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(Eagle News)–Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar has tested positive for COVID-19. Villar himself made the announcement in a Facebook post on Wednesday, July 15. “I regret to announce that today, July 15, I received my test result and it is positive for COVID-19,” he said. Villar was named the country’s isolation czar on Monday. Other Cabinet members who tested positive for COVID-19 include Education Secretary Leonor Briones and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año. They […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Wednesday, July 15, clarified only health officials would go house-to-house to check for COVID-19 cases who should be transferred to quarantine facilities instead. In a television interview, Año added the health officials led by the City Epidemiology Surveillance Unit will merely be assisted by the police, and already have the results of their contact tracing and of individuals who need to be transferred. They therefore know exactly where to […]
(Eagle News)–Several areas in some barangays in Malabon will be placed under a 15-day lockdown starting Thursday, July 16. The Malabon government said the localized lockdown in parts of P. Concepcion and Tumariz in Brgy. Tugatog; University Avenue Extension and Guava Street in Brgy. Potrero; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Street and C4 Road in Brgy. Tañong; Gozon Letre and Phase 1 in Brgy. Tonsuya; and Block 14 A and Block 14 C in Brgy. Longos […]
(Eagle News) — All tropical cyclone wind signals have been lifted as Tropical Depression “Carina” slows down and moves in a northwest direction on Tuesday afternoon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said coastal areas in Extreme Northern Luzon, however, may experience intermittent gusts with the center of “Carina” at 140 kilometers west northwest of Basco, Batanes. PAGASA said it is packing maximum winds of 45 kph near the center and gustiness of […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines and China “will agree to disagree” on the 2016 arbitral ruling that invalidated the Asian giant’s claims in some parts of the West Philippine Sea in favor of the Southeast Asian country. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the statement on Tuesday, July 14, a day after China called the ruling “invalid and illegal.” “Unang una po, talagang hindi tayo nagkakasundo sa bansang Tsina tungkol sa arbitral award na yan… Pero […]
(Eagle News) – The Embassy of Poland in Manila recently opened its new office at Taguig City, rendering essential consular and diplomatic services to Filipinos and Polish citizens alike amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Chargé d’affaires Jaroslaw Szczepankiewicz said that the embassy’s new office, located at the Bonifacio Global Center, was the venue for the recently concluded Polish presidential elections. “How to do elections during the lockdown? It was very complicated,” Szczepankiewicz shared, revealing that Polish […]
(Eagle News)–Signal No. 1 remains hoisted over Batanes as Tropical Depression “Carina” heads toward the Bashi Channel and toward the southern portion of Taiwan. In its recent bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the tropical cyclone wind signal is raised over the province with “Carina” estimated at 155 km west of Basco as of 10 a.m. “Carina” is moving northwestward at 25 kph, and is packing maximum sustained winds of 45 […]
(Eagle News)–Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday, July 14, announced he would self-quarantine after a member of his staff tested positive for COVID-19. According to Lorenzana, this was as he awaits the results of his swab test, which was done this morning. He said his staff member, who was tested on Friday, July 10, had gone with him to Subic on that same day and to Jolo on Monday, July 13. He said the staff […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Lito Lapid has filed a bill seeking to penalize the repeated and unjust cancellation of orders for delivery to protect delivery riders. In filing Senate Bill No. 1677, Lapid noted some delivery riders were being taken advantage of after the riders themselves have already advanced payment for the orders. “Bukod sa nasasayang ang oras at salapi ng mga riders dahil sa pagkansela ng order, ang mas malala pa, may mga pagkakataon na ni […]
Other changes in names of AFP key positions announced (Eagle News)–Some key positions in the Armed Forces of the Philippines have been renamed for them to be “aligned” with how they are called among foreign counterparts, and to allow the organization to better address threats. According to AFP spokesperson Major General Edgar Arevalo, the AFP chief of staff is now also called the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He said the Deputy Chief of Staff […]
(Eagle News)–Signal No. 1 remains hoisted over Batanes as Tropical Depression “Carina” moves past the Balintang Channel. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 7 a.m., the center of Tropical Depression “Carina” was estimated 95 km west northwest of Basco, packing maximum winds of 45 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 55 kph. It is moving northwestward at 25 kph, and is forecast to turn northward while heading […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday, July 13, named the four “czars” who will directly oversee several aspects of the Philippines’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In an online briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar will be the “chief isolation czar.” Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong was named the “contact tracing czar,” or the person in charge of the country’s contact tracing efforts. The Baguio government has […]
