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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, April 19, spoke to his United States counterpart Donald Trump to discuss bilateral efforts to fight COVID-19, Senator Bong Go said. Go said the phone call, which the US President made, lasted for 18 minutes. Details of the conversation have yet to be released. As of Sunday, the Department of Health confirmed 6259 COVID-19 cases in the Philippines, with recoveries widening their lead over deaths for several straight days. […]
(Eagle News)–A security officer at the House of Representatives tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement on Sunday, April 19, House Secretary General Jose Luis Montales said the employee, whom he did not identify, was undergoing dialysis and last reported for work in January. He was admitted to a hospital for pneumonia on April 7. Four days later, he was discharged but was admitted again later after testing positive. Montales said the employee, however, has […]
(Eagle News)–Former National Economic Development Authority chief Ernesto Pernia said his view more economic activity should resume amid the COVID-19 pandemic made him a “dissonant” voice in the Cabinet. Pernia made the revelation in an interview over CNN Philippines, days after he resigned as NEDA chief. According to Pernia, he was among those who pushed for the resumption of infrastructure projects but this was not approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of […]
(Eagle News)–The Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases may submit its recommendations on the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine to President Rodrigo Duterte on April 25. In an interview over ANC, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said this was after the IATF meeting on Monday. “So we are going to take into considerations whatever the recommendations and conclusions what they will present tomorrow,” he said. Earlier, Año said the President would meet with […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Sunday, April 19, directed governors to use the P6.197 billion “Bayanihan Grant to Provinces” to help them address the COVID-19 crisis with “dispatch, transparency, and accountability.” According to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, the grant to each of the country’s 81 provinces “is a one-time financial assistance to provinces.” He said the BGP should “augment and not duplicate” the funds given for national government agencies such […]
(Eagle News)–The extension of the government’s unilateral ceasefire with Communists will depend on President Rodrigo Duterte’s discussion with the National Task Force on Ending Local Armed Conflict. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the remark on Sunday, April 19, after the Communist Party of the Philippines extended its unilateral ceasefire to April 30, or the expected end of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. The government’s truce ended on April 15. “The call for peace is […]
(Eagle News) – Families of barangay tanods and barangay health workers are qualified to receive financial aid under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP), the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) announced. In a statement, the DILG said that Secretary Rolando Bautista of the Department of Social Welfare and Development has already issued a memorandum approving the DILG’s recommendation to include barangay frontliners in the SAP. “Karamihan po sa ating mga tanod at health workers […]
(Eagle News)–The Maritime Industry Authority has extended the validity of the statutory certificates the agency and its recognized organizations it issues to May 31. MARINA said this was to ensure that the flow of commerce remains undisrupted during the COVID-19 outbreak. “This is in support of the call of the International Maritime Organization to adopt and apply practical and pragmatic approach to ensure the uninterrupted trade by sea specially at this unprecendented time,” MARINA Administrator […]
(Eagle News) – A 132-bed COVID-19 facility at the Philippine Sports Arena or ULTRA in Pasig City has been completed within three days, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). In a statement, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said that the health facility at UTRA, which has been repurposed into an isolation and treatment facility by setting up cubicles as makeshift hospital rooms, was “[b]uilt in super quick time from April 15 to […]
(Eagle News)–A 72-year-old detainee at the Correctional Institute for Women in Mandaluyong City has tested positive for the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019. The Bureau of Corrections said in a Facebook post the detainee, whom it did not identify, was now being treated in Sta. Ana hospital. BuCor said based on information from Superintendent Virginia Mangawit of the facility, the patient has a history of diabetes and had been diagnosed at the CIW […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has set up a meeting with health experts on Monday, April 20, to help him decide on whether or not to extend or modify the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. In a radio interview, Senator Bong Go said also invited to the meeting were the secretaries of health of previous administrations. “Makapagbigay sila ng payo o mag-contribute man lang sila dahil binabalanse ng Pangulo ang lahat,” he said. The ECQ in […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights. MIAA said the list was for Sunday, April 19: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. All flights are now concentrated in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 in a bid to reduce the risk of exposure of airport workers to COVID-19, MIAA said.
