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(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 29, ordered judges to suspend the issuance of commitment orders for the transfer of convicted persons deprived of liberty from Bureau of Jail Management and Penology facilities to those managed by the Bureau of Corrections. The SC order, which applies until Aug. 31, was contained in OCA circular no. 125-2020 signed by Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez days after he issued another circular, OCA circular no. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the creation of an inter-agency committee that will study the viability of nuclear energy as part of the country’s power generation mix. In signing Executive Order No. 116 on July 24, the President noted that sustained economic development and energy security require a “reliable, secure, sustainable, quality and reasonably-priced” electricity supply, and that some countries have shown that nuclear power can be a “reliable, cost-competitive and environment-friendly […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has extended the temporary closure of its main building in Intramuros, Manila to Thursday, July 30. The bureau said the extension would allow for the rapid testing of all its 700 employees at the main office, and a disinfection of the building and its premises. So far, the bureau–which had set the temporary closure of the office from Monday to Tuesday only after three of its employees tested […]
Drive-in cinemas, specific grooming services allowed in those areas starting Aug. 1, too (Eagle News) — The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has approved the opening of gyms, review centers and Internet cafes in general community quarantine areas but subject to certain conditions starting Aug. 1, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said. In a radio interview, Lopez said drive-in cinemas and grooming services such as foot spa, facials, waxing and spot […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 83,000 mark on Tuesday, July 28, after the Department of Health reported 1678 cases on the same day. The DOH said of the 83673 total cases, 55,109 were active cases. Of these active cases, 90.2 percent were mild, 8.9 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent severe, and 0.4 percent critical. The 1678 newly-announced cases were from tests done by 81 out of 91 labs. According to the […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate on Tuesday, July 28, approved the proposed Bayanihan To Recover As One Act on third reading. Voting 22-1, senators gave the green light to Senate Bill 1564 that, if passed into law, would provide an additional P140 billion for the country’s economic recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The approval came a day after President Rodrigo Duterte urged Congress to pass the same. The President made the call as he thanked […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri on Tuesday, July 28, said his COVID-19 confirmatory test yielded negative results. Zubiri made the announcement a day after he said he tested positive for COVID-19 in a recent Department of Health swab test. Prior to that, he said he tested negative in three rapid tests. “I AM NEGATIVE…My confirmatory test with the Philippine Red Cross has come out and shows that I no longer have live RNA […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed two members of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ seven-member Monetary Board. The BSP said V. Bruce J. Tolentino and Anita Linda R. Aquino will serve as full-time representatives of the private sector in the BSP’s highest policy-making body. Tolentino, who first joined the board on June 18, 2018, will have a fresh term of six years after serving the unexpired balance of the term of Valentin A. […]
(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases in the country on Monday, July 27, breached the 82000 mark after the Department of Health reported 1657 cases on the same day. The DOH said of the 82,040 total cases, 53649 were active cases. Of this, 90 percent were mild, 9.1 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent severe, and 0.4 percent critical. Of the 1657 newly-announced cases from tests done by 59 out of 90 labs, the DOH […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday, July 27, said he tested positive for COVID-19 anew. Zubiri said the results were based on a swab test he took ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte’s fifth State of the Nation Address. The Palace had said all attendees at the Batasang Pambansa will have to undergo COVID-19 tests and test negative for them. Zubiri was supposed to be among the attendees at the Batasang Pambansa but […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 27, renewed his call for the passage of a death penalty law. The President in particular called for a law that revived the death penalty via lethal injection for crimes committed under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act. President Duterte noted afterwards, however, that there was not as much applause at the Batasang Pambansa after he made the call. “I suppose they are not interested,” he said, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, July 27, called on Congress to pass the proposed Bayanihan to Recover As One Act. The President made the call in his fifth State of the Nation Address, as he thanked Congress for passing the Bayanihan We Heal as One Act at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bayanihan We Heal as One Act, also known as the first Bayanihan law, granted President Duterte additional powers […]
