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(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has a new Highway Patrol Group chief. PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar formally designated Police Brigadier General Gregory B Bogñalbal to the position, left vacant by PBGen Alexander Tagum. Tagum assumed his new post as the Regional Director of the Police Regional Office 12 as part of the PNP’s minor reorganization following the retirement of some key officials. “I am confident that a sustained and stringent enforcement of traffic […]
Weekend COVID jabs reached 462,160 on Sunday, Nov. 7, three days after PHL surpassed 1M vaccination target on Nov. 4 (Eagle News) — The Philippines recorded the highest number of vaccination against COVID-19 done on a weekend last Sunday, November 7, 2021, at 462,160, according to Malacanang. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday, Nov. 8, thanked Filipinos who decided to get vaccinated even on a weekend. “Alam naman natin na araw ng pahinga kasama […]
651 more Delta variant cases reported (Eagle News) — The Philippines recorded its first case of the B.1.617.1 COVID-19 variant, the Department of Health said on Monday, Nov. 8. According to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, 651 more Delta variant cases were also reported from the 748 samples taken from March, April, May, June, September, and October. With the additional Delta cases, the Philippines’ COVID-19 Delta tally is now at 5,982 cases, As for the […]
Total active cases down to 32,077; new COVID cases reported at 2,087, recoveries higher at 3,510 (Eagle News) – The total active cases in the Philippines dipped further to just 1.1 percent of total COVID-19 cases in the country, the lowest percentage of active cases since the pandemic began in March 2020. Total active cases as of Monday, Nov. 8, stood at 32,077. New COVID-19 cases added on Monday were 2,087, but there were […]
National Vaccination Day to be set this November targeting 5M Filipinos (Eagle News) – The Philippines has received over 110 million doses of vaccines against COVID-19, pushing vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., to have a more aggressive vaccination rollout. On Saturday, Nov. 6, an additional 866,970 doses of Pfizer vaccines procured by the government arrived in the country. This brought the total number of COVID-19 vaccines delivered so far to the country at […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines breached the, 2,800,000 mark on Saturday, Nov. 6, after the Department of Health reported 2,656 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total 2,800,621 cases, 34866 were active. Of these, 67.1 percent were mild, 5.6 percent asymptomatic, 3.7 percent critical, 8.7 percent severe, and 14.86 percent were moderate. The figures represent an increase in the number of moderate cases, which in the early stages of the […]
Percentage of active cases at only 1.2 percent, the lowest so far since the pandemic (Eagle News) — The Philippines continued to post more than 2,000 new cases for the second straight day on Saturday, Nov. 6, as the country breached more than 2.8 million total cases, majority of which are recoveries. On Saturday, there were 2,656 new COVID-19 cases reported by the Department of Health. On Friday, Nov. 5, new cases posted were […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang announced a major victory on Friday after the Philippines breached its target of having 1 million individuals vaccinated in a day. This was after the country vaccinated a total of 1,119,389 individuals on Thursday, November 4, after the government started COVID jabs for kids aged 12 years and older. “Good news pa rin po: Lumampas na tayo sa isang milyon na nabakunahan sa isang araw. Ito ay nangyari po kahapon, […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,797,986 on Friday, Nov. 5, after the Department of Health reported 2,376 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 37377 were active. Of these, 69 percent were mild, 5.4 percent asymptomatic, 3.5 percent critical, 8.2 percent severe, and 13.94 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 2716524 with the additional 2109 ones. The COVID-19 death toll is at 44085 with the additional 260 […]
(Eagle News) — Recognizing the effect of the pandemic on the economy, the Social Security System announced programs that would help both individual members and employers to settle long-past due payments for loans, as well as overdue contributions, without paying the penalties. “Given the circumstances we are faced with today, we do not want to add burden to those who are already encountering hardships,” said SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Aurora C. Ignacio […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines’ inflation rate for the bottom 30 percent of income households eased further to 4.8 percent in October, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Friday, Nov. 5. According to the PSA, the inflation rate for that group in September was at 5.0 percent while the rate was at 2.9 percent in October 2020. The PSA said the deceleration was mainly due to the slower annual rate observed in the heavily-weighted food […]
(Eagle News) — Starting today, Friday, Nov. 5, Metro Manila is under Alert Level 2 where more restrictions are eased. Malacanang said yesterday that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Thursday, November 4, 2021, approved the de-escalation of the National Capital Region to Alert Level 2. This will last until November 21, 2021. “Also approved is the recommendation of the sub-Technical Working Group on Data Analytics to base the alert level assignments on data that […]
