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(Eagle News)–The Philippine Coast Guard has deployed a response team to inspect a dredger that ran aground off Zambales last Sunday, June 14. In a statement, the PCG said it deployed the team also to conduct survey operations after the Chinese-registeres MV Zhong Hai 69 Alfa dredger was grounded approximately 200 meters off Barangay Bangan in Botolan. Based on their initial findings,the vessel’s engine room and its compartments have been flooded with seawater. The PCG […]
(Eagle News)–Several areas in Manila will be subjected to an “enhanced community quarantine hard lockdown” starting Friday, June 19. The Manila government said the lockdown in Barangay 60 in Zone 5; Barangay 163 in Zone 14; and Barangay 844 in Zone 92 starts at midnight and ends on Saturday, June 20, at 11:59 p.m. The local government said this was to pave the way for an expanded target testing. It said all residents should remain […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice-Padre Faura Complex is on lockdown starting tomorrow, June 18. Justice spokesperson Markk Perete said Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra himself ordered the lockdown, which will last until June 28, after five personnel tested positive for COVID-19. Perete said the five personnel who tested positive for the virus include one assigned to a field office, and outsourced services. He said work will continue to be done from home. “Affidavits, motions, and other […]
(Eagle News) — Ombudsman Samuel Martires has ordered a probe of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and other Department of Health officials over the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Ombudsman, Martires directed the creation of two more teams who will jointly investigate the allegations of the delayed procurement of physical protective equipment (PPEs) and other items needed for the protection of medical frontliners, reported lapses that led to the death of […]
(Eagle News)–The Malabon City government has placed an area in Barangay Catmon under a lockdown. In a Facebook post, Mayor Lenlen Oreta said the total lockdown of Sitio 6, which starts today, June 17, and will end on June 21, was upon the request of the barangay captain himself following the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases there. Under the total lockdown, no resident of the area is allowed to leave their houses, even if they […]
(Eagle News)–Businessman Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco has passed away. He was 85 years old. A report from radio dzrh said the chair and CEO of San Miguel Corporation died due to lung cancer. No other details were available. In a statement, the Palace condoled with the kin of the businessman, who he said has contributed to the country’s “socio-economic development” through SMC. SMC has operations in the food beverages, energy, power, oil refining, and infrastructure industries. […]
(Eagle News)–Over 600 Filipinos repatriated from Barbados and the United Arab Emirates recently arrived in Clark, Pampanga on Tuesday, June 16, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA, the first plane, Philippine Airlines Flight PR8117, arrived carried 347 seafarers who served as crew of the Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) ships Harmony of the Seas, Celebrity Equinox, and Serenade of the Seas in Barbados. The second plane, Emirates Flight EK2572, brought home […]
(Eagle News)–Cebu City will appeal its enhanced community quarantine status to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases. In a television interview on Wednesday, June 17, Mayor Edgardo Labella said he would file the appeal today. Labella said in a message to Cebuanos he believes the city was “ready” for a general community quarantine instead, noting that the data he sees “do not warrant restrictions set forth by an ECQ.” He […]
(Eagle News)–Almost 400 local government officials are facing criminal charges over anomalies in the distribution of cash aid, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said. According to the Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, the 397, which included barangay officials, was as of April 1 to June 16. “Marami pang kasunod ito,” Año said. Año said the DILG was also probing 663 individuals. Of this figure, he said 267 were elected barangay and local government […]
by Jing Xuan TENG BEIJING, China (AFP) — The coronavirus situation in China’s capital is “extremely severe”, a city official warned Tuesday, as 27 new infections were reported from Beijing where a new cluster has sparked a huge trace-and-test programme. The COVID-19 resurgence — believed to have started at the sprawling Xinfadi wholesale food market in the capital — has sparked alarm as China had largely brought its outbreak under control through mass testing and […]
(Eagle News) — Two policemen who tested positive for COVID-19 have recently died, bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the Philippine National Police at 7. The PNP identified the policemen only by their patient number: PNP-390 and PNP-400. Both were assigned in Cebu City. The PNP said PNP-390 was 46-year-old, and was admitted in the hospital for fever, cough, shortness of breath, diarrhea, dizziness, and nausea on June 4. On June 10, the […]
(Eagle News)–Passport applicants may now pay for their passport applications through credit or debit card. The Office of Consular Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs made the announcement in an advisory on Tuesday, June 16, as the agency continues to find ways to minimize people-to-people contact amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier, the DFA announced those who wish to have their documents authenticated may do so by availing of courier services instead. According to the […]
