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(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country breached the 74000 mark on Thursday, July 23, after the Department of Health reported 2200 cases on the same day. The DOH said of the 74390 total cases, 48136 were active cases. Of these active cases, 90.1 percent were mild, 9 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent severe, and 0.4 percent critical. The DOH said the 2200 cases newly-announced on Thursday were from total tests done […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will undergo COVID-19 testing before he holds his fifth State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 27. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said also to be tested are government officials and ground personnel who will be present. Senate President Tito Sotto had said only a maximum of 50 people would be allowed inside Batasang Pambansa, the venue for the SONA. He had said 25 seats would be allotted for the executive […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has reimposed the ban on non-essential travel abroad by Filipinos. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday, July 23, said the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases made the decision in light of the fact that only one insurance company in the country was willing to provide travel and health coverage in relation to COVID-19. The travel and health insurance coverage was one of the requirements for […]
Two other employees test positive for virus, university confirms (Eagle News)–An employee of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila has died due to COVID-19, while two others tested positive for the virus. The university confirmed the death of the 57-year-old woman who last reported to work on July 9, and experienced flu-like symptoms on July 11, in a statement posted on its Facebook account. “Her symptoms worsened the following week, which led to her taking […]
(Eagle News) — Another House employee who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. According to House Secretary General Jose Luis Montales, the employee passed away on Thursday, July 23, six days after he was hospitalized for exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms. “We are deeply saddened to know that he passed away early this morning,” Montales said. He said the employee from the Bills and Index Service had been working from home since June 18 but had returned […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Surigao del Sur. So far, though, PAGASA weather specialist Ezra Bulquerin said the LPA estimated at 420 km east of Hinatuan, and that is embedded in the Intertropical Convergence Zone affecting Palawan and Mindanao is not expected to develop into a tropical depression. Visayas, Palawan, and Occidental Mindoro, however, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is seeking around P13.5 billion for its National Broadband Program. In a statement, the department said it had recommended the allocation of the P13,491,357,000 for fiscal year (FY) 2021 to allow for digitization improvements amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposal was a huge increase from the current budget allocation for the NBP, or P296,461,000. “The call for faster and more accessible Internet connectivity has never been […]
(Eagle News)–Fifty-one Filipinos were recently repatriated from Manado, Indonesia, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA, the repatriates arrived at the General Santos City International Airport via a Philippine Air Force C130 aircraft on July 17. The repatriation, the DFA said, was made possible in cooperation with the Philippine Consulate General in Manado and the Philippine Embassy in Jakarta. According to the DFA, the 51 repatriates went through “necessary health protocols” upon […]
(Eagle News)–The city of San Fernando in La Union has been placed under an enhanced community quarantine due to the rising cases of COVID-19 there. In making the declaration through Executive Order No. 46 series of 2020, Governor Francisco Emmanuel Ortega III noted the six new COVID-19 cases reported on July 20 that brought the number of active cases there to 14. Ortega noted that the ECQ, which started on July 21 and will last […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country breached the 72000 mark on Wednesday, July 22, after the Department of Health reported 1594 cases. The DOH said of the 72,269 total COVID-19 cases, 46,803 are active cases, of which 90.1 percent are mild, 9 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent severe, and 0.4 percent critical. The 1594 cases reported on Wednesday were from total tests done by 78 out of 89 labs. Of this […]
Medialdea negative for COVID-19, PSG says (Eagle News) — Eight members of the Presidential Security Group assigned to the Office of Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea have tested positive for COVID-19. PSG Group Commander Col. Jesus Durante III added the executive secretary has so far tested negative for the virus. According to Durante, the two officers and six enlisted personnel were “on outside duty” and did not have close contact with President Rodrigo Duterte. He said […]
Gapay says he is confident perpetrators will be convicted (Eagle News)–The commanding general of the Philippine Army expressed confidence the policemen behind the killing of four of his men last month would be convicted. Lt. Gen. Gilbert Gapay issued the statement on Wednesday, July 22, a day after the National Bureau of Investigation filed four counts of murder and planting of evidence against PSMS Abdelzhimar H Padjiri, Police Master Sergeant Hanie U. Baddiri, P/Staff Sergeant […]
