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(Eagle News) — The Philippines logged 225 more COVID-19 cases on Friday, June 4, pushing the COVID-19 total to 3691114. According to the Department of Health’s COVID-19 tracker, Metro Manila logged the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days by date of illness, with 1059 cases. Metro Manila was followed by Calabarzon, with 418 new cases, Central Luzon with 237, Western Visayas with 132, and SOCCSKSARGEN with 104. In the last […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs announced it collected over P68 billion worth of revenues for the country in May, surpassing its target for the month by more than P11 billion. According to the bureau, the P68.245 billion collected translates to an increase of 20.8% from the initial target of P56.478 billion. Based on the preliminary report from the BOC-Financial Service, the bureau said fifteen of the seventeen collection districts exceeded their target. These […]
3.17 km Panguil Bay Bridge Project is one of 119 flagship projects under Pres. Duterte’s “Build, Build, Build” program (Eagle News) — With just about a month to go before the end of President Rodrigo Duterte’s term, public works officials reported on Thursday, June 2, that what has been envisioned to be the longest bridge in Mindanao is already half-way finished. The the Panguil Bay Bridge Project, when finished will be a 3.17 kilometer […]
(Eagle News) — President-elect Bongbong Marcos will take his oath as the country’s 17th chief executive at the National Museum. According to Incoming Presidential Management Staff secretary Zenaida Angping, the “National Museum of Philippines building and its surrounding areas match our requirements for President-elect Marcos’ inauguration.” According to Angping, the National Museum was chosen over Quirino Grandstand, “to avoid disrupting the medical care being given to the COVID-19 patients housed there.” “Preparations are already in […]
Hopes programs and support for PHL athletes to continue in the next administration (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte praised the Filipino athletes who participated in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam, for bringing honor to the country. Philippine athletes won 52 golds, 70 silvers, and 104 bronze medals in 37 out of 39 sports that they had joined. During the program, 178 medalists were awarded the Order of Lapu-Lapu by President Duterte. […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Appointments bypassed the ad interim appointments of five President Rodrigo Duterte appointees. The following technically failed to keep their posts after the CA Committee on Constitutional Commissions adjourned hearings on Wednesday, June 1, due to a lack of quorum: Commission on Audit Chair Rizalina Noval Justol Commission on Elections Chair Saidamen Pangarungan Civil Service Commission Chair Karlo Nograles Comelec Commissioner Aimee Torrefranca-Neri Comelec Commissioner George Erwin Garcia A quorum […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Manila revealed on Tuesday that it had summoned a senior Beijing diplomat to protest the alleged harassment of a marine research vessel by a Chinese coast guard ship in Philippine territorial waters. The Department of Foreign Affairs said it was also reviewing reports on the “presence of foreign coast guard vessels around Reed Bank”, site of the 2019 sinking of a Filipino fishing vessel that sparked domestic outrage. The revelation came […]
(Eagle News) – Both President Rodrigo Duterte and President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., greeted the presidential daughter, Vice-President-elect Sara Duterte, on her 44th birthday on Tuesday, May 31. President Duterte said he is wishing his daughter “good health and success” as she takes on the role as Vice-President after her inauguration initially scheduled on June 19. “The President’s wishes for our Vice President-elect are good health and success in her role as the second-highest […]
DFA says China’s fishing moratorium has “no basis in law” and violated PHL sovereign rights (Eagle News) – The Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), has filed a diplomatic protest against China for its unilateral fishing moratorium that was first imposed on May 1 this year in parts of South China Sea. The DFA filed the diplomatic protest against the People’s Republic of China’s “unilateral imposition of a three-and-half-month fishing moratorium […]
(Eagle News) – Dengue cases since the last week of March this year in the Philippines have seen a 94 percent spike compared to the same period last year, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The DOH noted the “recent increases in dengue cases observed starting the end of March 2022.” From March 20 to April 30, or Morbidity Weeks 12 to 17, the reported dengue cases reached 11,435. This number was “94% higher than […]
(Eagle News) — Over 1,000 more COVID-19 cases have been reported from May 23 to 29. According to the Department of Health, the 1317 new cases reported were 8.8% higher than the cases reported the previous week. The DOH said the average daily cases for the May 23 to 29 period was 188. From May 16 to 22, the department registered 1,214 cases, for an average of 173 per day. With the additional cases, COVID-9 […]
Incoming secretaries of DBM, DICT, PMS also named (Eagle News) — More cabinet secretaries who would take their post once President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., is inaugurated as the 17th Philippine president was announced on Monday, May 30, 2022. The president-elect’s incoming Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles announced these new nominees of the next administration including broadcaster and media personality Erwin Tulfo as the incoming Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Liloan Mayor […]
