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President Duterte to donate one month’s worth of salary for COVID-19 response

April 5, 2020
Chinese medical experts arrive in PHL to help Filipinos fight COVID-19 pandemic

April 5, 2020
PHL confirms 3246 COVID-19 cases

April 5, 2020
PHL COVID-19 cases reach 3,246 with eight new virus-related deaths

April 5, 2020
Ospital ng Sampaloc temporarily closed after 5 staffers test positive for COVID-19

April 5, 2020

National

President Duterte to donate one month’s worth of salary for COVID-19 response

April 5, 2020

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has committed to donate one month’s worth of his salary to help fund the country’s response to the coronavirus disease 2019 emergency. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo in a statement on Sunday, April 5. According to Panelo,Assistant Secretaries of the Offices of the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and Presidential Spokesperson have also committed to donate at least 10% of their income directly to the Office of Civil Defense […]

Chinese medical experts arrive in PHL to help Filipinos fight COVID-19 pandemic

April 5, 2020

(Eagle News) – The 12 medical experts from China, who are expected to provide valuable advice to the government in its efforts to curb the spread of of COVID-19, have arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) The medical experts including two Chinese officials were welcomed by DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin and PCOO secretary Martin Andanar. In a Twitter post, the DFA said the experts will share technical advice on the prevention and control […]

PHL confirms 3246 COVID-19 cases

April 5, 2020

(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has reached 3246. This was after the Department of Health recorded 152 other cases as of Sunday, April 5. There are 152 deaths so far, with eight new deaths, and 64 recoveries, with seven new others. President Rodrigo Duterte has imposed an enhanced community quarantine on Luzon to ensure the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

PHL COVID-19 cases reach 3,246 with eight new virus-related deaths

April 5, 2020

(Eagle News) — The total coronavirus cases in the country climbed to 3,246 with the addition of 152 new confirmed cases, according to the Department of Health on Sunday, April 5, 2020. Aside from the added cases, the DOH also reported eight new COVID-19 related deaths bringing the total to 152. “DOH also reports 7 additional recoveries which brings the total number of recoveries to 64,” the department said in a statement posted on […]

Rizal to go on lockdown starting Monday, April 6

April 5, 2020

(Eagle News)–The province of Rizal will be on lockdown starting Monday, April 6. According to Executive Order No. 164, series of 2020, signed by Acting Rizal Governor Reynaldo San Juan Jr., the lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus disease 2019 will start at 8 a.m. Under the lockdown, non-residents except those exempted by the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases will no longer be allowed entry into the province. […]

Metro

Manila’s top officials donate P4.7M worth of salaries to PGH

April 5, 2020

(Eagle News) – Manila’s top officials will donate their entire salaries for the month of April to the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), one of the country’s COVID-19 referral hospitals. In a statement posted at the Facebook Page of the Manila Public Information Office, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso said that about P4.7 million worth of their salaries combined will be turned over to the PGH. Aside from him, those who agreed to donate their salaries […]

Ospital ng Sampaloc temporarily closed after 5 staffers test positive for COVID-19

April 5, 2020
INC donates PhP 13.2 million worth of PPEs, medical supplies to help QC hospitals, frontliners

April 5, 2020

Agila Pilipinas

NLEx Corp. releases list of toll plazas on NLEx, SCTEx

April 5, 2020

(Eagle News)–The Northern Luzon Expressway Corp. has released its list of toll plazas on NLEx and the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway amid the enhanced community quarantine. NLEx Corp. said the list was as of Sunday, April 5: The ECQ in Luzon was imposed to arrest the spread of COVID-19. It is expected to end mid-April.

3.4-magnitude quake hits Davao Occidental

April 5, 2020
Cloudy skies, isolated rainshowers expected in Visayas, Occidental Mindoro

April 4, 2020

International

Spain sees third daily drop in coronavirus deaths

April 6, 2020

MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain saw its third consecutive daily decline in the number of people dying from the coronavirus pandemic as the country recorded another 674 fatalities on Sunday. The health ministry said total deaths were now 12,418, the highest in the world after Italy, since the pandemic emerged in China in December. The 674 fatalities, which were sharply down on the record 950 declared on April 2, represented an increase of 5.7 percent […]

