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(Eagle News)–Ninety more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional recoveries pushed the recovery tally to 5,456 as of Friday night, Oct. 9. Fifty-one additional COVID-19 cases, however, were reported. With the additional cases, the tally rose to 6347. Of these, 871 were active. No additional death was reported, which means the death toll remains at 20. The PNP has inked an agreement with the Makati Medical Center to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Oct. 9, called for a special session of Congress to ensure the passage of the proposed 2021 national budget. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the session will be held from Oct. 13 to 16, noting that the President, in the same proclamation No. 1027, had certified as urgent the proposed national budget of P4.5 trillion. “Ginawa ito ng Presidente dahil importanteng maipasa, maisabatas ang proposed 2021 budget […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Ricardo Rosario is the newest member of the Supreme Court. The SC made the announcement on Friday, Oct. 9. With his appointment, Rosario becomes the 189th associate justice of the High Court, the SC said. Prior to this, he was associate justice of the Court of Appeals for 15 years and was chair of the ninth division, “As the newest member of the High Court, we are confident that Justice Rosario would advocate […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court will hold two mock bar examinations in several law schools and other activities in the country to test the viability of computerized exams under a localized and proctored setting. According to Bar Bulletin No. 16 s. 2020 issued by the Office of 2020/2021 bar chair Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, this proposed setting would do away with the traditional handwritten examinations, “which have long been deemed to affect the evaluation […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 334,000 mark on Friday, Oct. 8, after the DOH reported additional 2,996 cases. The DOH said of the 334,770 total cases, 53,311 were active. Of these, the DOH said 85.8 percent were mild, 9.9 percent were asymptomatic, 1.4 percent severe, and 3.4 percent critical. Of the 2996 newly-reported cases, the DOH said 1094 were from Metro Manila, 282 from Cavite, 166 from Batangas, 152 from Iloilo, and […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Friday, Oct. 9, lauded PhilHealth chief Dante Gierran for his “decisiveness” that led to the courtesy resignation of PhilHealth senior officials. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Gierran’s move was an implementation of an old PhilHealth Board Resolution, which he said Gierran’s predecessor, Ricardo Morales, “blatantly failed to carry out.” He said according to the resolution, all senior officers with Salary Grade 26 and above should tender their courtesy […]
(Eagle News)–The Metro Rail Transit-3 will implement partial operations on selected dates this month and in November. In a statement, the MRT-3 said instead of fully suspending operations to allow for the turnout rehabilitation, trains will only be operating from the North Avenue to Shaw Avenue stations and vice versa from Oct. 10 to 11. Turnouts allow trains to change tracks on a railroad. Partial operations are also slated from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, […]
BuCor spokesperson, 3 others also recover (Eagle News)–Bureau of Corrections Director-General Gerald Bantag has recovered from COVID-19. In a statement, BuCor said its spokesperson, Gabriel Chaclag and three more officers also officially recovered from the disease after their swab tests turned out negative, according to BuCor chief Directorate for Health Services Dr. Henry Fabro. Over the past few weeks, the five had been advised to go in quarantine after they exhibited mild to moderate symptoms. […]
(Eagle News)–Ten more overseas Filipinos have recovered from COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said with the additional recoveries, the number of Filipinos abroad who recovered from the disease rose to 6915. The DFA said 12 additional COVID-19 cases, however, pushed the tally to 10861. No new death was reported, which means the death toll remains at 899. Of the regions, the Middle East and Africa region still had the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries and […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Friday, Oct. 9: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. MIAA said passengers should get confirmation of their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled as only those with the confirmation will be allowed to enter the airport. Domestic flights are allowed but subject to the requirements imposed by the local government unit that has jurisdiction over […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 331,000 mark on Thursday, Oct. 8, after the Department of Health reported 2,363 additional cases. Of the 331,869, the DOH said 51,482 were active. Of these, 85.7 percent were mild, 9.8 percent asymptomatic, 1.4 percent severe, and 3.1 percent critical. Metro Manila still had the biggest share of the newly-reported COVID-19 cases, although this was down to a three-digit figure: 858. Cavite’s share was 309, […]
(Eagle News) — Ninety-two percent of Filipinos believe President Rodrigo Duterte has done well in preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the country. Based on Pulse Asia survey results released on Thursday, Oct. 8, 87 percent from Metro Manila, 91 percent from Luzon, 92 percent from Visayas, and 92 percent from Mindanao approved of the President’s actions. Per socioeconomic class, 93 percent from Class D, 92 percent from Class E and 78 percent from Class […]
