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(Eagle News)–Repatriated Filipinos have until Sept. 30 to apply for a transfer of their overseas registration. The Commission on Elections said it extended the deadline from Aug. 31 to “prevent the disenfranchisement of a great number of our kababayans who have been unexpectedly repatriated due to the COVID-19 pandemic.” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said they can still exercise their right to suffrage if they are in the Philippines on election day by casting their ballot […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 2,040,568 after the Department of Health reported 20,310 more COVID-19 cases on Friday, Sept. 3. This is the second highest single day record of new COVID cases in the country after the record high 22,366 cases last Aug. 30. According to DOH data, of the total cases, 158,994 are active. Of these, 96.5 percent are mild, 1.1 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent critical, 1 percent […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered the Anti-Cybercrime Group to step up its campaign against illegal online activities that are connected to the government’s COVID-19 response. The PNP issued the statement after the Bureau of Immigration warned the public against unscrupulous individuals who sell fake entry permits online. According to Eleazar, the ACG was tasked to look into the selling of fake RT-PCR test results and vaccination cards as well. […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government on Friday, Sept. 3, approved the emergency use of the Moderna vaccine on adolescents aged 12 to 17. Food and Drug Administration Director General Eric Domingo said the amendment in the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the use was approved “after a thorough evaluation by our vaccine experts and our regulatory experts in FDA.” According to Domingo, experts agreed that because of the Delta variant, the benefits of getting adolescents […]
(Eagle News) — Fifty Filipinos were repatriated from Laos on Wednesday, Sept. 1. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said the Filipinos included seven children, one pregnant woman, a pet dog and the cremated remains of a Filipino who passed away in Laos last July. The 50 passengers joined 92 Filipinos from Myanmar and Cambodia in the sweeper flight organized by the DFA, Myanmar National Airlines flight UB-9905. The department said all passengers […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 2,020,484 on Thursday, Sept. 2, after the Department of Health reported 16,621 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the total cases, 146510 were active. Of these, 96.2 percent were mild cases, 1.1 percent asymptomatic, 0.6 percent critical, 1.1 percent severe, and 0.99 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1,840,294 including the additional 10965 recoveries. According to the DOH, 66 cases that were previously tagged […]
(Eagle News) — Senators Bong Go and Sherwin Gatchalian personally expressed their offer to run as Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte’s vice presidential candidate in the 2022 elections. This is according to the presidential daughter herself, who made the revelation in a statement issued on Wednesday, Sept. 1. In the statement, the Davao mayor said a proposal for former Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, Jr. to run as her vice president, meanwhile, was “made known […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines breached the two million mark on Wednesday, Sept. 1, after the Department of Health reported 14216 more COVID-19 cases. According to the DOH data, of the total 2003955 cases, 140949 were active. Of these, 96.1 percent were mild cases, 1.1 percent asymptomatic, 0.6 percent critical, 1.2 percent severe, and 1.03 percent were moderate cases. Recoveries are now at 1829473 with the addition of 18754 recoveries. The COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. According to Department of Foreign Affairs data, the 193 additional cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases among Filipinos outside the country to 22906. Over 100, or 120, more recoveries were reported, pushing the recovery total 12928. COVID-19 deaths among Filipinos abroad are now at 1369 with the addition of two deaths. “Compared to last week’s figures, the total number of COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has extended the travel ban covering 10 countries amid the Delta variant threat. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the ban on India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia has been extended to Sept. 5. The ban was supposed to lapse on Aug. 31. “These travel restrictions form part of the proactive measures to slow down the rising number of COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1,989,8557 after the Department of Health reported 13,827 more COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, Aug. 31. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 145562 were active. Of these, 95.9 percent were mild, 1.4 percent asymptomatic, 0.6 percent critical, 1.1 percent were severe, and 0.99 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1810847 including the additional 16759 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 33448, including […]
(Eagle News) — The Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management is implementing a 10-day lockdown on its main offices after it logged 82 COVID-19 cases so far. According to the PD-DBAM, the cases were confirmed following a recent RT-PCR testing of its employees. It said as a result, the lockdown applies to its offices in Paco and San Miguel in Manila until September 5. “This is to allow the agency to conduct […]
