industries for fully vaccinated persons in Metro Manila     (Eagle News) – The Metro Manila Council (MMC) has agreed on a resolution requesting the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to allow some activities for the fully vaccinated in Metro Manila. This was revealed by San Juan City mayor Francis Zamora in an interview with Balitalakayan on Thursday night, Sept. 9 “Nagkaroon po ng unanimous […]