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(Eagle News) — Three more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. With the additional cases, the number of Filipinos abroad who contracted the virus rose to 13963, according to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data. The DFA said two additional deaths were reported, which brought the COVID-19 death toll among Filipinos abroad to 952. No additional recoveries were reported, so the COVID-19 recovery total remains at 8919. Based on the DFA data, the Middle […]
(Eagle News) — The leader of a gang involved in robbery, extortion and land-grabbing, among other criminal activities, died in an encounter with police in Bukidnon on Monday, Feb. 1, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Edward Sevilla alias “Don-Don,” leader of the Sevilla Group, was declared dead on arrival in the hospital after he shot it out with authorities who were out to serve a search warrant issued by Executive Judge […]
(Eagle News) — The number of jobless adults dropped to 27.3 percent of the labor force, a recent survey by the Social Weather Stations found. According to the SWS, the 27.3 percent recorded in the poll conducted from November 21 to 25, 2020 translates to 12.7 million people of the labor force, defined as adults (18 years and above) presently with a job and those looking for a job. The SWS said the 12.7 million […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains will persist in the Philippines as the northeast monsoon affects the archipelago. Eastern Visayas and the provinces of Surigao del Norte and Dinagat will have cloudy skies with rains with flashfloods or landslides during moderate with at times heavy rains possible. The rest of Visayas, rest of Caraga, Cagayan Valley, Bicol Region, and the provinces of Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Aurora, and Quezon will have cloudy skies […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, Feb. 2: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to confirm their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. The Philippines has eased travel restrictions on over 30 countries, with selected foreign nationals now allowed inside the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Feb. 1, hailed the Senate’s unanimous ratification of a treaty that bans nuclear weapons. The President said in a Palace statement that the ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was a “milestone, reinforcing the Philippines’ resolve together with the international community in pursuing a world free of nuclear weapons for peace, security, and the survival of all humanity.” He said it also shows […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains will persist in parts of the Philippines as the northeast monsoon continues to affect the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Eastern Visayas and Caraga will have cloudy skies with rains as a result. Flashfloods or landslides during moderate with at times heavy rains are possible. Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Bicol Region, Aurora and Quezon, on the other hand, will have cloudy skies […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 527,272 after the Department of Health reported 1,658 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 5.5 percent or 28,891 cases were active. Of these, 88.5 percent were mild, 5.3 percent asymptomatic, 3 percent critical, 2.7 percent severe, and 0.56 percent were moderate. Twenty-seven additional recoveries pushed the COVID-19 recovery total to 487,574. Fifty-eight additional deaths pushed the COVID-19 death toll to 10,807 for a […]
(Eagle News) — Eighty-nine close contacts of the COVID-19 cases with the United Kingdom variant in the Mt. Province and in Benguet have tested positive for COVID-19. Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire said of the 89, 83 were from Bontoc while six were from La Trinidad. She said the 83 from Bontoc tested positive for COVID-19 out of the 410 identified as close contacts of the 12 UK variant cases first identified there. Of the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has imposed a 60-day price ceiling on chicken and pork products in Metro Manila. Senator Bong Go made the announcement, as he hailed the President for the issuance of Executive Order No. 124. “Kailangan natin itong solusyonan (increase in pork and chicken product prices) lalong-lalo na sa panahon ngayon na marami pong mga kababayan natin ang nawalan ng trabaho,” he said. Go said the 60-day period may be extended […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government has urged local government units to ensure their policies to mitigate the spread of the African Swine Fever are aligned with the national government’s. The DILG made the statement after DILG Officer-in-Charge Bernardo Florece Jr. urged LGUs to conduct an “immediate review” of LGU executive orders and ensure they follow the nationwide policy on the unhampered flow of cargoes emphasized in an Inter-Agency Task […]
(Eagle News) — National Police Commission vice chair and executive officer Vitaliano Aguirre II said the country needed a police force that was “flexible, agile and adaptable” amid the ever-changing world. In his speech during the 30th PNP foundation day on Monday, Feb. 1, Aguirre emphasized the country needed a police force that was “flexible, agile and adaptable” and that “can thrive in volatile, uncertain, complex and an ambiguous situation” even as he hailed the […]
