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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has asked private hospitals to help fight the novel coronavirus. A statement issued by his office said the President issued the appeal during a briefing with government officials and health experts in the Palace on Monday, Feb. 3. “The President also appealed to private hospitals to help the government fight the scourge by accommodating patients seeking treatment after hearing reports that some private facilities refuse to accept patients manifesting […]
(Eagle News) –The National Bureau of Investigation will be “on standby” to support the Department of Health in tracing those who came in contact with the Chinese couple who were the country’s first two confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus. As it is though, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said, the DOH has said “they can still handle the contract tracing.” The DOH has said of the 74 people who came in close contact with the […]
(Eagle News) — Three senators have asked President Rodrigo Duterte to reconsider his unilateral withdrawal from the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States. In urging the President in Senate Resolution No. 312, Senate President Tito Sotto, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and Senator Panfilo Lacson acknowledged that while “by constitutional fiat and by the intrinsic nature of his office” the President, as head of state, is “the sole organ and authority in the external […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Feb. 3, urged the public to “stop the xenophobia” against the Chinese, amid the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak. “This kind of mentioning the Chinese and blaming them, it’s like xenophobia,” Duterte said. The President said “we are a community of nations.” “We cooperate. China has been kind to us, we also show the same favor to them,” he said. The Philippines confirmed the country’s second novel coronavirus […]
(Eagle News)–Alert level 3 remains hoisted over Taal as it continues to spew steam-laden plumes and its seismic activity. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said activity in the main crater in the past 24 hours has been characterized by weak emission of steam-laden plumes 50 to 500 meters tall. Sulfur dioxide emission was measured at an average of 231 tons per day on February 3. PHIVOLCS said the Taal Volcano Network recorded 223 […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with light rains are expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains as the northeast monsoon affects the Philippines. The eastern sections of Luzon, Visayas and MIndanao will have moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough coastal waters.
(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Aurora, CALABARZON and Bicol Region will, as a result, have cloudy skies with light rains. The rest of the country, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. The eastern sections of Luzon, Visayas and MIndanao will have moderate to strong winds and […]
(Eagle News)–The government will provide assistance to Overseas Filipino Workers affected by the temporary ban on the travel to China, Hongkong, Macau and other declared affected areas. The Department of Labor and Employment said apart from the P10,000 cash assistance to each stranded OFW due to the ban, acting Secretary Renato Ebarle directed the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration to provide accommodation and transportation to each, based on the instruction of Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III. […]
(Eagle News)–Eight of the 74 people the Department of Health has determined as having had close contact with the two confirmed novel coronavirus cases in the country have cough and colds, the Department of Health said on Monday, Feb. 3. According to Dr. Chito Avelino, the DOH’s epidemiology chief, the eight are included among the people who are being monitored for symptoms of the virus. Of the updated 80 patients under investigation, the DOH said […]
Earthquakes also monitored (Eagle News)–Alert level 3 remains hoisted over Taal as it continues to spew steam-laden plumes and seismic activity. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the moderate to voluminous emission of dirty-white to white steam-laden plumes rising 800 meters high was monitored in the last 24 hours. Sulfur dioxide emission was measured at an average of 97 tons per day on February 1. Taal Volcano’s seismic monitoring network, on the other […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Sunday, Feb. 2, expressed “great appreciation” to China for donating 200,000 surgical face masks. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo also thanked the Asian country for offering to share medical information on the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD). “We express our thanks to countries, including China, for helping us in our own fight against the spread of the virus in our territory,” he said. He also also […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country today, Feb. 3. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila, CALABARZON, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Aurora, Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Caraga, and Davao Region will have cloudy skies with light rains as the northeast monsoon affects the Philippines. The rest of the country, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. […]
