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(Eagle News) — The preparations for the distribution of relief goods for residents of Barangay New Era in Quezon City are under way as can be seen in this video report of Eagle News Service reporter Eden Santos on Friday, March 20. The repacking of goods for distribution was being done in the barangay hall. This is in view of the enhanced community quarantine due to the coronavirus disease outbreak in the whole of […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) is finalizing preparations to equip the Philippine General Hospital, Lung Center of the Philippines, and Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital as referral hospitals for COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila. In an advisory, the DOH said that it is expecting to finalize talks with the UP-PGH today, March 20. “In view of this, the UP-PGH has begun ceasing admission for non-emergency cases to free up wards and […]
(Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation on Friday, March 20, said it was looking for the sources of “fake news” online, as government called on the public to avoid sharing unverified information amid the coronavirus disease 2019 threat. The NBI said it was NBI Director Eric Distor who ordered the different units of the bureau, including the cybercrime and digital forensic divisions and the regional operations service, to investigate “all possible sources of […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority on Friday, March 20, advised passengers to arrive at least three to four hours before their scheduled departure at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. “Be sure to allot ample time for long lines and extended wait times, to avoid inconvenience,” MIAA said. According to MIAA, the long lines and delays are expected because of “prolonged screenings (health and security checks) and limited manpower (deployment of airport personnel is reduced […]
Ni Vilmar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Nagbahay-bahay ang mga tauhan ng mayor’s action team sa Barangay South Signal sa Taguig City para mamahagi ng anti-COVID kit sa mga residente. Laman nito ang sabon, face mask at pang isang buwang supply ng Vitamin C. Prayoridad ng lokal na pamahalaan na mabigyan ang 68,000 senior citizens sa lungsod at 60,000 residente na may malubhang sakit “Nakapaloob rin po doon ang mga kailangan nating sundin […]
(Eagle News) — Valenzuela City has confirmed its first case of the 2019 coronavirus disease. In a Tweet on its official Twitter account, the Valenzuela government said the case was a 34-year-old female who consulted a private hospital in Manila after experiencing sore throat and fever. The local government said the patient had no travel history but had been exposed to someone who traveled to Malaysia. At present, Valenzuela said the patient was having “mild-flu […]
(Eagle News) — Another employee of the Government Service Insurance System has tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019, bringing the total number of cases there to two. According to GSIS president and general manager Rolando Macasaet, the new case was a male employee from the main office in Pasay. He said the patient was now confined in the Las Pinas General Hospital. The GSIS’ first case was a female employee who had a travel history […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation has deployed additional buses with additional routes to ferry health workers to hospitals. The DOTr said the buses plying the following routes are free of charge: North West Area Route 1 • Malanday – (pickup/transfer point) • Valenzuela City General Hospital • Monumento / MCU- (pickup/transfer point) • Tondo General Hospital • Metropolitan Medical Center • San Lazaro Hospital • Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center • University of Santo […]
(Eagle News) – The Office of the Ombudsman in Quezon City will be closed until April 13. A public announcement by the Ombudsman’s Media Affairs Office said the closure also of its offices in Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Tacloban, and Cagayan de Oro was pursuant to President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of a Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine, and the declarations of other local executives to place their localities under a general community quarantine. “During this time, the […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) indefinitely closed its Out-Patient Department in compliance with the enhanced community quarantine imposed over Luzon. The announcement was made in a statement by Dr. Jonas del Rosario, PGH Coordinator for Public Affairs posted in the Facebook page of the PGH. Included in the closure is the UP-PGH’s Sentro Oftalmologico Jose Rizal (SOJR), a national eye referral center. “Sa mga taong mapapadpad sa OPD, maaari pong […]
(Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation is temporarily suspending its clearance processing operations nationwide starting midnight of March 18. The NBI made the announcement on Tuesday night, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte announced a community quarantine on Luzon to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019. The NBI said the suspension would last until midnight of April 13. “We will resume our operations on 13 April 2020, unless earlier lifted,” the […]
(Eagle News)–No looting incidents have been reported in Metro Manila amid the enhanced community quarantine imposed on Luzon to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019. NCRPO chief Debold Sinas issued the statement following social media reports there were groups offering to sanitize and disinfect homes in Metro Manila, but would loot from them. “This, therefore, is one of the many fake news circulating [over] social media and all other forms of communication intended to […]
