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(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police on Monday, Dec. 14, inducted over 100 line and technical professionals into the PNP Officer Corps. PNP Chief Dionardo Carlos led the oath-taking, and the donning and pinning of the rank insignia to 166 Newly Appointed Police Commissioned Officers (NAPCOs) under the PNP Lateral Entry Program CY 2021 for Line and Technical Officers. According to the PNP, of the 166, three were technical officers and 163 were line […]
(Eagle News) — The weather disturbance east of Mindanao is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Tuesday evening. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, “Rai,” now a tropical storm, is expected to enter PAR as a severe tropical storm. Once it enters PAR, it will be named “Odette.” PAGASA said the weather disturbance will begin moving westward over the Philippine Sea on Wednesday morning and may make landfall […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday, Dec. 13, gave the assurance the country was prepared for when the tropical depression off Mindanao enters the Philippines. In a statement, acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles said the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council was “already making the necessary preparations in coordination with the regional and local disaster risk reduction and management councils to ensure the safety of the public.” He said the Department of Social […]
(Eagle News) — The tropical depression spotted off Mindanao is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Tuesday, Dec. 14. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, once inside PAR, the tropical depression will be named “Odette.” So far, the weather disturbance was situated 1,760 km east of the Philippines’ island group. The weather bureau said the tropical depression’s west northwestward movement is forecast to continue until Wednesday morning. It […]
(Eagle News) — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Sunday, Dec. 12, said it was coordinating with Banco de Oro to ensure that “remedial measures are being undertaken” following reports on social media about thousands of pesos supposedly siphoned off from BDO online bank accounts. BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno said these measures include a possible “reimbursement of affected consumers.” “Rest assured that we continue to collaborate and engage stakeholders to ensure the safety and integrity […]
(Eagle News) — The low pressure area southeast of Palau and outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility has intensified into a tropical depression. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, it may enter PAR on Tuesday. It will be named “Odette” if this happens, the weather bureau said. According to PAGASA, the weather disturbance is expected to make landfall over the Eastern Visayas-Caraga area, based on its forecast track. So far, it […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police backed Interior Secretary Eduardo Año’s call for specific guidelines to be issued on pre-campaign period activities. According to PNP Dionardo Carlos, the outlined guidelines will “prompt us to act on specific actions.” “The campaign period for both local and national candidates is still early next year and there have been caravans being done anywhere in the country,” he said. He said such guidelines would enable the police to […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,836,200 after the Department of Health reported 379 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 11905 were active. Of these, 757 were asymptomatic, 4860 were mild, 3797 moderate, 2060 were severe, and 431 were critical. Recoveries rose to 2774334 with the addition of 631 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 49961 with the additional 25 deaths. Metro Manila is under […]
2 more being tracked (Eagle News) — The Department of Health has located five more of the eight travelers from South Africa who entered the Philippines before a travel ban was implemented amid the Omicron threat and which the government initially said it had been unable to track for RT-PCR testing. With the development, the number of travelers the DOH is still trying to locate is down to two. Before the five were located, the […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,835,966 after the Department of Health reported 562 additional cases. The additional cases are an increase from the previous 300 plus cases reported in recent days. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 12169 are active. Of these, 851 were asymptomatic, 4838 mild, 3857 were moderate, 2177 severe, and 466 were critical. Recoveries rose to 2,773,891 with the additional 882 recoveries. The COVID-19 death […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has declared the Anti-Terrorism Law as constitutional except for two parts. In an advisory, the SC’s Public Information Office said the High Court, voting 12-3, struck down, in particular, Section 4’s qualifier clause “…which are not intended to cause death or serious physical harm to a person, to endanger a person’s life, or to create a serious risk to public safety.” The PIO said the en banc had ruled […]
(Eagle News) — Filipino and foreign diplomats from countries included in the Philippines’ “red list” are exempted from the travel ban. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said this exemption was adopted under a resolution issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) last November 25. Morente said this was also reiterated by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to different departments and agencies last December 2. According to Morente, the exemption particularly […]
