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(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police will assist the Department of Education in the opening of classes on Aug. 24. PNP Chief Archie Gamboa in a virtual press conference on Monday, July 20, added the police would provide its “traditional support” to the agency through its Brigada Eskwela and Pulis Ko, Titser Ko programs. “We will undertake the necessary activities and operations including implementation of security plan, attending coordination meetings with DepEd Offices, LGUs, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law that allows him to set a different date for the start of the school year in the country in the event of a declaration of a state of emergency or calamity. Republic Act No. 11480 signed by the President on July 17 amends Section 3 of Republic Act No. 7797 that says the school year shall start on the first Monday of June but not […]
(Eagle News)–New Bilibid Prison inmate Jaybee Sebastian has died reportedly due to complications from COVID-19. The body of Sebastian, who had accused Senator Leila de Lima of being a protector of illegal drugs, was immediately cremated. De Lima faces charges in connection with her alleged involvement in the Bilibid drug trade when she was justice secretary. She has denied the allegations made by Sebastian, who she said was only pressured by authorities. The Department of […]
(Eagle News)–Over 69,000 contact tracers have been deployed nationwide as part of the government’s efforts against COVID-19. According to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, the 69,098 contact tracers are in charge of tracking down and managing the close contacts of COVID-19 cases and offer diagnostic, counseling and treatment to confirmed cases. Año said the contact tracers have been assigned to 5,215 contact tracing teams. “Our local contact tracing teams nationwide are working double-time to interrupt the […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has repatriated over 700 overseas Filipinos from Saudi Arabia. The DFA said the 707 Filipinos were composed of 353 OFWs from Riyadh, and 354 Filipinos from Jeddah. They arrived on Saturday afternoon via Philippine Airlines flights PR665 and PR8661. Upon arrival, the repatriates underwent a “thorough” briefing on current safety protocols as well as RT-PCR Testing as prescribed by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious […]
(Eagle News)–The chair of the Department of Public Works and Highways Build, Build, Build committee tested positive for COVID-19. Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo made the announcement on a Facebook post on Saturday, July 18. “I regret to announce that today, July 18, I received my test result (swabbed July 16) and it is positive for COVID-19,” she said. Lamentillo’s announcement came days after Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said he tested positive for the virus. […]
Senator, his wife, 2 members of household staff test negative for virus (Eagle News)–Senator Richard Gordon and his wife have gone on quarantine after ten of the senator’s immediate staff tested positive for COVID-19. Gordon said the “self-imposed isolation” at home was really to “ensure the safety and well-being of anyone with whom we will interact in the future” as he and his wife Kate, including two of their household staff, actually tested negative for […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has breached the 65000 mark, now at 65304 cases, after the Department of Health reported 2357 cases today. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 41464 are active cases, of which 90 percent are mild cases, 9.1 percent asymptomatic, 0.4 percent severe, and 0.4 percent critical. The newly-announced 2357 cases were from total tests done by 76 out of 84 labs. Of the […]
(Eagle News)–The police will continue to assist health authorities in contact tracing efforts, Philippine National Police chief Archie Gamboa said, as he welcomed the “contact tracing ecosystem” put forward by the country’s newly-appointed contact tracing czar. Gamboa issued the statement after Interior Secretary Eduardo Año tapped the Bureau of Fire Protection to help in the government’s Oplan Kalinga program that aims to identify COVID-19 cases who are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms in houses even […]
(Eagle News)–Work in the Supreme Court, except for some personnel in specific offices, is suspended from Monday, July 20, to Wednesday, July 22. A memo from Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta said the suspension of work, except for on-duty personnel of the Office of the Bar Confidant, Cash Collection and Disbursement Division, Medical Services, Security Division, and Maintenance Division, was to pave the way for a “thorough disinfection, cleaning and sanitation” of the buildings and its […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country reached 63,001 after the Department of Health reported 1841 cases on Friday, July 17. According to the DOH, the 1841 cases reported today were based on total tests done by 76 out of 84 laboratories. Of the newly-announced cases, majority still came from Metro Manila, with 441 from Manila, 140 from Quezon City, 96 from Mandaluyong, and 86 from Navotas. Eighty-seven of […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Fire Protection will assist local health authorities in implementing the Oplan Kalinga program. This was after the Department of the Interior and Local Government gave the bureau the directive for them to help search for COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms but who are not qualified to do home quarantine, and transport them to isolation facilities. Under the government’s new policy, COVID-19 patients in those categories […]
