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(Eagle News) — Senator Joel Villanueva has tested positive for COVID-19. According to Villanueva, this was based on RT-PCR test results he received on Thursday night. He said he experienced fever and headache last Wednesday. “Inabisuhan ko na po ang lahat ng aking nakasalamuha noong mga nagdaang araw tungkol sa aking kalagayan, at kasalukuyan po tayong naka-isolate,” the senator said. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, other senators have also tested positive for the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has condoled with the kin of former Foreign Affairs Secretary Roberto Romulo, who passed away on Sunday, Jan. 23. According to the DFA, Romulo, the uncle of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, “will be fondly recalled by the women and men of the Department of Foreign Affairs as a statesman that upheld the ideals of excellence in the conduct of diplomacy.” It noted that Romulo was also the […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration said it denied entry to over 1000 foreign nationals in 2021 after deeming their presence in the country to be inimical to national interest. Bureau Port Operations Division Chief Carlos Capulong said the 1,320 aliens who were refused entry were less than the over 3,000 foreign nationals who were intercepted in 2020. Capulong clarified, however, that the decline was expected with the travel bans imposed for the whole […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has warned the public against unscrupulous individuals posing as its personnel on Facebook to solicit money from Filipinos who wish to work abroad. According to the bureau, the public should “not condone such,” and should instead report any attempts to local authorities. Immigration Chief Jaime Morente said this was, after all, “a type of scamming and cybercrime.” Morente made the statement following reports of these individuals offering assistance […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 foreign nationals were arrested in 2021 for violating Philippine immigration laws, the Bureau of Immigration said. According to the bureau, of the 158 nabbed in operations conducted by members of the bureau’s Intelligence Division nationwide, 86 were Chinese, 37 were Koreans, and 10 were Nigerians. Also arrested were six Indians, four Americans, four British nationals, three Japanese, two Indonesians, a Dutch, a German, a Tunisian, a Cambodian, a Lebanese, and […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases among police personnel rose to 47,465 after the Philippine National Police reported 158 more cases. According to the PNP, of the total cases, 2730 were active. Recoveries among police personnel rose to 44609, with the additional 444 COVID-19 recoveries. No additional deaths were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 126. President Rodrigo Duterte has said uniformed personnel should be among the priorities in the country’s COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has urged parents to limit the exposure of minors outdoors even if they are already allowed to go outside in areas under alert level 2 and 3. The PNP issued the reminder following the Department of Health’s statement that many COVID-19 patients were unvaccinated. According to the PNP, while pediatric inoculation was ongoing in the country, a large number was still awaiting their turn to get inoculated. “We […]
(Eagle News) — The number of areas under a granular lockdown nationwide has increased to 900, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Cagayan, which had zero areas under lockdown , now has placed 212 areas in that classification. In Cordillera, PNP data showed at least 330 areas are on lockdown, in Ilocos 233, in Metro Manila 106, and in Mimaropa 19. The PNP said 2,557 people have been affected by the lockdowns. […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 3417216 on Sunday, Jan. 23, after the Department of Health reported 29828 additional cases. According to the DOH, all laboratories were operational on Jan. 21 while two did not provide data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System. The DOH said of the total cases, 273,580 were active. Of these, 8371 were asymptomatic, 260399 were mild, 3006 were moderate, 1496 were severe, and 308 were critical. […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 3,387,524 on Saturday, Jan. 22, after the Department of Health reported 30,552 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 280619 were active. The region with the highest number of new cases in the past two weeks were Region 4-A with 5,991 or 21 percent. This was followed by Metro Manila with 5,989 or 21 percent, and Region 3 with 2,563 or 9 […]
Construction work for project’s Package 1 to start in first quarter of 2022 (Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation is eyeing the start of operations of the Philippine National Railways in Bicol in 2027. The department made the statement after the contract signing for the construction of the project’s first 380 kilometers from Banlic, Calamba to Daraga, Albay pushed through. Construction work for the project’s Package 1 is set to start in the first […]
180 immigration personnel at NAIA in quarantine following exposure to COVID-19-positive cases (Eagle News) — Over 100 immigration personnel assigned to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and Clark International Airport have tested positive for COVID-19. According to the Bureau of Immigration, of the 158 who tested positive, 132 were assigned to NAIA, while 14 were assigned to CIA. It was immediately unclear where the remaining four had been assigned. At NAIA, in particular, Immigration Commissioner Jaime […]
