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PNP creates Technical Working Group to incorporate SC rules on body-worn cameras into police guidelines

(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered the creation of a technical working group that will incorporate the Supreme Court’s recently approved rules for the mandatory use of body-worn cameras during the execution of search and arrest warrants into its guidelines. In a statement, the PNP said  Eleazar ordered the Directorate for Operations and the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) to come up with a recommendation on the composition […]

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DFA: Detected COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad now at 20,933

(Eagle News) — Seven more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. According to July 10 data, the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 20,933. No additional recoveries nor additional fatalities were reported, which means the COVID-19 recovery total and death toll among Filipinos outside the country remain at 12354 and 1245, respectively. “The 27 previously reported recoveries in the Middle East were deducted from today’s figures upon verification by Post,” […]

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PNP: 77th COVID-19 fatality a member of the police force’s contact tracing team

(Eagle News)– The Philippine National Police has logged its 77th COVID-19 death, as the organization continues with its inoculation of police personnel deemed frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the PNP,  its 77th fatality was a 41-year-old police staff sergeant assigned in Negros Occidental, a member of the organization’s contact tracing team. The PNP said the police officer  was rushed and admitted to hospital on June 17 when he experienced dry cough, back pains and […]

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DepEd hails teachers, students, parents for persevering as school year 2020-2021 comes to a close

(Eagle News) — Education Secretary Leonor Briones hailed the country’s teachers, students, and parents as school year 2020 to 2021 came to a close. In a statement, Briones said she was “honored to be part of the accomplishments and milestones” of this year’s graduating batch, noting that “despite being tested in an extraordinary time,” the learners “persevered and made valuable gains for the future.” “While this historic season gave unprecedented challenges posed by the COVID-19 […]

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Over 30,000 more Sputnik vaccine doses arrive in PHL

(Eagle News) — Over 30,000 additional Sputnik COVID-19 vaccines arrived in the Philippines on Saturday, July 11. The additional doses from Russia arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport  around 10:30 p.m. The shipment came a day after the Bureau of Customs cleared 132.200 Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine doses from the COVAX facility. That shipment arrived at NAIA Terminal 3 around 10:30 p.m., via Flight No. QR928. Also on July 9, the Philippines received a shipment […]

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PNP, PDEA approve unified guidelines for anti-illegal drug operations

  (Eagle News) — All anti-illegal drug operations will now be monitored by both Philippine National Police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency immediate commanders. This, according to the PNP, was among those stated in the operational guidelines jointly approved by the two law enforcement agencies through a memorandum circular on Friday, July 9. The operational guidelines had been crafted following the fatal shootout between PNP and PDEA operatives at a mall along Commonwealth, Quezon City […]

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SWS: 17% of Filipino families rated themselves “not poor” in latest poll

(Eagle News) — Seventeen percent of Filipino families rated themselves not poor in the latest Social Weather Stations survey. According to the SWS, based on the results of the poll conducted from April 28 to May 2, 2021, 49 percent, on the other hand, rated themselves as mahirap or poor, and 33 percent placed themselves on the borderline. The SWS said this was similar to its findings in November 2020 when only 16 percent felt […]

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Immigration bureau allows stranded foreigners to renew expired visas until Nov. 30

(Eagle News) — Foreigners who have been stranded in the Philippines due to the COVID-19 pandemic can renew their expired visas until November 30. The Bureau of Immigration said particularly covered by this new order signed by Immigration chief Jaime Morente for “humanitarian considerations” are foreigners whose visas expired between March 16, 2020 and July 4, 2021. These foreigners, the bureau said, should have never left the country. According to the bureau, the November 30 […]

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DOH reports 5,881 more COVID-19 cases, 70 additional deaths

(Eagle News) — The Department of Health reported 5,881 additional COVID-19 cases on Friday, July 9, pushing the COVID-19 cases detected in the country to 1,461,455. Of the total cases, the DOH said 51,902 were active. Of these, 90.3 percent were mild, 4.4 percent asymptomatic, 1.5 percent critical, 2.2 percent severe, and 1.56 percent were moderate. Recoveries also climbed to 1,383,833 including the additional 3,003 ones. The death toll is now at 25,720 including the […]

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Gov’t allows children aged 5 and above to go outdoors in select places in GCQ, MGCQ areas

Palace notes children should also be accompanied by adults (Eagle News) — Children aged five and above are now allowed to go outdoors  amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said children in this age category can now go to the following areas in places under a general community quarantine (GCQ) and a modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), provided they are accompanied by adults: beach outdoor tourism areas park playground biking and hiking trails […]

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PNP logs 76th COVID-19 fatality; 97 more COVID-19 cases reported

(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has logged its 76th fatality as the organization continues its vaccination of police personnel for COVID-19. In a statement, the PNP said its most recent death due to COVID-19 was a 48-year-old police staff sergeant assigned in Zamboanga City. The PNP said the policeman died on July 6 specifically due to Severe Pneumonia and Acute Respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19. On June 30, he experienced persistent COVID-19 symptoms. […]

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PHIVOLCS monitors 5 short phreatomagmatic eruptions in Taal in 24 hours

(Eagle News) — Five short phreatomagmatic eruptions were monitored in Taal in 24 hours. In its 8 a.m., bulletin, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said it recorded a series of five (5) short phreatomagmatic bursts which occurred at 06:47 AM, 06:06 PM, 09:21 PM, 09:50 PM yesterday, July 8, and 02:59 AM today, July 9, and produced short, jetted plumes that rose to 200 meters above the Main Crater Lake. PHIVOLCS also […]

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