Haiti reports its first coronavirus death

April 6, 2020

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haiti on Sunday reported its first novel coronavirus death, a 55-year-old man who had underlying health conditions. The health ministry said the man suffered from diabetes and hypertension. He was one of only 21 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus in Haiti, a demographically young country where over half those diagnosed with the disease have been under age 45. Only 218 tests for the new coronavirus have been carried out in […]

France reports lowest daily virus toll in a week, total now 8,078

April 6, 2020

PARIS, France (AFP) — France on Sunday reported 357 coronavirus deaths in hospital in 24 hours, the lowest daily increase in a week, bringing the country’s toll to 8,078. The tally included 5,889 patients who died in hospital and 2,189 people in old age homes and other medical facilities, a government statement said. It said there were now 28,891 people with coronavirus in hospital in France — up 748 from the day before — with […]

Ecuador VP apologizes after virus corpses left on streets

April 5, 2020

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — Ecuador’s vice president Otto Sonnenholzner has apologized after scores of bodies were left on the streets of Guayaquil as the coronavirus ravages the horror-struck port city. Residents had published videos on social media showing abandoned bodies in the streets in the Latin American city worst hit by the pandemic. Authorities collected at least 150 corpses from streets and homes earlier this week, but did not confirm how many of the […]

Technology

Italy’s doctors look for help from sleek new robots

April 4, 2020

by Miguel MEDINA Agence France Presse VARESE, Italy (AFP) — The shiny new robots gently check the pulses of highly infectious patients on life support in the Italian epicentre of COVID-19. The doctors and nurses love them because they also help save their own lives. Italians have seen the world around them turn unrecognisable from the various lockdowns and social distancing measures used to fight the new coronavirus outbreak. But little appears to have […]

Google to publish user location data to help govts tackle virus

April 3, 2020
Local group of speech pathologists develop “communication boards” for intubated COVID-19 patients

April 2, 2020

Sports

FIFA cancels all June internationals over virus

April 5, 2020

PARIS, France (AFP) — All international football matches scheduled for June were postponed on Friday following the first meeting of FIFA’s coronavirus working group. It was also decided to hold discussions with confederations to draw up a revised schedule for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers which have been shelved. “The FIFA-Confederations working group… has unanimously approved a series of recommendations following its first meeting, which was organised via conference call today,” said a FIFA statement. […]

NBA Lakers, Nets symptom free after 14-day isolations

April 2, 2020
Jordan NBA documentary finished early for April debut

April 1, 2020

Business

OPEC, allies to seek response to coronavirus pandemic

April 5, 2020

by Benoît PELEGRIN Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — OPEC and its allies will meet to discuss oil production cuts next week following US President Donald Trump’s claim that leading producers Russia and Saudi Arabia will slash output to boost tumbling prices. The meeting was originally expected to be held via video conference on Monday, but will now take place on Thursday, the government of energy-rich Azerbaijan said Saturday. “OPEC has informed us about […]

Asian markets mostly higher but virus uncertainty casts shadow

April 1, 2020

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets were mostly up Wednesday after suffering a diabolical first quarter, while traders weigh trillions of dollars in global stimulus with the prospect of lengthy lockdowns as the coronavirus continues its deadly sweep across the planet. With the number of infected and dead still surging in Europe and the United States, hopes are fading that strict containment measures keeping billions of people at home will be lifted any time […]

Asia markets mostly up after Wall St rally but nerves remain

March 31, 2020

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Most Asian equities enjoyed gains Tuesday following another rally on Wall Street, while oil bounced, with traders welcoming a surprise jump in Chinese factory activity, though analysts cautioned that the road ahead remained rocky for the global economy. The World Bank also warned that fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could bring China’s growth to a standstill, with even a best-case scenario seeing expansion slow to 2.3 percent from 6.1 percent […]

Entertainment

Bill Withers, soul icon behind ‘Lean On Me,’ dies at 81

April 5, 2020

by Andrew Marszal, with Maggy Donaldson in New York Bill Withers, the legendary performer who delivered timeless hits like “Ain’t No Sunshine” with silky yet funkified vocals and came to define 1970s soul, has died. He was 81 years old. The Grammy-winning artist behind the beloved “Lean on Me” succumbed to heart complications, according to his family, which said it was “devastated” over the loss. “A solitary man with a heart driven to connect to […]

