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(Eagle News) — Fifty-five more overseas Filipinos have recovered from COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said with the additional recoveries, the total COVID-19 recoveries among Filipinos abroad rose to 8682. Forty-eight new cases pushed the total to 13591, the DFA said. Six fatalities also pushed the COVID-19 death toll among Filipinos abroad, now at 941. Based on DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 502,736 after the Department of Health reported 2163 additional cases. Of the total cases, the DOH said 26839 or 5.3 percent were active. Of these, 85.8 percent were mild, 6.1 percent asymptomatic, 4.9 percent critical, 2.8 percent severe, and 0.44 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Davao City with 134, Cagayan with 100, Quezon City with 99, Leyte with […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard and the Bohol provincial government have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to ensure the protection of the Balicasag Island and the entire Bohol seas. In a statement, the PCG said the MOA was signed between Admiral George V. Ursabia Jr and Bohol Governor Arthur C. Yap on January 15. Under the MOA, the construction of the Coast Guard radar station and the establishment of the PCG’s Central […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Debold Sinas has ordered the dismissal of two policemen who tested positive for drug use. A PNP statement identified the policemen as Patrolman Reyland Lacap Intal of Olongapo City Mobile Force Company and Patrolman Benhur S. Ismael of the 2nd Sulu Provincial Mobile Force Company. Intal tested positive for marijuana use during a random drug test conducted by the PNP Crime Laboratory on 397 out of 422 personnel […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country today, January 18. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao are expected to have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the low pressure area 100 km southwest of Cotabato City and the Intertropical Convergence Zone affecting Mindanao and Palawan. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains are possible. Bicol […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 500,000 mark on Sunday, January 17, after the Department of Health reported 1895 additional cases. The DOH said of the total 500,577 cases, 24691 were active. Of these, 84.6 percent were mild, 6.6 percent were asymptomatic, 5.3 percent were critical, 3 percent severe, and 0.47 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Davao City with 107, Quezon City with 106, Isabela […]
(Eagle News) — China has pledged to donate 500,000 vaccine doses to the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. In a statement, the DFA said China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced the Secretary of China’s intention in a courtesy call to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Saturday, January 16. The pledge was apart from China’s grant of 500 million Chinese renminbi to “finance livelihood projects, infrastructure facilities, feasibility studies for […]
(Eagle News)–Seven people died after a Philippine Air Force chopper crashed in Bukidnon on Saturday, January 17. The names of the fatalities in the incident in Sitio Nahigit, Barangay Bulonay in Impasugong town were not immediately available but reports said they were all assigned to the PAF Tactical Operations Group 10 based in Cagayan de Oro City. According to the PAF statement, the Huey UH-1H helicopter was one of two that were on a resupply mission […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, January 17: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to confirm their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled, noting that only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. The Philippine government has imposed travel restrictions on over 30 countries following reports of the United Kingdom […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country reached 498,691 on Saturday, January 16, after the Department of Health reported 2058 additional cases. Of the total cases, the DOH said 28674 were active. Of these, 84.7 percent were mild, 7.7 percent asymptomatic, 4.6 percent critical, 2.6 percent severe, and 0.41 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Cavite and Rizal with 96 each, Leyte with 92, Quezon City with 85 and Mt. […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government will rehire some 15,000 contact tracers to sustain the country’s contact tracing efforts. In a statement on Saturday, January 16, the DILG said the rehires will work for at least six months. “While the country’s COVID-19 response is significantly improving, we should sustain our contact tracing efforts especially with the reported entry of the new UK coronavirus variant into the country,” the statement said. […]
(Eagle News) — Three wanted members of the New People’s Army were arrested separately in Luzon and Visayas, the Philippine National Police said. PNP Chief Debold Sinas said Ruffa Sobelario Baynosa, 44, who faces seven criminal cases for frustrated murder, was arrested on Thursday at Hacienda Ambulong, Barangay San Fernando, Talisay City in Negros Occidental. The PNP said the arrest was by virtue of a warrant issued by Ma. Rita Bascos Sarabia, presiding judge of […]
