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Phase 1 to start this December for schools in areas under Alert Level 2 with certain conditions (Eagle News) – Limited face-to-face classes are now allowed in areas under Covid-19 alert levels 3, 2 and 1 subject to certain conditions for all degree programs in higher education institutions (HEIs). Phase 1 of limited in-person classes will start in areas under Alert Level 2 this December 2021. This was after the Inter-Agency Task Force for […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Wednesday, Nov. 17: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with their airlines first and get confirmation of their flights as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport premises. The Bureau of Immigration has said Faroe Islands and The Netherlands are under the Philippines’ red list, which […]
(Eagle News) – Vice-presidential aspirant Davao City mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio called for unity to support the programs and gained made by the administration of her father, President Rodrigo Duterte, as she explained her decision to run for vice-president. In a statement on Tuesday, Nov. 16, Mayor “Inday” Sara as she is more popularly called, also explained why her party decided to make an alliance with presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Mayor Sara also […]
Only 849 additional cases reported due to ‘weekly dip of testing output,’ DOH says (Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,819,341, Department of Health data showed on Tuesday, Nov. 16. According to the DOH, this was after only 849 additional cases were added to the total “largely due to the weekly dip of testing output due to weekend encoding of positive cases to the COVID-19 Document Repository System.” “Last Sunday showed […]
(Eagle News) –The Bureau of Immigration has intercepted almost 500 illegal recruitment victims since January. According to the bureau, a total of 8,413 passengers were also not allowed to leave the Philippines for not having the proper documentation. The bureau made the statement as it hailed the rescue of what it said was another illegal recruitment victim and the arrest of a man it said was posing as an accredited liaison officer in Pasig City. […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Court Administrator and former Supreme Court spokesperson Jose Midas Marquez as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. This was announced by acting presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles on Tuesday, Nov. 16. Marquez, 55, was the 14th Court Administrator of the Supreme Court, and with his recent appointment, becomes the 192nd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He replaced Justice Edgardo delos Santos who retired […]
Use of face shield still mandatory in areas under Alert Level 5, granular lockdown areas (Eagle News) – The use of face shields in areas under COvid-19 alert levels 3, 2 and 1 “shall be voluntary,” according to a Nov. 15, 2021 memorandum from the Office of the President. In a memo issued by the Office of the Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on “protocols on the use of face shields,” it said that President Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — All fully-vaccinated health care workers may start availing of COVID-19 booster shots starting Wednesday, Nov. 17, the Department of Health said. According to the DOH, based on the Emergency Use Authorization issued by the Food and Drug Administration, the agency recommends using either Moderna, Pfizer, or Sinovac as booster doses “regardless of the brand used for the primary series.” “Sinovac will also be offered as a booster for those that had Sinovac […]
Reminds parents not to expose their children below 12 years old to COVID danger after death of 2 year old who got COVID after mall visit (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte instructed the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases to come out with rules that would not allow minors, especially those below 12 years old, to go to malls and other closed spaces so that they would not be exposed to […]
Total COVID jabs administered in PHL close to 70 million doses as of Nov. 14 (Eagle News) – The country reached the milestone of administering around 1 million COVID jabs each day for the last three days of last week, as total administered vaccines nationwide reached almost 70 million doses, according to Malacanang “For three straight days in a row last week, pumapalo po tayo ng one million jabs,” said Secretary Roque in his […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,818,511 on Monday, Nov. 15, after the Department of Health reported 1,547 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 27025 were active. Of these, 61 percent were mild, 5.9 percent were asymptomatic, 4.6 percent were critical, 10.8 percent were severe, and 17.59 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 2,745,777 with the addition of 2,601 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is running as a senatorial candidate in the 2022 national elections. Duterte, through a lawyer, filed his certificate of candidacy as a senatoriable under the Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan (PDDS) an allied party of PDP-Laban, which was also the declared party of presidential candidate, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go. Duterte’s candidacy under PDDS was filed minutes before the 5 p.m. deadline set by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) […]
