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DFA chief Locsin tests negative, to go on quarantine (Eagle News) –The main building of the Department of Foreign Affairs will go on lockdown until Tuesday, Feb. 2, after some officers tested positive for COVID-19. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said in a Tweet he would go on quarantine after interacting with the officers he met the day before, but noted that he has tested negative. The foreign affairs chief said the main building […]
(Eagle News) — Fifty-six more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional COVID-19 recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 9,439. Forty-one additional cases, however, also pushed the PNP COVID-19 tally to 10,042. Of these, 575 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the PNP death toll due to COVID-19 remains at 28. Uniformed personnel, including policemen, are among the priorities in a COVID-19 national vaccination […]
(Eagle News) — The military general whose office was behind the posting of what the Department of National Defense said was an “erroneous list” of New People’s Army members on Facebook has gone on leave. Major General Benedict Arevalo, the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ deputy chief of staff for civil military operations, said his decision was in light of a probe into the mistake “committed by J7 staff” but for which he said he […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 519,575 on Thursday, Jan. 28, after the Department of Health reported 1,169 additional cases. The Department of Health said of the total COVID-19 cases, 6.4 percent or 33,427 were active. Of these, 84.8 percent were mild, 9.3 percent asymptomatic, 3.1 percent critical, 2.3 percent severe, and 0.47 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 57, Isabela with […]
(Eagle News)–Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has ordered the relief of Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence Major General Alex Luna over what he said was the publication of an erroneous list of alleged New People’s Army members killed by government troops. In a statement, Lorenzana said the publication by Luna’s 0J2 office of the wrong list was an “unforgiveable lapse.” “His negligence only shows a lackadaisical attitude towards his job resulting (in) confusion […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines’ Food and Drug Administration has approved the emergency use authorization for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine. FDA director-general Eric Domingo made the announcement in a Laging Handa press briefing on Thursday, Jan. 28. “The interim data, taken in its entirety, showed an efficacy rate of 70 percent after the first dose,” Domingo said. He said the rate increases after the second dose, depending on how long before that second dose is administered. […]
(Eagle News)– The Philippines’ gross domestic product fell 8.3 percent year-on-year during the fourth quarter, a reversal of the 6.7 percent growth recorded in the same quarter in 2019, pre-COVID-19 pandemic. The Philippine Statistics Authority said the -8.3 percent compares to the -11.4 percent posted in the third quarter of 2020, completing the Philippine economy’s full-year contraction, with 2020 GDP shrinking at an overall 9.5 percent. The -9.5 percent GDP is the biggest Philippine economy […]
(Eagle News)–Forty more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 case tally among Filipinos abroad to 13,897. Nineteen more have recovered, bringing the COVID-19 recovery total to 8,864. No additional fatalities were reported, which means the COVID-19 death toll among overseas Filipinos remains at 945. Based on DFA data, the Middle East and Africa were the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, […]
(Eagle News) — The Metro Rail Transit-3 has directed most of its employees to follow a work-from-home arrangement after several of them tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, the MRT-3 said of the 42 total MRT-3 employees infected, 33 were office personnel who tested positive as of Jan. 20, based on RT-PCR swab tests they took following an initial reported case of COVID-19 among MRT-3 depot office personnel. Three additional positive cases were reported […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has welcomed the designation of Philippine Army Commanding General, Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana as the next chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Sobejana, a Medal of Valor awardee, is set to replace Gen. Gilbert Gapay, who is expected to retire on February 4. “His heroic exploits in the battlefield should inspire the younger breed of military and police officers to push themselves towards achieving […]
(Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Luzon. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Bicol Region and MIMAROPA will have cloudy skies with rains. Flashfloods or landslides during moderate with at times heavy rains are possible. Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have cloudy skies with light rains while Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. The rest […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines has filed another diplomatic protest against China. The protest was filed over a law China passed last week. The law authorizes the Chinese Coast Guard to “undertake all necessary measures, including the use of weapons when national sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction are being illegally infringed upon by foreign organizations or individuals at sea.” The Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Taiwan and Vietnam have claims in the South China Sea, which China has claimed […]
