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PHL COVID-19 tally rises to 2,790,375

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,790,375 after the Department of Health reported 3,117 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 43185 were active. Of the active cases, 72.6 percent were mild, 4.9 percent were asymptomatic, 3 percent were critical, 1.2 percent were severe, and 12.32 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 2,703,914 with the addition of 5124 additional recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 43276 […]

Immigration bureau: Number of passengers who arrived in PHL this year down by 72 percent

(Eagle News) — The number of passengers who arrived this year in the country decreased by 72 percent, the Bureau of Immigration said. According to Immigration chief Jaime Morente, only 893,886 travelers arrived in the country from January to September, down from the 3.2 million arrivals logged in the same period in 2020. Morente said this was “a far cry” from the country’s pre-pandemic figures of 12.6 million arrivals by the 3rd quarter. There were […]

DOH records lowest percentage of active COVID cases at 1.6 percent; total active cases at 45,233

But highest percentage of moderate cases recorded   (Eagle News) — The Department of Health recorded 3,410 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total active cases to just 45,233 as of Sunday, Oct. 31. The percentage of active cases is just 1.6 percent, the lowest so far. But the DOH also reported the highest percentage of moderate cases so far at 11.83 percent. New recoveries reported were 5,825 bringing total recoveries to 2,698,871, bringing the percentage […]

President Duterte leads inauguration of seven newly-upgraded ports in Bohol

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte led on Friday, Oct. 29, the inauguration of seven newly-modernized in Bohol, part of the government’s infrastructure development thrust. The rehabilitation and structure construction in the ports of Tagbilaran, Jagna, Ubay, Tapal, Talibon, Loon and Maribojoc, the President said, will “allow Bohol to accommodate more people and goods from neighboring provinces and contribute much the province’s recovery from the pandemic.” “I am also confident that these ports will strengthen […]

IATF okays 70% to 100% passenger capacity in public tranport starting Nov. 4 in Metro Manila, nearby areas

  (Eagle News) — Starting Thursday, Nov. 4, public transport in Metro Manila and adjacent provinces will be slowly eased from 70 percent to full capacity, Malacanang said. This was after the Inter-Agency Task Force approved the recommendation of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to gradually increase passenger capacity in public transportation for road-based and rail transportation plying Metro Manila and its adjacent provinces. “Inaprubahan ng inyong IATF ang rekomendasyon para sa pagtaas ng passenger […]

PHL bares updated “Red, Green, Yellow” list of countries that will take effect on Nov. 1

(Eagle News) – Malacanang has released the approved and updated “Red, Green and Yellow list” of countries that will take effect on November 1 until Nov. 15. Under the new list, only one country – Latvia – remains under the “red list.” There are 46 countries, jurisdictions or territories under the updated Green List. These are the following: Algeria, American Samoa, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, China (Mainland), Comoros, Cook Islands, Eritrea, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), […]

Palace announces alert level expanded to more regions; NCR still under Alert Level 3 until Nov. 14

Quarantine classifications for rest of PHL also bared for November   (Eagle News) – Starting Monday, Nov. 1, more regions in the country would be placed under the Alert Level System, even as Metro Manila remained under Alert Level 3. Central Luzon (Region 3), Western Visayas (Region 6), and Northern Mindanao (Region 10) were included in the expanded coverage of the Alert Level System, Malacanang announced on Friday, Oct. 29. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said […]

PHL COVID-19 tally now at 2,779,943

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,779,943 on Friday, Oct. 29, after the Department of Health reported 4043 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 50630 were active. Of these, 74.1 percent were mild, 6.5 percent were asymptomatic, 2.6 percent were critical, 6.1 percent were severe, and 10.71 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 2686692 with the addition of 3224 recoveries. Metro Manila was supposed to be under […]

Over 100M of COVID vaccine doses already delivered to PHL; target breached ahead of Oct 31 deadline

  (Eagle News) – More than 100 million COVID-19 vaccines have already been delivered to the Philippines as of Thursday, Oct. 28, as officials announced the country had breached its target a few days earlier than the set end-of-the-month deadline. The country received a total of 100,528,240 COVID-19 vaccine doses after the delivery on Thursday of 976,950 government-procured Pfizer-BioNTech jabs. “Today, we celebrate another milestone in our national vaccination program. Initially, there were those who […]

PNP: Total crime incidents in past five years down by 49.6 percent

(Eagle News) — The number of crime incidents reported in the past five years has gone down by 49.6 percent, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP,  a comparative analysis of the  Crime Information Reporting and Analysis System data showed 1.36 million cases were logged from 2016 to 2021, as opposed to the 2.67 million crime incidents reported from 2010 to 2015. The PNP said the biggest decline in crime incidents was posted […]

Immigration bureau to employees: Ban on posting of TikTok videos in uniform still in effect

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has reiterated the ban on the posting of TikTok videos while in their uniforms to employees. In a memorandum to all BI port personnel, Immigration Port Operations Chief  Carlos Capulong made the statement anew following reports that some bureau employees assigned to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) continued to post videos on the social media platform which were taken while they were on duty and wearing their […]

DOH reports 3,694 new COVID cases; PHL total active cases now below 50k

Total Covid recoveries now over 2.68 million   (Eagle News) – The Department of Health recorded 3,694 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, Oct. 28, bringing down the total active cases to just 49,835. This is the first time in over three months that total active cases were below 50,000. The last time that this happened was on July 21 this year. The same number of below 50,000 was also registered last year before the surge […]