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(Eagle News)–The Department of Health on Friday, March 13, announced 12 more novel coronavirus cases in the country, bringing the total to 64. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said they were tracing people who may have had contact with the additional cases. “Please contact DOH and call the designated hotline at (02) 8-651-7800 loc 1149-1150 for any new leads. For those who are confirmed cases, please let our hospitals take care of you,” Duque said. […]
Courts outside NCR to continue to operate beginning March 19 (Eagle News)–All courts in Metro Manila will temporarily operate only with a skeletal workforce, the Supreme Court announced on Friday, Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta announced on Friday, March 13. Administrative circular number 30-2020 signed by the chief justice said this was effective March 15 to April 12. “All judges and justices must be on standby to act on and hear urgent matters,” the circular said. […]
Skeletal force allowed to work from home (Eagle News)–Work in the House of Representatives is suspended from March 16 to April 12. A memo to employees said Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano’s decision to adopt “a work schedule parallel to the one to be implemented by the Executive Department as announced by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on 12 March 2020” was made “with the health and safety of the employees” in mind. “The Office of the […]
(Eagle News)–International flights going in and out of Metro Manila are not suspended. This was the clarification made by Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, amid the community quarantine imposed on Metro Manila as a preventive measure against the novel coronavirus. “Regarding international flights, flights from Metro Manila going to and coming from abroad will be allowed, subject to travel restrictions that are currently in place,” Nograles said. Among the areas the government has imposed a travel […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Manny Pacquiao is seeking a ban on spitting and the blowing of noses in public places. “No person or persons shall carelessly, intentionally or indiscriminately spit saliva or expel phlegm, mucous, or other substances from the mouth or from the nose in the city place to which the public has access,” Pacquiao said in Senate Bill No. 1406 or the Anti-Spitting Act of 2020. Pacquiao noted that the spread of respiratory diseases such […]
(Eagle News)–The National Capital Region Police Office is now on full alert status. Also on full alert status are Police Regional Offices III, IV-A, IV-B and V. The raising of the alert status came after President Rodrigo Duterte announced a Code Red Sub-Level 2 over the Philippines amid the novel coronavirus threat. He also temporarily banned domestic air, domestic sea travel and land travel to and from Metro Manila. The Philippines has so far 52 […]
(Eagle News)–Three more novel coronavirus patients have died, the Department of Health announced, bringing the total to five. According to the DOH, the three all had prior health complications. Patients 5 and 6 were a husband and wife who were confined at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM). Patient 5, who frequented a Muslim prayer hall in Greenhills, was 62. He had diabetes, hypertension, and an acute kidney injury aside from COVID-19. He began […]
(Eagle News)–Travel to and from Metro Manila is suspended starting March 15 to April 14 as a precaution against the novel coronavirus. President Rodrigo Duterte made the announcement on Thursday, March 12, as he revealed the country was on code red sublevel 2, “the highest as prescibed by the (World Health Organization).” “The purpose, to protect and defend you from COVID-19. The purpose of government is to see to it that things are in order,” […]
(Eagle News)–All of President Rodrigo Duterte’s foreign travels are suspended. The Presidential Security Group made the announcement on Thursday, March 12. The PSG said this was upon recommendation by the Department of Health. The PSG did not say how long the suspension would last. The PSG’s announcement came after the PSG announced it would implement a “no-touch” policy on the President as a precaution against the novel coronavirus. But the President has since then continued […]
(Eagle News)–Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta has suspended all court hearings from March 13 to 18. The SC said the suspension covers hearings in first, second and collegiate courts. The High Court said the decision was made “in furtherance of AC 26-2020 earlier issued today, upon the recommendation of the Office of the Court Administrator, based on its monitoring of the situation and consultation from executive judges, presiding judges and court personnel, including officials of the […]
Further economic cooperation also discussed (Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte met with China’s Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian, the Palace said on Thursday, March 12. A Palace news release said during the meeting on Wednesday in Malacañang, the President “extended the Philippines’ solidarity with China and the international community in addressing the global public health emergency.” The release said the President also “conveyed his wishes for the swift recovery of those who were injured” in […]
(Eagle News)–The country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said this was due to the easterlies affecting the whole country. Flash floods during severe thunderstorms are possible. Northern Luzon, PAGASA said, will have moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough coastal waters. The rest of the country will have slight to moderate rains and slight to moderate coastal waters. […]
