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Military, police assets stand ready “for any developments” (Eagle News) – The Philippines reiterated its position that war benefits no one as it hoped for an early and peaceful resolution of the increasing tensions in Ukraine. Malacanang said President Rodrigo Duterte has also assured Filipinos affected by the conflict that “mitigating measures and contingency plans will be in place as part of the government’s pro-active response to the conflict in Ukraine.” So far, the […]
Urges all parties involved to forge peace accord (Eagle News) — The Philippines on Wednesday, March 2, called for a halt to the ongoing violence in Ukraine. “We appeal for an immediate end to the unnecessary loss of life and call on the states involved to forge an accord that can help prevent a conflagration that could engulf a world still struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic,” acting presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles said. […]
(Eagle News) — Over 1,000 violators have been arrested since the gun ban was implemented ahead of the elections in May. According to the Philippine National Police, of the 1,554 persons arrested, 1,496 were civilians, 21 security personnel, 15 police personnel and nine from the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Based on the PNP data, Metro Manila had the most violators, with 534, followed by Region 7 with 178. Region 4A had 173 violators; Region […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order institutionalizing refugees’, stateless persons’, and asylum seekers’ access to protection services. President Duterte signed Executive Order No. 163 that establishes an Inter-agency Committee on the Protection of Refugees, Stateless Persons, and Asylum Seekers on Feb. 28 and “ensure full protection of the rights of persons of concern to liberty and security, and freedom of movement.” “Subject to applicable laws and issuances, the minimum standards […]
68.8M more individuals receive first doses, 10.2 million booster doses given so far (Eagle News) – The Philippines has already fully vaccinated 63.2 million people, while 68.8 million have already received their first doses of the Covid-19 vaccines, Malacanang said on Tuesday, March 1, as the country marked the first year of its mass vaccination campaign to defeat the pandemic. March 1 was also the start of de-escalation of Metro Manila and 38 other areas […]
(Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting the eastern section of the country. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Visayas, Palawan including Kalayaan Islands, and Occidental Mindoro will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms will also prevail over Bicol Region, Northern Samar, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque and Romblon. Mindanao will experience the […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs surpassed its collection target in February by P8.7 billion. According to the bureau, its target was supposed to be P50.302 billion but it managed to collect P59.036 billion during the month, a 17.4% increase. The bureau said based on the preliminary report released by the BOC-Financial Service, 14 of the seventeen collection districts exceeded their target for the month. These were the Port of San Fernando, POM, MICP, […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 3,555,016 on Tuesday, March 1, after the Department of Health reported 1,067 additional cases. The DOH said according to the latest report, all laboratories were operational on February 27, 2022 while nine laboratories have not submitted data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS). “Please note that lower reported numbers and positivity rate today are because these are Sunday laboratory outputs, which traditionally have the […]
NEDA chief says P38 trillion lost during the pandemic (Eagle News) – The Philippine government is confident that the economy would further bounce back with the implementation of Alert Level 1 in 39 areas of the country, including the capital region of Metro Manila. National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua said that some P3.8 trillion were lost during the pandemic, and with the Alert Level 1 implementation in the country, […]
Palace releases new guidelines as NCR and 38 other areas shift to Alert Level 1 (Eagle News) — Wearing of well-fitted face masks at all times, full seating capacity for public transport, and not requiring the use of health declaration forms for contact tracing. These are just some of the amended protocols by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) released by Malacanang as Metro Manila and 38 more areas in the country shift to the least […]
Says NCR, 38 other areas to be placed under Alert Level 1 on March 1, to continue observing minimum health protocols (Eagle News) — Malacanang reiterated on Monday, February 28, the four conditions that should be met by an area before it could be de-escalated to Alert Level 1. This was a day before Metro Manila and 38 other areas in the country are placed under Alert Level 1. These conditions are the following: […]
(Eagle News) — Vice Admiral Artemio M. Abu is the new Philippine Coast Guard commandant, the PCG said on Monday, Feb. 28. According to the PCG, this was after President Rodrigo Duterte appointed him to the post left vacant by Admiral Leopoldo Laroya, who retired from the service early February. With his appointment, Abu is officially the 29th PCG commandant, the PCG said. According to the PCG, before his appointment, Abu was the Commander of […]
