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(Eagle News) — One of the seafarers of MV Athens Bridge who tested positive for the COVID-19 variant first detected in India has died. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the seafarer—who had been staying in Paranaque–died last week. The other three patients with the same B.1.617 variant are recovering. No other details were made available. The MV Athens Bridge–which had come from India—was allowed to dock in Manila early May despite a travel ban […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police is eyeing over 17,000 recruits this year. The PNP made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday, May 23, days after PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar met with members of the academe to enlist their help for the recruitment. The PNP said the activity on Friday, May 21, was attended by 49 presidents and deans of College of Criminology and Arts and Sciences from various parts of the country. […]
(Eagle News) — Two of the Department of Foreign Affairs’ consular offices will be temporarily closed to the public, the department said on Monday. According to the DFA, the consular office in NCR South-Alabang will be closed from Monday, May 24, to Tuesday, May 25. The consular office in Santiago City, Isabela, on the other hand, will be closed only on Monday, May 24. The DFA said the temporary closure was to pave the way […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1,179,812 on Sunday, May 23, after the Department of Health reported 3,083 additional cases. According to the DOH, the data represents results submitted by all operational laboratories on May 21 except for three. The department said these three laboratories that did not submit data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System represent 4.1 percent of the total samples tested and 2.6 percent of the total number of […]
(Eagle News) — Starting June 1, the Bureau of Immigration will no longer allow the entry of foreign nationals who present entry exemption documents issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs before February 8 this year. The bureau itself made the announcement in a statement, noting that the DFA itself had said that such documents were deemed expired by that date. Morente said the bureau will implement the travel guidelines pursuant to that communication received […]
(Eagle News)– COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1,178,217 on Saturday, May 22, after the Department of Health reported 6,831 additional cases. The DOH said only three laboratories did not submit data to the COVID-19 Documentary Repository System. Of the total cases in the Philippines, 54,326 were active. Of these, 93.6 percent were mild cases, 1.9 percent asymptomatic, 1.9 percent severe, 1.4 percent critical, and 1.26 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1103945, including the […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered a probe into the “under-the-table” sale of government-purchased COVID-19 vaccines. Eleazar gave the order to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, following viral social media posts showing the sale of vaccine slots in some local government units. The prices depend on the COVID-19 vaccine brand, Eleazar said, and range from P10,000 to P15,000. “Ang mga bakuna ay donasyon at binili ng ating pamahalaan para ibigay ng […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty-four more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 18658. Four more recoveries also pushed the recovery total to 11,400. Five additional deaths led to an increase in the death toll, now at 1168. According to DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries, and deaths […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has welcomed the ceasefire agreement reached by Israel and Hamas. In a brief statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs also acknowledged the efforts of several countries, including Egypt and the United States, in facilitating the agreement. The ceasefire was announced on Thursday. It came after over 200 people were killed in attacks from both sides that lasted for eleven days. The ceasefire was agreed upon as international pressure to stem the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police said authorities foiled a “liquidation” plan by New People’s Army hitmen possibly in Metro Manila, after three of them were killed in an armed encounter with an arresting team in Laguna on Friday morning. The PNP identified the fatalities as Rommel Rizza alias Bernie/ Jomar, commanding officer of the Regional Special Operations Group and Special Partisan Unit of the Southern Tagalog Regional Party Committee and two other SPARU […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1,171,403 on Friday, May 21, after the Department of Health reported 6258 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 55531 were active. Of these, 93.5 percent were mild, 2 percent asymptomatic, 1.4 percent critical, 1.8 percent were severe, and 1.22 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1096109, including the additional 2586 cases. Over 100–or 141–more deaths pushed the COVID-19 death toll to 19763. The […]
(Eagle News) — A quiet emission of a steam plume was monitored at Taal. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the emission at the volcano, which remains on alert level 2, “began intermittently” at 11p.m. on May 20 with the onset of rains. PHIVOLCS said, however, that “no volcanic quakes nor infrasound from Taal’s activity have been recorded since 12:36 PM of 20 May 2021.” In the past 24 hours, PHIVOLCS said ten […]
