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(Eagle News) — The employment rate in the country stayed at 94% in June, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. According to the PSA, the registered employment rate was higher than the 92.3 percent employment rate registered in the same period of 2021. The PSA said in terms of magnitude, 46.59 million Filipinos who are 15 years old and above were employed in June 2022, higher by 508,000 from the 46.08 million employed in May 2022. […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines logged over 4000 more COVID-19 cases on Sunday, Aug. 7. According to the Department of Health, the additional 4621 cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases to 3803955. Of these, 37905 were active cases. Of the regions, Metro Manila logged the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days, with 15580. It was followed by Calabarzon with 10125, Central Luzon with 5109, Western Visayas with 2797, and Central Visayas with […]
Metro Manila with 15140 new COVID-19 cases in last 14 days (Eagle News)–The Philippines logged over 4000 more COVID-19 cases on Saturday, Aug. 6. According to the Department of Health, the additional 4328 cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases to 3799334. Of these, 37344 were active. Of the regions, Metro Manila registered the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days, with 15140. It was followed by Calabarzon with 10005, Central Luzon […]
MDT “in constant evolution,” President says in meeting (Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos and United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed the Mutual Defense Treaty in the latter’s courtesy call in the Palace on Saturday, Aug. 6. Marcos said in the meeting that the MDT “is in constant evolution, I’d like to think of it.” The MDT is a defense accord signed between the Philippines and the US in which each party “recognizes that an […]
4,701 additional COVID-19 cases reported on Friday, Aug. 5 (Eagle News) — Ninety-five more Omicron subvariant BA.5 cases have been detected in the Philippines. According to Department of Health officer-in-charge Ma. Rosario Vergeire, of these, 67 came from Region 11, 25 from Region 12, and one each from Region 10, Caraga, and Metro Manila. She said so far, their travel histories are being verified. Meanwhile, on Friday, Aug. 5, the Philippines logged 4,701 more cases. […]
(Eagle News) — President Bongbong Marcos has appointed Monalisa Dimalanta as chairperson of the Energy Regulatory Commission. Dimalanta, a lawyer, is a former chief legal counsel of the Aboitiz Power Corporation. She will replace Agnes Devanadera. According to her appointment paper, her term is set to expire on July 10, 2029. The Palace said Dimalanta also served as chair of the National Renewable Energy Board.
But PSA notes inflation in NCR slowed down to 5.1 percent (Eagle News) — The country’s inflation rose to 6.4 percent in July, the highest recorded since October 2018, with the growth in the food index as the main driver of inflation, Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Friday, August 5. But at the same time, the PSA noted that the inflation in Metro Manila slowed down in July to 5.1 percent. This was […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s first-ever lunar orbiter was launched from the US Thursday on a year-long mission to observe the Moon, live video showed, with a payload including a new disruption-tolerant network for sending data from space. Danuri — a portmanteau of the Korean words for “Moon” and “enjoy” — was carried on a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida by Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX. It aims to […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines logged over 4,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, Aug. 4. According to the Department of Health, the 4439 new cases pushed the total cases to 3,790,309. Of these, 34,213 were active. Of the regions, Metro Manila logged the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days, with 14879. It was followed by Region IV-A with 9,507, Central Luzon with 4,673, Western Visayas with 2,707 and Central Visayas […]
ASEAN also declares support for one-China policy, urges “maximum restraint” for all parties (Eagle News) – The Philippines declared its continued adherence to the One-China Policy as it expressed concern about the rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait due to the recent visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan. “The Philippines is concerned with the rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait, just north of the Philippines,” the DFA said in a statement […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos called on mayors and governors to strengthen their barangay anti-drug councils as he revealed government plans to sustain its efforts against illegal drugs. In a statement, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said BADACs should identify drug-affected areas. They should also create BADAC plans of action and assist persons who used drugs (PWUDs) who surrendered to Barangay Rehabilitation and Referral Desks. The councils are also mandated to inform the […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Rescuers battled Wednesday to free around nine workers believed to be trapped in a coal mine in northern Mexico, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said. Military personnel and rescue dogs were deployed to the scene of the accident in the state of Coahuila, Lopez Obrador said. “A coal mine collapsed in the municipality of Sabinas, Coahuila, which caused a tunnel to flood and apparently trapped nine miners,” he tweeted. “We […]
