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By Caesar Vallejos, Open for Business NET25, the first digital broadcast television station in the Philippines, recently launched a dozen new TV programs and projects and unveiled a new logo representing the commitment of its mother network, Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) – to soar high above the challenges of the global pandemic. The brand refresh of NET25 features the world’s largest eagle in terms of length and wing surface – the Philippine Eagle – “a […]
(Eagle News)–Thirty-two more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said with the additional recoveries, the recovery tally rose to 4970 as of Saturday night. Fifteen more COVID-19 cases, however, pushed the tally to 6083. Of these, 1096 were active. No new deaths were reported, which means the death toll remains at 17. The police continue to man quarantine checkpoints and enforce laws amid the COVID-19 pandemic, making them one of the […]
(Eagle News)–No additional COVID-19 death has been reported among overseas Filipinos recently. Without additional deaths, the death toll remains at 793, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The DFA said five additional cases, however, pushed the COVID-19 tally among Filipinos abroad to 10549. Recoveries rose to 6750, including the additional. “Compared to last week’s percentages, the total number of recoveries and under treatment among our nationals abroad increased slightly to 63.99 percent and 28.5 percent, […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Catanduanes. PAGASA said the LPA was estimated 345 km east of Virac. Visayas, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, and Quezon will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms as a result. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with […]
(Eagle News)–Four more COVID-19 recoveries have been reported among overseas Filipinos recently, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA, with the additional recoveries as of Friday afternoon, the total number of recoveries among overseas Filipinos rose to 6749. Five new COVID-19 cases, however, were reported, pushing the tally to 10544. The Middle East and Africa still had the most cases, with 7100, followed by the Asia Pacific region with 1435, Europe with […]
(Eagle News)–Tuguegarao City is now under a modified enhanced community quarantine. The more stringent MECQ starts today, Oct. 3, and will end on October 16 based on Exective Order No. 108 signed by Mayor Jefferson Soriano following his meeting with the Tuguegarao City Task Force against COVID-19. The city government said under the MECQ, all residents are required to stay at home except for those who are allowed to work under the community quarantine and […]
Salons, barbershops to operate at 75 percent maximum capacity (Eagle News)–The Department of Trade and Industry has allowed the increase in operational capacity of several businesses in places under a general community quarantine, including restaurants. Under memorandum number 20-52, restaurants in GCQ areas are now allowed to accommodate more than 50 percent of their capacity provided physical distancing is followed and the operations follow local government unit guidelines. Restaurants and fastfood establishments’ dine-in, take-out, and […]
Southwest monsoon affecting rest of S. Luzon, Visayas (Eagle News)–The trough of a low pressure area is affecting the eastern sections of Luzon and Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the southwest monsoon is also affecting the rest of southern Luzon and Visayas. Bicol Region, Nueva Ecija, Aurora and Quezon will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the trough of the LPA. Flash floods or landslides during […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Pangasinan on Friday, Oct. 2. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 2:56 p.m., had its epicenter 19 kilometers northwest of Infanta. It had a depth of 24 kilometers, and was tectonic in origin. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Intensities: Intensity IV – Infanta, and, Alaminos City, Pangasinan Intensity III – Masinloc, and, Sta. Cruz, Zambales; Baguio City; […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 316,000 mark on Friday, Oct. 2, after the Department of Health reported additional 2611 cases. The DOH said of the total 316,678 cases, 56445 were active. Of these, 87 percent were mild, 8.8 percent asymptomatic, 1.3 percent severe, and 2.9 percent critical. Of the 2611 new cases, 1084 were from Metro Manila, 202 from Cavite, 182 from Iloilo, 163 from Bulacan and 132 from Rizal. […]
(Eagle News) — Newly-installed PhilHealth chief Dante Gierran has asked senior officials of the state insurer to resign. Presidential Spokesperson Harrry Roque said in a television interview on Friday, Oct. 2, that this was Gierran’s request as part of the reorganization of PhilHealth, which has been hounded by corruption allegations. Thorrsson Montes Keith, former anti-fraud officer of PhilHealth, alleged a PhilHealth “mafia” got around P15 billion in PhilHealth funds. PhilHealth’s Interim Reimbursement Mechanism and its […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has reported 18 additional COVID-19 recoveries among overseas Filipinos. The DFA said with the additional 18 from the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East, the recovery tally rose to 6745 as of Thursday. The Middle East and Africa have the most recoveries so far, with 4277, followed by the Asia Pacific region with 1066, Europe with 938, and the Americas with 464. Five additional COVID-19 cases among overseas […]
