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(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 803398 on Monday, April 5, after the Department of Health reported 8355 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the total cases, 143726 were active. Of these, 97.5 percent were mild, 1.1 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent were critical, 0.6 percent severe, and 0.34 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 646237 including the 145 additional ones. Ten additional deaths pushed the death toll to 13435. The Philippines is dealing […]
(Eagle News) — Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo is the new Chief Justice. The Palace on Monday, April 5, said President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Gesmundo to the post left vacated by Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta in March. Peralta had retired a year earlier than his required mandatory requirement. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the Palace trusts that Gesmundo will “uphold judicial excellence and independence, implement the rule of law and lead reforms to uphold the […]
(Eagle News) — A Chinese national was barred from leaving the Philippines after authorities found she was facing a deportation case in the country. The Bureau of Immigration said 35-year-old Qiu Meiying was intercepted last March 26, when she attempted to board her flight to Xiamen, China at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1. The bureau said this was after Immigration Officer Jeremie Abana, during immigration inspection, noticed that Qiu’s name was in the […]
(Eagle News) — All Bureau of Immigration offices in the Greater Manila Area will continue operating on a skeleton force until April 11. The bureau said in an advisory the decision for only a limited number of personnel to report for work from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays is in line with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases’ recommendation to extend the enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila, […]
(Eagle News) — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana reiterated his call for China to “refrain from conducting activities that disturb regional and international peace and security.” In reiterating his call, Lorenzana said China’s nine-dash line, which it uses to stake its claim over almost the entire West Philippine Sea, is “without any factual or legal basis.” Lorenzana noted that the Permanent Court of Arbitration had already “flatly and categorically rejected” China’s historical claim when it issued […]
Son Jinggoy says father is in “stable but guarded condition” (Eagle News) — Former President Joseph Estrada has been moved to the intensive care unit and is being sedated. Former Senator Joseph Estrada said the former president, however, who recently contracted COVID-19, was in a “stable but guarded condition.” “While he needed to be placed on high flow oxygen support, we are thankful that there has been no need to put him on a ventilator,” […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 795051 on Sunday, April 4, after the Department of Health reported 11028 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the total cases, 135526 were active. Of these, 97.4 percent were mild, 1 percent asymptomatic, 0.6 percent severe, 0.6 percent critical, and 0.36 percent moderate. Recoveries rose to 646100, including the 41205 additional ones. The death toll also rose to 13425, including the two additional ones. The Philippines is dealing with […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has extended the physical closure of courts in the NCR Plus area. The SC also extended the period for the filing of pleadings and other court submissions in courts in the area covered by Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Bulacan, and Rizal with the issuance of Administrative Circular No. 15-2021, in line with the extension of the enhanced community quarantine in those areas. According to the High Court, instead of […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 784,043 after the Department of Health reported 12,576 additional cases. This is the second-highest number cases reported by the country in a single day since the pandemic began. On Friday, the Philippines reported an all-time high of over 15,000 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the 784,043 total cases, 165715 were active. Of these, 96.5 percent were mild, 2.2 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent critical, 0.5 percent severe, […]
(Eagle News)–Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, Magalong, also the country’s contact tracing czar, said this was based on the results of the RT-PCR test he took on April 2. He said contact tracing is underway. “The seriousness of this pandemic is something that we should not take for granted. It is a difficult situation and I don’t want anyone of you to be in this condition as it […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs urged Filipinos in the United States to remain vigilant and immediately report any hate crimes against members of the Filipino community there to the Philippine Embassy or to the Consulates General. The DFA made the call as it welcomed the arrest of the suspect in the brutal beating of a 65-year-old Filipino-American in New York on Monday, March 29. Media reports said Brandon Elliot, 38, was nabbed […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 771,497 cases on Friday, April 2, after the Department of Health reported a new all-time high of 15310 additional cases. The DOH said the additional cases included the 3709 case backlog due to COVID Kaya technical issues. According to the DOH data, of the total cases, 153809 were active. Of these, 96.3 percent were mild, 2.4 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent were critical, 0.5 percent were severe, and 0.35 percent were […]
