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Agriculture, manufacturing, info and communication sector report biggest drop in employment (Eagle News) — The Philippines recorded its highest unemployment rate since January this year at 8.9 percent this September when the country was recording between 12,000 to more than 26,000 new COVID-19 cases per day. The 8.9 percent unemployment rate came about after the number of unemployed in the Philippines increased from 3.88 million in August 2021 to 4.25 million in the succeeding […]
(Eagle News) — For the first time since the pandemic began, the curfew in Metro Manila is lifted starting Thursday, Nov. 4. The Metro Manila Council (MMC) approved a resolution (MMDA Resolution No. 21-25) which lifted the prevailing standardized and unified curfew hours from 12 midnight to 4 a.m. This will “complement the adjustment of mall operating hours to provide both mall goers and mall employees ample time to get home,” the Metro Manila […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government has submitted its list of recommendations of possible replacements of Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar, who is retiring next month. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the list of five names was submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte, who is expected to make his pick before Eleazar’s mandatory retirement. Año, however, did not say who the five people on the list were. Eleazar took the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines recorded only 1,591 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, Nov. 3, bringing the total active cases to 38,014, or just 1.4 percent of total COVID cases, the lowest so far since the pandemic began. This number, 1,591 new virus cases, is the lowest single-day record of new cases in nine months, or since Feb. 4 this year when new COVID cases then reported were just 1,590. New recoveries on Wednesday, […]
Directs Galvez, PNP, AFP to use planes, choppers to deliver vaccines to far-flung towns (Eagle News) — The Philippines has so far received almost 109 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with the arrival of 2.7 million more Sputnik V doses from Russia. But President Rodrigo Duterte is worried with some glitches or faults in “the over-all picture of the vaccination.” “As of today, nearly 109 million doses have arrived in the country. It is […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, the additional 248 cases pushed the total confirmed cases among Filipinos abroad to 23817. Over 200, or 296, more recovered, pushing the total recoveries to 14129. Seventy-four additional fatalities pushed the COVID-19 death toll among Filipinos outside the country to 1,424. According to DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Ports Authority has reiterated its “No Permit, No Service” policy in all ports nationwide. The PPA made the statement following what it said was the continued refusal of some truckers to comply. According to the PPA, the policy was in line with PPA Memorandum Circular (MC) 19-2021, which requires truckers to obtain a Certificate of Accreditation (CA) and Permit to Operate (PTO) to be allowed to transact in port terminals. […]
(Eagle News) — More than 500 new cases of the Delta variant have been reported in the Philippines. According to the Department of Health, apart from the additional 520 Delta variant cases, 83 more Beta variant cases and 64 more Alpha variant cases were also reported in the latest genome sequencing run. With the additional Delta cases, the total is now at 5,331, the DOH said. The DOH has said the variant is the most […]
But rise in percentage of moderate, severe and critical cases seen (Eagle News) — The Department of Health recorded just 2,303 new COVID cases on Tuesday, Nov. 2, bringing total active cases to 40,786, the lowest number of active cases since early March. The total active cases on March 8 this year were just 39,330. On Tuesday, the percentage of active cases went down to 1.5 percent, a new record-low. But total active cases […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Netflix has removed two episodes of an Australian spy show from its streaming service in the Philippines after Manila objected to scenes showing a map with Beijing’s claims to the disputed South China Sea. China has long used its so-called nine-dash line to justify its claims over most of the resource-rich South China Sea, where the Philippines has rival claims. The Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday it had lodged […]
(Eagle News) — Taguig City started its COVID-19 vaccination rollout for the rest of the children aged 12 to 17 years on Tuesday, Nov. 2, ahead of the scheduled Nov. 3 rollout of the pediatric vaccination for the rest of the country. Minors aged 12 to 17 with no comorbidities can go together with their parents or guardians to the city’s mega vaccination hubs so they could be inoculated against COVID-19. The Taguig City […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has lowered the alert level imposed on Iraq following what it said was the improvement in the security situation in the country. With the alert level now down to 3 from 4, upon the recommendation of the DFA, the DFA said the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Governing Board has issued Governing Board Resolution (GBR) No. 9 series of 2021, exempting returning OFWs from the deployment ban, […]
