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PAL cancels several flights between PHL and US, Canada

(Eagle News)–The Philippine Airlines has announced the cancellation of some of its flights between the Philippines, and the United States and Canada. In an advisory, PAL said the following flights were cancelled because “government authorities are unable to give us an allocation for international arrival slots at Manila airport because of unavoidable constraints in quarantine processing in Manila”: PR102/103 Manila-Los Angeles-Manila on June 10 PR104/105 Manila-San Francisco-Manila on June 10 PR116/117 Manila-Vancouver-Manila on June 10 […]

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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, June 10

(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights. MIAA said the list was for Wednesday, June 10: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. Several airlines have announced a resumption of domestic flight operations, which Transportation Secretary Art Tugade said was allowed provided there was approval from the concerned local government unit. The Bureau of Immigration said its operations remain downscaled at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport as international […]

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SC: Oath-taking of 2019 bar exam passers to be done via online video conference on June 25

(Eagle News)–The oath-taking of  2019 bar exam passers will be done online. This was after the Supreme Court approved on Tuesday, June 9, a resolution allowing for the conduct of the same via online video conference. The ceremony, slated on June 25, will be linked to a government television network for broadcast. In approving the resolution, the High Court  noted that the current health crisis and COVID-19 pandemic makes it impossible to hold to  ceremony […]

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PHL, AIIB sign $750-m loan agreement on co-financing for COVID-19 response

(Eagle News)–The Philippines has signed a $750-million loan agreement with the Asian Infrastructure Development Bank to help boost the government’s COVID-19 efforts. According to the DOF, the loan accord cements AIIB’s commitment to co-finance with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) the Philippines’ COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support (CARES) program. The loan agreement signed with the ADB would allow the Philippines to access loans worth $1.5 billion. Finance  Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and AIIB Acting […]

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DOJ: 112 reports from users with duplicate, dummy Facebook accounts received as of Sunday night

(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has received over 100 reports  of dummy  accounts from Facebook users as of Sunday night. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said the 112  reports were as of 10:45 p.m. “This initial batch accounts has been brought to the attention of Facebook to be taken down, with a concomitant request for their preservation,” he added. He said the DOJ will look at “all possible angles and leads” into the surge in […]

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DepEd: Groundwork for blended learning “well underway”

(Eagle News) — The Department of Education on Monday, June 8, said the groundwork for blended learning was “well underway,” as it noted it would comply with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive face-to-face classes be postponed until a vaccine against COVID-19 was available. In a statement, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said DepEd was currently conducting its remote enrollment nationwide “in order to assess learners’ household information, which will be crucial in the preparation and contextualization of […]

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DICT to public: Report fake Facebook accounts

(Eagle News)–The Department of Information and Communications Technology has urged the public to report any fake or dummy accounts on Facebook. The DICT made the statement following reports of the surge in fake accounts on the social media platform. The department said it was working closely with the National Privacy Commission and has drawn the attention of Facebook Philippines to the matter. “Facebook Philippines has assured the DICT that they are investigating the reports of […]

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Innovation, sustainability take center stage at Swedish National Day online celebration

(Eagle News) – The Embassy of Sweden in Manila commemorated on Saturday, June 6, its Swedish National Day via an online celebration highlighting the country’s core values of innovation, sustainability, and respect for the environment. “We usually celebrate Swedish National Day with a big party. This year, because of the extraordinary circumstances, we do it differently. We have a week-long digital celebration”, H.E. Harald Fries, Ambassador of Sweden in the Philippines, said in a virtual […]

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PNP seeks DOH help for probe of doctor’s death after chemical exposure

(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police has sought the assistance of the Department of Health for an independent probe into the accidental exposure to  chemicals of a team of police medical and healthcare personnel at a PNP-managed COVID-19 quarantine facility. In a statement, the PNP said upon instructions by PNP Chief, Police General Archie Gamboa, Lt. Gen. Camilo Cascolan, PNP Deputy Chief for Administration and Commander of the PNP Administrative Support to COVID-19 Task Force (ASCOTF) […]

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DOJ to probe fake Facebook accounts

(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Sunday, June 7, announced a probe into the supposed proliferation of dummy accounts on Facebook. In a statement, Guevarra said he will immediately direct  the Department of Justice’s Office of Cybercrime to coordinate with the cybercrime units of the National Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine National Police for the probe. “This gives me cause for worry. We don’t need false information at a time when we’re dealing with […]

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Former PCGG chair Sabio arrested: NBI

(Eagle News)–Former Presidential Commission on Good Government chair Camilo Sabio has been arrested. The National Bureau of Investigation on Sunday, June 7, said Sabio was nabbed in  his residence in Quezon City last Friday, June 5, by virtue of a bench warrant of arrest issued by the Fourth Division of the Sandiganbayan, where he was charged with graft. “The Warrant orders the law enforcement agency to ‘Arrest the person of Camilo L. Sabio…. and bring […]

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“Extreme localized community quarantine” of Morning Breeze community in Muntinlupa extended to June 16

(Eagle News)–The Muntinlupa government has extended the “extreme localized community quarantine” of a community in Alabang to June 16. Mayor Jaime Fresnedi said the extension of the ELCQ on Morning Breeze Subdivision was to ensure the protection of everyone, following the discovery of 33 suspected COVID-19 cases. The ELCQ was supposed to end on June 5, at 11:59 p.m. Fresnedi said the 33 suspected cases are already in isolation areas. The six residents who tested […]

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