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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 531,699 on Thursday, Feb. 4, after the Department of Health reported 1590 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 32775 or 6.2 percent were active. Of these, 88.9 percent were mild, 5.9 percent asymptomatic, 2.4 percent critical, 2.3 percent severe, and 0.53 percent were moderate. Recoveries climbed to 487927 including the 249 additional ones. The COVID-19 death toll also rose with the addition of […]
(Eagle News) — A convicted drug trafficker died after authorities were forced to retaliate when he attacked a prison official during search operations in a Bureau of Corrections facility in Zamboanga on Wednesday, Feb. 3. The Philippine National Police said Ronald Apariso Natividad, 48, was shot by police officers who responded to the call for help from BuCor Inspector Ave Akilit. Akilit was at that time among those conducting simultaneous Oplan Galugad operations inside Dorms […]
(Eagle News) — Over nine million COVID-19 vaccine doses from the COVAX facility are expected to arrive in the Philippines by April this year. The Department of Health said in a statement the 9.2 million vaccine doses are part of the 44 million vaccine doses allocated under the facility that aims to ensure all countries have access to COVID-19 vaccines. World Health Organization Representative to the Philippines Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe said in the statement “the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the extension of the no-disconnection policy for “lifeliners” or low-income families who have low electricity consumption. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said this was the President’s decision on the recommendation of the Department of Energy during the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. “The President readily agreed given that electricity is a basic necessity our countrymen cannot live without,” he said. According to Nograles, lifeliners are those who consume 100 […]
(Eagle News) — The number of fatalities due to the ammonia leak in a facility in Navotas has risen to two. Mayor Toby Tiangco identified the second fatality in the incident in T.P. Marcelo Ice Plant and Cold Storage in Barangay North Bay Boulevard South on Wednesday as Joselito Jazareno. Vonne Villanueva, chief of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, said in a radio interview the body of the 54-year-old electrician employed at […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has said the Philippines was emerging as a crew change hub for seafarers in Asia. The bureau made the statement as it noted that more than 112,000 seafarers who joined or left their ships were processed and cleared in the country in 2020. Bureau Bay Service Section chief Alnazib Decampong said of this number, 92,931 of these seamen were Filipinos while 19,289 were foreigners. “Crew changes are vital […]
(Eagle News) — One person died and several others were injured after ammonia leaked from a facility in Navotas on Wednesday, Feb. 3. Mayor Toby Tiangco identified the fatality as Gilbert Tiangco, an ice plant worker at the TP Marcelo Ice Plant and Cold Storage on Barangay North Bay Boulevard South. Tiangco has admitted the facility was owned by his mother’s family. He said 61 were brought to the hospital while others went straight to […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty-five more Filipinos abroad have tested positive for COVID-19. The additional COVID-19 cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos to 14,041. Ten more have recovered, bringing the COVID-19 recovery tally to 8964. Two additional COVID-19 deaths among Filipinos abroad were reported, pushing the death toll due to the virus to 954. Based on DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries and […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty-one more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional recoveries pushed the PNP recovery total to 9639. Thirty-five additional cases, however, pushed the COVID-19 cases among police personnel to 10288. Of these, 620 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the death toll remains at 29. The government has said uniformed personnel–including the police–were among the priorities in a COVID-19 national vaccination program. It […]
(Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Luzon and Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, Bicol Region, Western Visayas, and Samar Provinces will have cloudy skies with rains. Flashfloods or landslides during moderate with at times heavy rains are possible. Cagayan Valley, Caraga, and the provinces of Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Aurora, Quezon, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, and Romblon, on the other hand, will have cloudy skies […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Thursday, Feb. 4: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. Starting Feb. 1, selected foreign nationals from the over 30 countries with travel restrictions due to […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 530,118 on Wednesday, Feb. 3, after the Department of Health reported 1,266 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 31,455 were active. Of these, 88.8 percent were mild, 5.8 percent asymptomatic, 2.4 percent severe, 2.5 percent critical and 0.53 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 487721, including the additional ones. The additional 68 deaths pushed the COVID-19 death toll in the country to 10942. […]
