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(Eagle News) — Plastic straws and stirrers may soon be banned in the Philippines. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said on Wednesday, Feb. 3, this was after the two items were included in the list of non-environmentally acceptable products drawn up by the National Solid Waste Management Commission. The list of items which are supposed to be banned was drawn up in compliance with the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. It […]
(Eagle News) — Forty-two more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 9618. Thirty-four additional cases brought the PNP COVID-19 total to 10253. Of these, 606 were active. No additional death was reported, which means the COVID-19 death toll among police personnel remains at 29. The government has said uniformed personnel, including the police, were among the priorities in a COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — Fifty-three more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 total among Filipinos abroad to 14,016. Thirty-five more have recovered, pushing the recovery tally to 8954. No additional death was reported, which means the death toll among Filipinos abroad remains at 952. Based on DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries […]
(Eagle News) — Around P2.7 million worth of shabu was seized by authorities in Pampanga, the Philippine National Police said on Wednesday, Feb. 3. The PNP said also arrested during a police operation on McArthur Highway, Barangay Tabun, Mabalacat on Tuesday was Arnel Gonzales alias Bay, 30, a tricycle driver. The PNP said he was in its database of illegal drug personalities and was known to be involved in the illegal drug trade in Mabalacat […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Wednesday, Feb. 3: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA has advised passengers to confirm their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled. It said only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. The government has eased restrictions on over 30 countries with reported COVID-19 variants, with some foreigners […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government on Tuesday, Feb. 2, said it was following with “deep concern” the situation in Myanmar. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said it is “especially concerned about the safety” of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who, along with others, has been detained by Myanmar’s military. The military, which alleged voting irregularities in November’s election, later declared a one-year state of emergency over the country. “Myanmar has made substantial […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 528,853 on Tuesday, Feb. 2, after the Department of Health reported 1583 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 30368 or 5.7 percent were active. Of these, 89 percent were mild, 5.3 percent asymptomatic, 2.7 percent critical, 2.5 percent were severe, and 0.54 percent were moderate. Thirty-nine additional recoveries pushed the total number of recoveries to 487,611. Sixty-seven deaths pushed the COVID-19 death toll […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Feb. 2, said President Rodrigo Duterte “surely” wants Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong to stay on as the country’s contact tracing czar. “I have heard with my own two ears nothing but words of praises for Mayor Magalong from the President,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. He made the comment after Magalong tendered his resignation from the post after he admitted lapses in a party to boost tourism in Baguio […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration arrested in Pampanga an Italian national wanted in his country. The bureau said Ivaldi Antonello, 51, was nabbed after attempting to extend his visa at the bureau’s Angeles field office on Monday, Feb. 1. According to Alien Control Officer Mark Leslie Gonzales, Antonello had sought to extend his tourist visa when immigration personnel discovered that he was on an active watchlist for being a fugitive. “We received official […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has extended his leave until the end of February. Interior Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said the extension was “upon doctors’ advice for him to fully recuperate, regain his strength, and prioritize his health above all else.” Año contracted the COVID-19 virus twice–in March last year and then a few months later, in August. He was supposed to get back to work this month after he took a one-month leave […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities will not sanction violators of the Child Safety and Motor Vehicle Act just yet. The Land Transportation Office said issuances of fines and the imposition of driver’s license demerit points for not using a child car seat for children below a specific height may be done in three to six months. The law, or RA 11229, was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on February 22, 2019. Its Implementing Rules and Regulations […]
(Eagle News) — Two men were arrested in Pampanga on Friday after they attempted to bribe immigration agents with P1.5 million in exchange for the release of a French fugitive, the Bureau of Immigration said on Monday, Feb. 1. The bureau said Aaron Bolus and Joseph Gonzales were nabbed in an entrapment operation conducted by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and the City Intelligence Unit of the Angeles City Police Office. The bureau’s Fugitive […]
