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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, March 9, stood firm on his decision to scrap the Visiting Forces Agreement. They cannot compel me. I refuse to be compelled. I have terminated it, tapos ang problema ko,” he said. The President issued the statement after several senators went to the Supreme Court to ask it to declare any abrogation of a treaty or an agreement requires the approval of at least 2/3 of the Senate. The […]
(Eagle News)–Metro Manila and the rest of 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 country. PAGASA said flashfloods are possible. Extreme Northern Luzon will have moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough coastal waters. The rest of the country, PAGASA said, will have light to moderate winds and slight […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, March 9, suspended classes at all levels in Metro Manila from March 10 to 14. The President made the announcement as he revealed four more novel coronavirus cases in the country. With his revelation, the number of COVID-19 cases is now at 24. “The reason being that, tignan natin yung incubation period which is not ordinarily like a normal virus 3 or 4 days, ito umaabot ng 14 […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, March 9, said the Philippines has recorded four additional novel coronavirus cases, bringing the total number to 24. The President made the revelation after he led a meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases with other government officials. Earlier in the day, the Department of Health said ten more COVID-19 cases had been added to the latest number, bringing the total number to 20. […]
(Eagle News) — A 62-year-old male who tested positive for the novel coronavirus is in “guarded condition,” Health Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said on Monday, March 9. According to Vergeire, the four COVID-19 cases confirmed on Sunday, March 8, however, were “stable.” She added the DOH has yet to get additional information on the ten new COVID-19 cases confirmed by the agency on Monday. Earlier, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the 62-year-old male […]
Those with no history of travel, no contact with COVID-19 case have “low risk” of contracting virus, DOH says (Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Monday, March 9, said not all those who have flu-like symptoms should automatically go to the hospital to have themselves tested for the novel coronavirus. In a press conference, Health Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said those who have no history of travel or those who had no […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Monday, March 9, said the number of novel coronavirus cases has reached 20. This was after it recorded 10 additional cases apart from the four it announced on Sunday night, Health Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a press conference. She said the DOH received the test results on the additional cases this noon. “Ang pagdami ng kaso ay dahil sa maigting na surveillance na ginagawa […]
(Eagle News) — Classes on Tuesday, March 10, were cancelled in some areas as a precaution against the novel coronavirus. Below is a list: Cainta, Rizal — all levels, public and private Caloocan– all levels, public and private (until March 11) Manila — all levels, public and private (until March 15) Marikina — all levels, public and private (until March 11) Pasay — all levels, public and private The Philippines has so far confirmed 10 […]
(Eagle News) — A Taiwanese national who tested positive for the novel coronavirus visited Makati, the local government said on Monday, March 9. In a statement, Mayor Abby Binay said the Makati Health Department has, however, already located the people he may have had contact with, and “with the exception of another Taiwanese national who was confirmed positive with COVID-19, all the rest did not show symptoms.” “However, they have been instructed to undergo strict […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief General Archie Gamboa went back to work on Monday, March 9, days after he was hospitalized after figuring in a helicopter crash in Laguna. In his first press conference since he was discharged following the incident in San Pedro, Gamboa said he was convinced the crash was not the result of a “sabotage.” “Convinced ako nobody in his right mind will do that,” he said. Gamboa also noted […]
(Eagle News) — Several senators on Monday, March 9, asked the Supreme Court to declare that the withdrawal from a treaty or an international agreement requires the concurrence of 2/3 of all members of the upper chamber for it to be valid. In the petition for declaratory relief and mandamus personally filed by Senate President Tito Sotto, Senator Richard Gordon, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and Senator Panfilo Lacson before the Supreme Court, the senators […]
(Eagle News) — St. Luke’s Medical Center on Monday, March 9, said one of the two patients who turned out positive for the novel coronavirus has been transferred by the Department of Health to a government hospital. In a statement, St. Luke’s said the transfer from its Quezon City hospital was made “promptly” as soon as test results turned out positive, even as the medical institution noted that it has “always been equipped to handle […]
