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(Eagle News) — The Philippines has eased travel restrictions on over 30 countries where COVID-19 virus variants have been reported. But Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said in an interview that this did not mean that tourists could already enter the Philippines. He said only those with the allowed valid and existing visas can enter starting Feb. 1. The Department of Foreign Affairs said foreign nationals allowed entry into the country are the following: Diplomats and […]
(Eagle News) — Forty more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional recoveries pushed the PNP recovery tally to 9542. Sixty-eight additional cases, however, pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 10,185. Of these, the PNP said 615 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the death toll due to COVID-19 among police personnel remains at 28. The government’s nationwide COVID-19 vaccination program is expected to start this […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Monday, Feb. 1: Flight schedules may change at any given time. The travel restrictions imposed on over 30 countries following reports of the United Kingdom and South African virus strains are supposed to be lifted effective today. The countries covered by the restrictions are UK, Denmark, Ireland, Japan, Australia, Israel, the Netherlands, China, Hong Kong, Switzerland, France, Germany, […]
(Eagle News)–A rainfall advisory has been raised over parts of Northern Luzon and Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said light to moderate rains are being experienced over parts of Aurora, in particular in Dipaculao, Maria Aurora, Baler and San Luis. Moderate to at times heavy rains are affecting portions of Bukidnon, Davao City, Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte, Davao de Oro, and in Davao Oriental particularly Cateel, Baganga and Caraga. […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Debold Sinas has named 22 officials to new posts in a revamp triggered by the retirement of some officials. Named to new posts following the retirement of Police Brigadier General Nolasco Bathan, Police Major General Amado Clifton Empiso as Director for Intelligence, and Police Major General Joel Napoleon Coronel, Director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group were: Police Brigadier General Luisito Magnaye as the Director of the PNP Health […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country reached 525,618 on Sunday, Jan. 31, after the Department of Health reported 2103 additional cases. Of the total cases, the DOH said 27318 or 5.2 percent were active. Of these, 87.7 percent were mild, 5.5 percent asymptomatic, 3.3 percent critical, 2.8 percent severe and 0.6 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 487551 including the 11653 additional ones. Eighty additional deaths pushed the death toll due to COVID-19 to 10749. […]
(Eagle News)–Over 30 individuals have tested positive in the second mass testing conducted by the House of Representatives. House Secretary General Mark Llandro Mendoza said the 34 out of 2848 individuals who were tested translate to a positivity rate of only 1.19 percent. He said this was “way below the 5-percent positivity rate recorded during the first mass testing.” In the first mass testing since Rep. Lord Velasco assumed the Speakership, 98 out of 2000 […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has seized over 100 bottles of liquid marijuana in Pasay. The bureau said the 116 bottles were intercepted recently at the Central Mail Exchange Center and had been declared as “dietary supplements.” There were different consignees for the packages, the bureau said. The bureau said all seized packages were turned over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency “for further investigation and case build up.” It said charges for […]
(Eagle News) — Thirty-five more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery tally to 9502. Thirty additional cases, however, pushed the PNP COVID-19 tally to 10,117. Of these, 587 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 28. The police are among the priorities in a COVID-19 national vaccination program that is slated to start […]
(Eagle News) — No UK variant of the COVID-19 virus was detected in the fourth batch of samples that underwent sequencing, the Department of Health said. In a statement, the DOH said the fourth batch was composed of 48 samples. Of these, 23 came from the National Capital Region, 19 from CALABARZON, four from the Cordillera Administrative Region, and two from returning overseas Filipinos. The DOH said of these 48 samples, seven have recovered. The […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty-two more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional COVID-19 cases pushed the COVID-19 total among Filipinos abroad to 13,960. No additional recoveries nor fatalities were reported, which means the COVID-19 recoveries and deaths among Filipinos outside the country remain at 8919 and 950. “Compared to last week’s percentages, the total number of COVID-19 fatalities and recoveries saw a slight decrease to 6.81% and […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has acquired three more choppers that it said would boost its anti-terrorism campaign. The PNP said it formally accepted the delivery of the brand new H-125 Airbus single engine turbine helicopters from Airbus Helicopters Southeast Asia PTE LTD on Friday, January 29, 2021 at the Manila Domestic Airport in Pasay City. “These new air assets will further boost our operational capability in support of the anti-insurgency and anti-terrorism […]
