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(Eagle News) — Aftershocks are expected following the 6.4 magnitude quake in waters off Lubang, Occidental Mindoro which was felt in various parts of the Philippines’ main island of Luzon on Monday, March 14, 2022. This was according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) in a bulletin on the 6.4 magnitude quake which occurred at a fairly shallow depth of 29 kilometers. The tectonic quake struck at 5:05 a.m. Monday, March […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A powerful earthquake struck off the Philippines’ main island Monday, jolting buildings in the capital Manila, but there were no immediate reports of damage and a tsunami warning was not issued. The shallow 6.4-magnitude quake hit about 110 kilometres (68 miles) off Morong in Bataan province on Luzon island at 5:05 am (2105 GMT), with residents in nearby Manila woken by their buildings shaking. Shallow quakes tend to do more damage […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 3670749 on Sunday, March 13, after the Department of Health reported 564 additional cases on the same day. According to the DOH, the regions with the most additional COVID-19 cases reported in the last 14 days were Metro Manila with 2307, Calabarzon with 1253, Western Visayas with 903, Central Luzon with 775 and Central Visayas with 796. The cities and provinces with the most additional COVID-19 cases […]
(Eagle News) –Oil prices are again forecast to increase next week, by at least P12 per liter for diesel and by P6.80 to P7 per liter for gasoline. “Expect fuel prices to go up next week,” the forecast from Unioil said posted on its Facebook page on Saturday, March 12. According to the forecast, diesel prices will increase by P12.20 to P12.30 per liter, while gasoline prices “will increase by P6.80 to P7.00 per liter” […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard has reshuffled key positions, days after Commandant Admiral Artemio M. Abu assumed his post at the helm of the organization. According to the PCG, the following Coast Guard officers assumed their new posts on Friday, March 11: – CG Rear Admiral Juan Manuel DF Ramos Jr – incoming Commander, Coast Guard Civil Relations Service – CG Commo Marifem Ubongen-Isaac – incoming Commander, Coast Guard Finance Service – CG […]
(Eagle News) — Over 300 Filipinos have so far been evacuated from Ukraine, a Department of Foreign Affairs official said. Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Sarah Lou Arriola said in a social media post that of the 309 so far evacuated, 150 Filipinos have already been repatriated to the Philippines while 159 are staying in other European countries as of Friday afternoon. The day before, she said Filipino seafarers from the MV Key Knight, MV Star […]
(Eagle News) – Foreign direct investments in the Philippines reached an all-time high of $10.5 billion in 2021 despite the Covid-19 pandemic. The figure breached the previous high of US$10.3 billion in 2017. Malacanang announced this on Friday, March 11, presenting a report by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. “This growth reflects foreign investors’ confidence in our economy and certainly augurs well in our efforts for a strong economic rebound as we transition to […]
List of 377,443 driver beneficiaries to be provided by LTFRB Fuel subsidies and fuel discounts part of PHL gov’t’s response to cushion impact of successive oil price hikes (Eagle News) – The Philippine government has released P2.5 billion funds for the fuel subsidy program to help public utility drivers affected by the continuing and increasing oil price hikes due to the escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Around P6,500 will be distributed to the 377,443 […]
PHL targets to administer 1.8 million vaccine doses in 4th phase of nat’l vaccination (Eagle News) – Philippine health officials urged Filipinos who have not yet been vaccinated or who have not yet received their booster shots to go to the various vaccination sites to get their Covid-19 jabs, from March 10 to 12, the fourth phase of the country’s “National Vaccination” campaign. The Philippines is targeting to vaccinate 1.8 million more Filipinos for […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health is considering donating some of the Covid-19 vaccines that the Philippine government had received as it studied a decline in vaccination numbers. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that one option they are considering is donating vaccine doses that are nearing their expiration dates. “Yung hindi magagamit at malapit nang magexpire, ang desisyon dyan ay i-donate sa mga bansang mababa ang vaccine coverage,” he said in a […]
(Eagle News) – While gasoline stations implemented a huge price increase on its products on Tuesday, March 8, one gasoline retailer company did the opposite after two days – a price slash effective 6 a.m. today, March 10. Petro Gazz Philippines implemented a huge oil price rollback of P5.85 per liter for diesel, and P3.60 per liter for gasoline on Thursday, March 10, which would be effective until Sunday, March 13. The amount is […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty-nine more Filipinos evacuated from Ukraine arrived in the Philippines on Thursday, March 10. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, the 29 seafarers arrived from Bucharest in Romania. The department said the 29 seafarers consist of 20 crew members of MV Global Aglaia; two seafarers of MV Joseph Schulte; and seven seafarers from MV Star Helena. They exited Ukraine via Moldova with assistance from the Philippine Honorary Consulate in Chisinau and […]
