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(Eagle News) — Government officials have until June 9 to release the compensation to COVID-19-positive health workers and to the kin of those who died in the line of duty. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said President Rodrigo Duterte himself gave the deadline, upon learning the P100,000 for each public and private health worker infected with the virus, and the P1 million for each family of the health worker deceased due to COVID-19 had not yet […]
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board is set to add six bus routes to help commuters traveling within Metro Manila. According to the LTFRB, the following are the new routes to be added on Friday, June 5: Route 1: Monumento – Balagtas, Bulacan Route 17: EDSA – Montalban, Rizal Route 18: NAIA Loop The following city bus routes, on the other hand, will be launched on Monday, June 8: Route 3: Monumento – […]
(Eagle News)–The Cavite government will implement a modified quarantine pass system starting June 7. Cavite Gov. Jonvic Remulla said this means that starting 5 a.m., while quarantine passes are still required for those who wish to go out, these are already transferable within the household as long as the person is allowed to go out according to Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases guidelines. “Magdala na lang ng ID na patunay […]
(Eagle News)–The House Committee of the Whole approved on Wednesday night the proposed Bayanihan to Recover As One Act. With the approval of House Bill 6953, lawmakers came closer to virtually enhancing and extending the Bayanihan to Heal As One Act or Republic Act 11469, which had granted President Rodrigo Duterte additional powers to address the COVID19 crisis, to September. The Bayanihan to Heal As One Act which was passed by both chambers of Congress […]
(Eagle News)–Over 200 Filipinos have been recently repatriated from the United Arab Emirates, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA, the 274 Filipinos landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Wednesday, June 3, at 3:21 p.m. They arrived via Emirates Flight EK 332. They underwent medical protocols upon arrival as required by the Department of Health-Bureau of Quarantine, the DFA said. The DFA said they would also undergo the 14-day quarantine […]
(Eagle News) – The liquor ban imposed over the city of Manila is still in place despite transition to general community quarantine, and business owners caught selling alcoholic beverages will face closure, the city’s mayor announced on Tuesday, June 2. “[A] liquor ban is still being implemented despite the city’s transition to General Community Quarantine”, Manila mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said in the statement. Domagoso reminded owners of convenience stores, groceries, and other establishments […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines may soon have a new anti-terrorism law after the House of Representatives approved its anti-terrorism bill on third and final reading on Wednesday night. With 173 affirmative votes, 31 negative votes and 29 abstentions, the House gave the go-signal to House Bill 6875, which seeks to give more teeth to the law and repeal what some government officials have said was an outdated Human Security Act of 2007. Since the bill in […]
Of 751 cases reported today, 221 are “fresh cases,” DOH says (Eagle News) — Recoveries climbed to 4153 after the Department of Health reported 90 more today, June 3. According to the DOH, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has also reached 19748, including the 751 cases reported on this day. Of the 751, the DOH said 221 were “fresh cases,” which means test results were released to the patient within the […]
(Eagle News)–Senate President Tito Sotto on Wednesday, June 3, urged Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to grant compensation to health workers infected by the COVID-19 virus and to the families of those who died as stipulated in the Bayanihan To Heal As One Act. In asking Duque to implement section 4, paragraph I of Republic Act 11469 in a letter, Sotto noted “no health worker and his or her family has received their supposed remuneration […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases involving overseas Filipinos, with the total number of confirmed cases at 5,230 as of Tuesday, June 2. Of this number, more than half, or 2,717, are still undergoing treatment. Most of the OFW COVID cases are also in the Middle East/Africa region and in Europe, according to the DFA. Middle East/Africa has a total of 3,258 cases, and 1,835 of […]
(Eagle News)–AirAsia will resume its domestic flight operations on June 5 instead. The airline had said domestic flights would resume on June 3 following Metro Manila’s transition to a general community quarantine, but the Civil Aviation Board later ordered airlines to stop domestic flight operations in the meantime as the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases had yet to approve domestic air routes. According to AirAsia, the “new resumption date is […]
(Eagle News) – Local government units have been directed to establish bicycle lanes in their areas, to support cyclists amid the reduced capacity of public transportation due to the general community quarantine (GCQ). In a statement, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año directed provincial governors, city and municipal mayors to coordinate with neighboring LGUs to connect bicycle lanes and establish a bicycle road network. “Siguraduhin po nating walang nakahambalang sa mga dadaanan ng bisikleta sa inyong […]
