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Duterte announces decision as Senator Go files his candidacy for VP with Comelec (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Saturday, Oct. 2, that he will not run for vice president in 2022 anymore and will retire from politics, saying he was heeding the sentiment of Filipinos. In a brief speech as Senator Bong Go filed his certificate of candidacy with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday, Duterte said he was “was […]
5.5 million Pfizer doses arriving in coming days, says US embassy official (Eagle News) Some 2.5 million doses of government-procured Sinovac vaccines and 883,500 Pfizer doses arrived in the country on Friday, Oct. 1, further boosting vaccine supplies. The delivery of over 3.38 million doses of vaccines on Friday brought to 74.7 million doses the total COVID vaccines delivered to the country. The 2.5 million Sinovac doses arrived shortly before 6 p.m. at Ninoy Aquno […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar on Friday, Oct. 1, urged aspiring political candidates to refrain from resorting to pomp and grandeur when filing their certificates of candidacy. Eleazar made the appeal as the filing of COCs for elective posts in the 2022 polls kicked off, with at least 20 making the day’s deadline for application. “Umaapela tayo sa mga kandidato at kanilang mga taga-suporta na kumilos nang naaayon sa panahon,” Eleazar […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs logged its highest monthly collection in September, surpassing that month’s revenue collection target by 5.3 percent. According to the bureau, the P59.9 billion collected was more than its target of P56.9 billion, and represents the ninth consecutive month the bureau has exceeded its monthly collection target in 2021. Based on the preliminary report from the BOC-Financial Service, eight out of the seventeen collection districts exceeded their target for […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has a new spokesperson. PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar designated Police Colonel Roderick Augustus B. Alba to the post left vacated by Police Brigadier General Ronaldo E. Olay following his promotion. Olay is now acting director for logistics in the PNP Directorial Staff. Alba is a member of the Philippine National Police Academy “Tagapagpatupad” Class of 1992. He was was erstwhile Deputy Director for Administration of the PNP Information […]
by Allison JACKSON Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines’ election season kicked off Friday with TV celebrities, political scions and at least one inmate expected to be among thousands of candidates vying for posts from president to town councillor. A week-long registration process launches a typically noisy and deadly seven months of campaigning for more than 18,000 positions — but the raging pandemic and economic misery caused by Covid lockdowns could […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,565,487 on Friday, Oct. 1, with the addition of 15566 cases. The Department of Health said of the total cases, of which 45 duplicate cases have been removed, 130,268 are active. Of these, 77.9 percent are mild, 15 percent asymptomatic, 0.9 percent critical, 2.1 percent are severe, and 3.97 percent are moderate. Recoveries rose to 2,396,726 with the addition of 23483 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is […]
Says Senator Gordon’s remarks that hearings will be conducted ’til Kingdom come’ already tantamount to “grave abuse of discretion” (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte directed his cabinet members not to attend hearings being conducted by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee anymore saying its chair Senator Richard Gordon is already “overstepping” his jurisdiction and already committing “grave abuse of discretion. President Duterte during his “Talk to the People” on Sept. 30, said he has […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200 areas in Metro Manila are under granular lockdown, Philippine National Police data showed on Friday, Oct. 1. According to PNP data, the 224 areas include 125 houses, 39 residential buildings, 15 subdivisions or villages, 12 residential building floors, 11 streets, and 22 others. The areas are located in 123 barangays in Metro Manila, according to the PNP. Earlier, the PNP said 219 areas were under granular lockdown. Metro Manila is […]
Palace also announces new quarantine protocols for the rest of the country (Eagle News) – The pilot implementation of the Alert Levels System in the National Capital Region (NCR) is extended until October 15, 2021, said Malacanang as it announced the quarantine protocols for the rest of the country for this month. This was after the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF), in its meeting on September 30 meeting decided to extend the alert level in Metro […]
ICU bed utilization in Metro Manila, nationwide remain at high-risk (Eagle News) – The Department of Health added 14,286 new COVID-19 cases and 130 new COVID deaths on Thursday, Sept. 30. Total COVID-19 cases already reached 2,549,966, but only 5.4 percent of these remain active cases at 138,294. Most of these have already recovered, or 93.1 percent or 2,373,378. Total COVID deaths reached 38,294 or just 1.5 percent of total cases, with the addition […]
Galvez says those with comordibities, and children of health workers to be prioritized for vaccination by October (Eagle News) – At least 29 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been allotted by the Philippine government for the inoculation of adolescents, or those aged 12 to 17, that will start by October. This was according to National Task Force Against COVID-19 Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., who said that those who will be prioritized are adolescents with comorbidities […]
