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(Eagle News) — The Light Rail Transit-2, the Metro Rail Transit-3 and the Philippine National Railways will continue to give free rides to vaccinated authorized persons outside residences. But the Department of Transportation said the free rides during the modified enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila will be during limited hours. Vaccinated APORs can ride LRT-2 and PNR trains on off-peak hours. Meanwhile, vaccinated APORs can ride MRT-3 trains during peak hours, the DOTr said. […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. Philippine National Police data showed the additional 132 cases pushed the total PNP COVID-19 cases to 33303. Of these, 1813 are active. PNP recoveries also rose to 31391 including the additional 86 recoveries. The PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 99, with no additional deaths reported. The COVID-19 vaccination of policemen is still ongoing. President Rodrigo Duterte had said uniformed personnel […]
(Eagle News) — Forty-nine Filipinos remain in Afghanistan following the evacuation of more Filipinos amid the uncertain security situation in the country. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, 158 have already been evacuated after the Philippine Embassy in Pakistan arranged the repatriation of 30 Filipinos who are now in Pakistan. Another ten Filipinos were able to leave Kabul and are now in eight destinations: 8 in Dubai, one in Doha, and one in Paris. […]
(Eagle News) — Over 149,000 people violated quarantine protocols during the 2-week enhanced community quarantine imposed in Metro Manila, the Philippine National Police said. According to PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar, of the figure, 98,971 were warned, 43,328 fined, and 7,664 underwent community service. The PNP said in Metro Manila, the Joint Task Force sanctioned 100,946 violators of minimum public health standards, mass gatherings, non-observance of social/physical distancing while 40,705 violators were accosted in relation to […]
(Eagle News) — “Isang” has intensified into a severe tropical storm as it moves to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the center of the tropical storm is so far 560 km northeast of Itbayat, Batanes. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 95 kph near the center and a gustiness of up to 115 kph, and is moving northwest at 20 kph. “Isang,” however, […]
(Eagle News) — More Filipinos have left Afghanistan, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Friday, Aug. 21, leaving the number of Filipinos remaining in the country to around 81. The DFA said an additional 13 Filipinos managed to leave the country, which is on alert level 4 amid what the department described as an uncertain security situation, following the Taliban’s takeover of the government. The additional 13 Filipinos who left brought the number of […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, Aug. 21: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with their airlines first prior to the scheduled travel as a result. The travel ban on India and nine other countries has been extended. Metro Manila is under a modified enhanced community quarantine until the end of the month.
(Eagle News) — “Isang” has intensified into a tropical storm. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, however, that it is unlikely to affect weather conditions in the Philippines or bring heavy rainfall. The weather bureau said moderate to occasionally heavy rain showers with lightning and strong winds, however, are expected over portions of Pangasinan, particularly Agno, Anda, Bani, Bolinao and Sual. Meanwhile, moderate to occasionally heavy rain showers are being experienced over […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200 distressed Filipinos arrived in the Philippines this week from Vietnam, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Friday, Aug. 20. According to the DFA, the 271 Filipinos arrived in the Philippines through a chartered Cebu Pacific flight on August 15. Most of the repatriates were distressed due to economic difficulties brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, while some of them were stranded in Vietnam due to flight cancellations. The department said […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. According to Philippine National Police data, the additional 123 cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 33,034. Recoveries also rose to 31178, including the 179 recoveries. The PNP COVID-19 death toll is now at 99, with the addition of one death. Members of the police force are currently among those being inoculated under the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program as members of […]
(Eagle News) — Over 5.3 million students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 level have enrolled for school year 2021-2022 so far, the Department of Education said. According to the DepEd, the 5,356,643 figure was as of Thursday, Aug. 19. The DepEd said the region with the most enrollees so far was Calabarzon with 710,526; followed by Central Luzon with 450,202; and then by Western Visayas with 436,301. Based on DepEd data, 4,557,327 students have enrolled […]
(Eagle News) — Ninety Filipinos remain in Afghanistan, where the Department of Foreign Affairs is currently undertaking repatriation efforts. According to the DFA, so far, 79 Filipinos were requesting repatriation. The other night, two attempts were made to evacuate Filipinos via New Delhi and Islamabad but the efforts were unsuccessful because of the cancellation of all commercial flights. “As experienced by the groups last night, access to and even within the airport is very difficult, […]
