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(Eagle News) — The traveler from the Philippines Hong Kong authorities said tested positive for the UK COVID-19 variant presented a COVID-19 test that yielded negative results, Philippine Airlines said on Wednesday, January 6. In an advisory, PAL said the negative COVID-19 test showed by the passenger–whom it did not identify–was a requirement of the Hong Kong government for arriving travelers. PAL said it has turned over to the Philippine Bureau of Quarantine “the necessary […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health and the Philippine Genome Center on Wednesday, January 6, said the UK variant of the COVID-19 virus has not yet been detected in the country. The DOH and the PGC issued the statement after Hong Kong said a traveler from the Philippines had been found to have B.1.1.7, which is said to be up to 70 percent more infectious. According to their joint statement, based on the lineage […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, January 6, said his credit card was hacked and used to purchase P1 million worth of food. “May nag order ng P1M worth of food sa Food Panda in less than an hour. Ano yan lauriat para sa buong barangay???” Gatchalian said in a Tweet. A screenshot attached by the senator in his Tweet showed the transactions were worth between P96,265 and P356,517. The transactions were done […]
(Eagle News) — Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chair Danilo Lim has passed away. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Lim died before 8 a.m. on Wednesday. Lim’s death came eight days after he announced he tested positive for COVID-19. He was 65 years old. “MMDA Chair Lim served the Duterte administration with professionalism, competence and integrity,” Roque said. “He would be dearly missed,” he added. Lim, a retired military officer, was appointed as MMDA chair in […]
(Eagle News) — Forty-three more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said with the additional recoveries, the total PNP COVID-19 recoveries rose to 8781. Thirty-four additional cases, however, pushed the PNP COVID-19 tally to 9145. Of these, 335 were active. No additional death was reported, which means the death toll remains at 28. The government has said it was eyeing vaccination of 50 to 60 percent of the population to achieve […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country today, January 6. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Occidental Mindoro, Palawan including Kalayaan Islands will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains due to the northeast monsoon affecting Luzon. Moderate to strong winds will prevail over Occidental Mindoro and Palawan including the Kalayaan Islands, which will have moderate to rough seas. Light to moderate […]
(Eagle News) — A passenger from the Philippines has tested positive for the COVID-19 variant first observed in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong said. According to Dr. Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Communicable Disease Branch of Hong Kong’s Center for Health Protection, the 30-year-old female arrived in Hong Kong from Manila on December 22. She took a Philippine Airlines flight, PR 300. Health Undersecretary Rosario Vergeire said the DOH has requested details from the Hong […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 479,000 mark on Tuesday, January 5, after the Department of Health reported 937 additional cases. The DOH said of the total 479,693 cases, 21997 were active. Of these, 81.4 percent were mild, 8.5 percent asymptomatic, 6.2 percent critical, 3.3 percent severe, and 0.55 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Davao City with 85, Isabela with 54, Agusan del Sur […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte met with Moro National Liberation Front founding chair Nur Misuari in Davao City. This is according to Senator Bong Go, who was also present during the meeting on Monday, January 4. “Meron siyang mga concerns sa Tawi-Tawi and the President promised to take it up sa Cabinet,” Go said. The President met with Misuari several times in the past prior to this meeting. In November 2019, the President and […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto said the committee of the whole’s set inquiry was on the country’s vaccine roadmap. Sotto made the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte said he was “not so keen” on allowing Presidential Security Group chief Brigadier General Jesus Durante and other PSG members to testify should Congress summon them over the COVID-19 vaccination of some of their members. The Food and Drug Administration has so far not yet issued […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines has called off its probe into the inoculation of Presidential Security Group members for COVID-19. AFP spokesperson Major General Edgard Arevalo’s announcement came after President Rodrigo Duterte defended the PSG over its move, noting their need for “self-preservation.” “They have every right to live and invoke (self-preservation). In criminal law, that is the right to self-defense. The enemy? COVID,” the President said in his weekly talk […]
(Eagle News) — Three more overseas Filipinos have recovered from COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs with the additional recoveries, the COVID-19 recoveries among Filipinos abroad rose to 8390. Thirty-seven additional cases, however, pushed the COVID-19 total to 12929. Twenty-three more COVID-19 deaths have been recorded among overseas Filipinos, pushing the death toll to 934. The DFA said the Middle East and Africa still have the most COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries among Filipinos abroad, […]
