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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 518,407 on Wednesday, Jan. 27, after the Department of Health reported 2,245 additional cases. The DOH said of the total COVID-19 cases, 32,384 or 6.2 percent were active. Of these, 84.5 percent were mild, 9.2 percent asymptomatic, 3.4 percent critical, 2.4 percent severe, and 0.48 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Baguio City and Cebu City with 121 each, […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration has decommissioned four tropical cyclone names from the 2020 list. PAGASA said the officially retired names are “Ambo,” “Quinta,” “Rolly,” and “Ulysses.” They will be replaced by “Aghon,” “Querubin,” “Romina,” and “Upang” on the 2024 list. According to PAGASA, a tropical cyclone name is decommissioned if it meets at least one of the following criteria: (1) 300 or more deaths (2) P 1 billion […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration said it deported in 2020 over 3,000 foreign nationals who were found violating Philippine immigration laws. In a statement, bureau chief Jaime Morente said the 3,219 foreigners ordered deported by the three-man bureau Board of Commissioners was lower compared to the more than 6,000 who were expelled in 2019. “This was a result of travel restrictions imposed by the government, wherein very little number of aliens were able […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation has warned the public against individuals posing as representatives of DOTr and Land Transportation Office officials or name-dropping them to solicit money in exchange for favors. In a statement, the DOTr said the DOTr and the LTO “have not authorized any person, groups of persons, or even the DOTr – LTO personnel to solicit money or other things of value from the public, particularly from (Private Motor Vehicle […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government has added the Czech Republic to its list of countries covered by travel restrictions. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said foreign passengers coming from the European country within 14 days preceding arrival in the Philippines will not be allowed entry from January 28, starting 12:01 a.m., to January 31. Foreign passengers and Filipinos who have been to the Czech Republic within 14 days preceding arrival in the […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 516,000 mark on Tuesday, Jan. 26, after the Department of Health reported 1,173 additional cases. The DOH said of the total 516,166 cases, 30,357 were active. Of these, 84.9 percent were mild, 8.4 percent asymptomatic, 3.8 percent critical, 2.5 percent severe, and 0.5 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Cebu City with 84, Davao City with 67, Cavite […]
(Eagle News) — The mother of Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chair Benhur Abalos has passed away after contracting COVID-19. A statement from the Abalos family released by the MMDA said Corazon, the wife of former Commission on Elections chair Benjamin Abalos Sr., died from severe sepsis, secondary to pneumonia due to COVID-19 on Monday, Jan. 25. The statement said she tested positive for COVID-19 the night before she died. “Some of our family members have […]
(Eagle News) — Court of Appeals Justice Jhosep Ylarde Lopez has been appointed to the Supreme Court. President Rodrigo Duterte signed his appointment on Jan. 25. Lopez replaced CA Associate Justice Priscilla Baltazar Padilla, who opted for early retirement. Padilla was appointed by President Duterte to the High Court in July last year. Before his stint at the CA, Lopez was chief Manila City prosecutor and served as Manila City councilor. He is a graduate […]
(Eagle News) — Forty-nine more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 tally among Filipinos abroad to 13,828. Eight additional recoveries pushed the COVID-19 recovery total to 8,828. No additional fatality was reported, which means the death toll due to COVID-19 among overseas Filipinos remains at 945. Based on DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health has confirmed the local transmission of the United Kingdom COVID-19 variant in Bontoc, Mt. Province. “To date, all identified cases with the UK variant can be epidemiologically linked to cases coming directly from outside the country (importation) or from specific cases or exposures that can still be identified (local transmission),” the DOH said in a statement. It said, however, that there was “no strong evidence” of community transmission […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Jan. 25, urged children aged 10 to 14 to stay at home with the UK COVID-19 variant already in the country. The President made the appeal days after Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases decision to allow those aged 10 to 65 to leave their residences in modified general community quarantine areas. Roque had said local government […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 514,000 mark on Monday, Jan. 25, after the Department of Health reported 1,581 additional cases. The DOH said of the total 514,996 cases, 29,282 or 5.7 percent were active. Of these, 84.3 percent were mild, 8.6 percent asymptomatic, 4.1 percent critical, 2.6 percent severe, and 0.51 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 89, Cebu City with […]
