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(Eagle News)–Marikina Mayor Marcelino Teodoro has suspended the Palarong Pambansa scheduled in the city in May amid novel coronavirus fears. The announcement was made by the local government unit in a text message to reporters on Monday, March 9. Marikina has confirmed its first COVID-19 case. The case was among four additional cases announced by the Department of Health on Sunday. The DOH said so far, the Philippines has ten confirmed COVID-19 cases. With a […]
(Eagle News) — Mayor Vico Sotto on Monday, March 9, confirmed Pasig’s two novel coronavirus cases. In a Facebook post, Sotto said of the two, one was not a resident but was confined in The Medical City, while the other was a resident currently confined in a private hospital outside Pasig. It was unclear if the two cases were among the four additional cases confirmed by the Department of Health on Sunday night. Sotto said […]
(Eagle News)–The Presidential Security Group will implement a “no-touch policy” on President Rodrigo Duterte as a safeguard against the novel coronavirus. Col. Jesus Durante III, PSG commander, added in a statement personalities expected to get near the President “especially during meetings and events will be thoroughly screened and tested for any illness related” to COVID-19. “These include PSG personnel, politicians, and dignitaries,” he said. He said large crowd gatherings with the President as guest of […]
(Eagle News)–Marikina Mayor Marcelino Teodoro on Monday, March 9, confirmed the city’s first novel coronavirus case. In a message to reporters, the local government unit said the case was an 86-year-old resident who recently traveled to South Korea. The patient was among four additional COVID-19 cases in the country announced by the Department of Health on Sunday night. “The mayor has ordered a massive disinfection in the city,” the LGU said, adding that Teodoro would […]
(Eagle News)–Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Monday, March 9, confirmed a case of the novel coronavirus in the city. The mayor said the victim was a resident of district one and is isolated in a hospital. The Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council refused to give additional details while authorities trace the patient’s contacts. The patient was one of additional cases announced by the DOH on Sunday, March 8. The DOH has […]
(Eagle News)–Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said this was due to the easterlies affecting the country. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. PAGASA said the Northern section of Luzon and the eastern section of the country will have moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough coastal waters. The […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Consulate in Hong Kong on Sunday, March 8, confirmed that a fourth Filipino in Hong Kong tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay said the Filipino is in a Hong Kong quarantine facility for treatment despite being asymptomatic. Earlier, the Department of Foreign Affairs said three Filipinos in Hong Kong were confirmed to have COVID-19. Two of them have recovered while the third was asymptomatic and healthy.
(Eagle News)–The Department of Health announced on Sunday, March 8, four new confirmed novel coronavirus cases in the country, bringing the total to ten. In a statement, the DOH said the seventh case was a 38-year-old Taiwanese male, the eighth a 32-year-old Filipino male with history of travel to Japan within the last 14 days, the 9th an 86-year-old American male with pre-existing hypertension and history of travel to USA and South Korea, and the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte can only declare a public health emergency if the novel coronavirus is a threat to national security. This is according to Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon who gave a radio interview a day after the President approved the Department of Health recommendation following the confirmation of the country’s first local transmission of the virus. According to Drilon, the declaration “will facilitate mobilization of resources and ease processes, including procurement of critical […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has ordered the arrest of individuals who inflict damage on Philippine National Railways trains. Año issued the order to Philippine National Police and barangay officials, following the spate of incidents that see some people throwing rocks at the trains, destroying windows. He said the incidents were not isolated and were becoming common in Metro Manila. “There are reports that these stone-throwers are young people who are doing it for sheer […]
(Eagle News)–An alert level 2 remains hoisted over Taal. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said activity in the main crater in the past 24 hours has been characterized by a “weak emission of steam-laden plumes rising 100 meters high..” The Taal Volcano Network recorded 20 volcanic earthquakes that are “associated with rock fracturing processes beneath and around the edifice.” PHIVOLCS reminded the public that “sudden steam-driven or phreatic explosions, volcanic earthquakes, ashfall and […]
(Eagle News)–Classes on Monday, March 9, were suspended in at least one area as a precaution against the novel coronavirus. Below is a list: Navotas City: all levels, public and private Cainta, Rizal: all levels, public and private, until Tuesday (March 10) Taytay, Rizal: all levels, public and private Marikina: all levels, public and private San Juan City: all levels, public and private The Department of Health on Saturday confirmed a new COVID-19 case, the […]
