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(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Thursday acknowledged that there was an increase in the number of COVID-19 variants in the country but said this was due to “increased genomic biosurveillance activities.” The DOH made the statement as it announced there were 1,075 South Africa variant cases in the Philippines as of May 3. Apart from the B.1351 variant cases, it said there were so far 948 variant cases first detected in the […]
(Eagle News) — Starting May 7, the Philippines will also temporarily ban passengers coming from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka or those who have been to those countries within 14 days before their travel to the Philippines. This is according to the Department of Health, which issued a statement on Thursday, May 6. Earlier, the Philippine government banned travelers from India following reports of another variant possibly causing a surge in that country. The ban, […]
(Eagle News) — Forty-one more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. According to Department of Foreign Affairs data, the additional COVID-19 cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 18457. Three more recoveries also pushed the COVID-19 recoveries to 11292. No additional fatality was reported, which means the death toll remains at 1147. According to DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries, […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine maritime authorities drove away Chinese vessels from Sabina Shoal off Palawan last Tuesday, April 27. The Philippine Coast Guard made the disclosure on Wednesday, May 5, after it announced it was preparing its second leg of maritime patrols with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Bataan and Benham Rise. China is also claiming Benham Rise, which is a 13-million-hectare underwater plateau located near Aurora. According to the PCG, a […]
(Eagle News) — The number of deaths due to COVID-19 in the Philippine National Police rose to 57 on Wednesday, May 5, after a police corporal succumbed to the disease. The PNP said the PNP’s 57th fatality was a 31-year-old assigned in Nueva Ecija. He tested positive on April 27 and was immediately brought to a quarantine facility. On May 3, the PNP said he was rushed to a nearby hospital due to difficulty of […]
(Eagle News) — Inflation clocked in at 4.5 percent in April, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Wednesday, May 5. The PSA said the 4.5 percent was the same rate recorded in March, but faster than the 2.2 percent rate recorded in April 2020. According to the PSA, varied annual growth rates in the indices of the commodity groups were observed in April. Annual increases, on the other hand, were higher in the indices of […]
(Eagle News) — Six travelers from India who arrived in the Philippines before the travel ban on travelers from that country was imposed have tested positive for COVID-19. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the six were among 110 who were tested as part of protocol. Their samples have been sent to the Philippine Genome Center for whole genome sequencing. “Meron pong anim na hanggang ngayon ay nilo-locate pa rin natin (There are six others […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources are preparing for the second leg of their comprehensive maritime exercises. The second leg will be held in the Batanes Group of Islands and the Benham Rise (Philippine Rise), the undersea landmass in the Pacific Ocean which China has also claimed. Based on the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, though, Benham Rise, also known as Benham […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 1,067,892 on Tuesday, May 4, after the Department of Health reported 5683 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 66060 were active. Of these, 94.6 percent are mild, 1.7 percent asymptomatic, 1.2 percent critical, 1.5 percent severe, and 0.98 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 984210, including the additional 9028 ones. Ninety-seven more deaths also pushed the COVID-19 death toll to 17622. On Tuesday, health authorities […]
(Eagle News) — Health authorities have detected more coronavirus variant cases in the Philippines. According to a press release issued by the Department of Health on Tuesday, May 4, the DOH, the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center and the University of the Philippines-National Institutes of Health detected additional 289 B.1.1.7 (UK) variant cases and 380 B.1.351 (South Africa) variant cases. Nine more cases of the P.3 variant first detected in the Philippines were also […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has surpassed its April collection target by P2 billion. In a statement, the bureau said the P51.277 billion collected for last month was P2.077 billion more than the P49.200 billion April 2021 collection target, representing a surplus of 4.2 percent. The bureau said the collection includes additional revenues from the Tax Expenditure Fund (TEF) collection of P121 million and Post Clearance Audit Group (PCAG) collection of P13.65 million […]
(Eagle News) — Over 400,000 Filipinos have been repatriated since February 2020, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to DFA data, of the 400584, 105413 were seafarers, and 295171 were land-based overseas Filipinos. Last week, it said a medical repatriate from the United States was flown back to the Philippines. Also repatriated were undocumented Overseas Filipino Workers from Russia, China and Malaysia. Stranded OFWs from Turkey and trafficking-in-persons (TIP) victims from the United Arab Emirates […]