Disney delays Marvel blockbusters but hopes for summer ‘Mulan’ launch

April 5, 2020

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Disney delayed the releases of more than a dozen major films Friday, but has not given up on a summer blockbuster with “Mulan” now penciled in for a July launch despite the coronavirus pandemic. The revised schedule confirmed eagerly awaited Marvel movies “Black Widow” and “The Eternals,” as well as the latest “Thor” and “Doctor Strange” sequels, have all been pushed back as the virus shutters theaters around the […]

Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals to be streamed online for free starting April 3

April 3, 2020

(Eagle News) – The full musicals of renowned English composer and musical threater impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber will be streamed for free online weekly every Friday in a new Youtube channel called “The Shows Must Go On”. It starts on April 3 (US time), with Webber’s “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” which will be streamed at Universal Pictures’ new Youtube channel, “The Shows Must Go On.” Webber himself announced this in a video […]

Headlines

Spain sees third daily drop in coronavirus deaths

Haiti reports its first coronavirus death

After the virus: What world will we live in?

Italy’s doctors look for help from sleek new robots

Liwanagin Natin – COVID-19 EBC Special Coverage

Manila’s top officials donate P4.7M worth of salaries to PGH

Chinese medical experts arrive in PHL to help Filipinos fight COVID-19 pandemic

Ospital ng Sampaloc temporarily closed after 5 staffers test positive for COVID-19

INC donates PhP 13.2 million worth of PPEs, medical supplies to help QC hospitals, frontliners

PHL gov’t thanks Iglesia Ni Cristo for allowing use of PHL Arena, Ciudad de Victoria for COVID-19 patients, frontliners

WATCH: NYC applauds essential workers

Manila makes it illegal to discriminate against COVID-19 patients, frontliners; violators to be fined, jailed

Local group of speech pathologists develop “communication boards” for intubated COVID-19 patients

DICT offers free eBooks for children during quarantine

WATCH: Rising Above Fear: An EBC correspondent undergoes testing

Kantang Kwarantin: Stay at home, SING and win a prize!

Kwentong Kwarantin: Stay home, shoot a film and win a prize!

WATCH: A daughter’s plea in a time of crisis

WATCH: Resources for Nevadans to ease financial burdens during crisis

WATCH: Maryland State Police issues instructions on stay-at-home order

SC allows online filing of complaints and posting of bail during COVID-19 emergency

Pres. Duterte says he’ll suspend, detain corrupt gov’t execs, LGU officials profiting from COVID-19 crisis

WATCH: New Zealand extends State of National Emergency for another 7 days

WATCH: #Stay-at-Home Activities: The Art of Diamond Painting

WATCH: New confirmed cases reported in Canada

News in Photos

Powerful quake damages buildings in Croatia capital amid coronavirus scare

In photos: President Duterte undergoes COVID-19 test, along with Sen. Bong Go

Senator Dela Rosa posts photo of PNP chief Gamboa in hospital to show that he’s okay

Indian ambassador to the PHL makes a courtesy call on Iglesia Ni Cristo Executive Minister

30 Filipinos from Wuhan City arrive in Clark, brought to New Clark City for 14-day quarantine — DFA

In photos: Scenes of locust infestation threatening East Africa; UN warns numbers could double 500 times by June

In photos: President Duterte dines at a local eatery

INC’s “very positive impact” to the world highlighted by Canadian Parliament member in courtesy call to Brother Eduardo Manalo

In photos: Reaching out to help more victims of Taal eruption, INC continues relief distribution, medical mission

In photos: Duterte rides motorcycle in PSG compound

INC Worldwide Aid to Humanity

INC holds 3rd phase of relief distribution for Taal volcano eruption victims

In photos: Reaching out to help more victims of Taal eruption, INC continues relief distribution, medical mission

INC holds series of Lingap sa Mamamayan for Batangas and Cavite residents affected by Taal volcano eruption

Thousands, including OFWs, attend relaunch of INC’s “My Countrymen, My Brethren” in Japan

INC Aid to Humanity for OFWs held in Japan

Iglesia Ni Cristo in Taiwan holds “Lingap for OFWs”

In photos: Iglesia Ni Cristo starts “Lingap sa Mamamayan” to help those affected by Mindanao quakes

INC holds “Aid to Humanity” events in various provinces

INC gives free medical and dental services during Lingap sa Mamamayan at the PHL Arena

In photos: INC Lingap sa Mamamayan at the PHL Arena as part of the Oct. 31 Worldwide Aid to Humanity

Featured Photos: International

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2019 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show crowns King

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