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(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 283,000 mark after the Department of Health reported an additional 3962 cases. The DOH said of the 283460 total cases, 68645 were active. Of these, 87.4 percent were mild, 9 percent were asymptomatic, 1.1 percent was severe, and 2.5 percent critical. Of the 3962 additional cases reported today, 3286 or 83 percent occurred in the recent 14 days. Metro Manila had the most COVID-19 cases of the […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Airlines gave the assurance on Saturday, Sept. 19, that it was committed to fulfilling all its “refund obligations,” as it apologized to its passengers for the long processing time for the same. In a statement, PAL noted that it was “doing all we can to cope with the massive deluge of refund requests” that it received after the global pandemic forced it to cancel more than 60,000 PAL flights since March 2020, […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation on Saturday, Sept. 19, said it would abide by President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to retain the at least one-meter physical distancing among commuters in modes of public transportation. “The President has spoken. We shall aggressively comply and strictly enforce the 1-meter physical distancing in all public transport as envisioned and mandated,” the agency said in a brief statement. The DOTr issued the statement after Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced the […]
BuCor chief Bantag awaiting swab test results (Eagle News)–Bureau of Corrections spokesperson Gabriel Chaclag has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, the BuCor said this was based on results of a swab test he underwent on Tuesday. Chaclag, BuCor said, has been quarantined since and has been experiencing mild symptoms. “This disclosure (is for) all personnel and staff who might have had interaction with him since last week (and to urge them to) visit […]
(Eagle News)–Commuters will have to retain at least a one-meter distance in modes of public transportation. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte decided against the reduced physical distance rule which the Department of Transportation started implementing on Monday, Sept. 14, with a reduction to 0.75 meters of the minimum distance among commuters. This was, however, later suspended following opposition by some Cabinet members and other medical experts, who expressed fears of a spike in COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Internal Revenue has expressed its support for a measure that aims to allow banks to dispose of their bad loans and other non-performing assets through asset management companies. The BIR formally expressed its support for the Financial Institutions Strategic Transfer (FIST) bill in a letter sent by Commissioner Caesar Dulay to Senator Grace Poe. The Department of Finance also backs the measure, which President Rodrigo Duterte described during his 5th State-of-the-Nation […]
(Eagle News)–The Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) of Cavite City-Office of the Clerk of Court is physically closed until October 1. A memorandum issued by Executive Judge Mederlyn Mangalindan and uploaded on the Supreme Court’s official Twitter account said the physical closure, which started on Sept. 17, was after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. The memorandum said court personnel shall observe “at the minimum” a strict home quarantine during the period, and shall […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines was named among the top “digital risers” in East Asia and the Pacific, the Department of Information and Communications Technology said. The department said the Philippines was particularly cited in the European Center for Digital Competitiveness’ Digital Riser Report 2020, which analyzes and ranks the changes in the digital competitiveness of countries over the last three three years based on digital ecosystem and mindset. It builds upon data from the Global Competitiveness […]
(Eagle News)–Over 24 million students have enrolled for school year 2020 to 2021, the Department of Education said. According to the department, the 24,507,802 enrollees were as of Sept. 18. The figure, which covers enrollees from kindergarten to Grade 12 and includes Alternative Learning System enrollees and non-graded learners with disabilities, represents 88.24 percent of the total enrollees for school year 2019 to 2020, which started before the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the total, the DepEd […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police has reported 74 more COVID-19 recoveries among police personnel. The PNP said with the new recoveries, the total rose to 3924 as of Friday night. Forty-four additional COVID-19 cases pushed the tally to 5329. Of these, the PNP said 1388 were active. After reporting zero additional COVID-19 deaths for several days straight, the PNP reported one more death, bringing the death toll to 17. The PNP has vowed to continue […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry have launched a foundation that aims to help provide for the education of the children of policemen who died or were incapacitated in the performance of their duties. In a statement, the PNP said the Bayaning Pulis Foundation, Inc. is the PNP’s first foundation that aims to help the dependents of policemen finish their basic education, from elementary to college. The PNP […]
(Eagle News)–There have been no latest reports of additional COVID-19 deaths among overseas Filipinos, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Friday, Sept. 18. The DFA said the death toll due to COVID-19 among Filipinos abroad then remains at 777. The Middle East and Africa still had the most deaths, with 496, followed by the Americas with 178, Europe with 98, and the Asia Pacific region with eight. Twenty-five new confirmed cases pushed the total […]
