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(Eagle News) — Twenty Filipinos remain in Afghanistan as the government continues its repatriation efforts. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, only two of the 20, however, have requested repatriation. The rest, it said, expressed their intent to stay in the country for work reasons. According to the department, so far, 191 Filipinos have already left the country. The department said the Philippine embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan continues to closely monitor the status of […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine government maintained that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction to investigate drug war killings, insisting that local courts are competent enough and working on the trial of cases. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the ICC would only acquire jurisdiction if local courts are not working, and predicted that the ICC probe if it pushes through would languish for years without the cooperation of Philippine authorities. Because […]
(Eagle News) — The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has updated the country’s “red list” to include four other countries. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said now also considered high-risk for COVID-19 are Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Serbia, and Slovenia. According to Roque, the travel restrictions on those countries will end on Sept. 30. Earlier, the Palace said Azerbaijan, Guadeloupe, Guam, Israel, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Saint Lucia, […]
(Eagle News) — Over 50 percent of police personnel have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, the 57.97 percent who received their full doses translates to 131,326 individuals. More than 36 percent, or 36.32 percent, meanwhile, are waiting for their second doses. The PNP said that is equivalent to 80,809. “We are aiming that by the following months and before this year ends, all the 221,000 PNP […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 2,304,192 on Thursday, Sept. 16, after the Department of Health reported 21,261 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 177946 were active. Of these, 86.1 percent were mild, 9.2 percent asymptomatic, 0.6 percent critical, 1.4 percent severe, and 2.65 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 2,090,228 with the addition of 13,644 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 36,018 with the […]
by Jan HENNOP Agence France Presse THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — The International Criminal Court on Wednesday authorised a full probe into Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs”, saying it resembled an illegitimate and systematic attack on civilians. Judges said there was a “reasonable basis” to believe that the crime against humanity of murder had been committed in the crackdown, which has left thousands of people dead. Duterte pulled Manila out of the […]
(Eagle News) — Over 11 million people in Metro Manila benefited from the government’s financial assistance distributed to vulnerable households following the imposition of COVID-19 lockdowns last month. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the government spent P11.226 billion, benefiting 11,226,946 individuals, as authorities rounded up the distribution of the cash aid. The government had a budget of P11.256 billion for the cash aid distribution. According to Año, the money left unclaimed will be returned to […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Thursday, Sept. 16, said it remains on alert to thwart the entry of possible foreign terrorists into the country. The bureau issued the statement after the Japan Embassy in Manila confirmed its government received information about a possible terrorist attack in Southeast Asian countries, including the Philippines. “Those who fail to satisfactorily explain their purpose in coming are turned away and booked on the first available flight […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has announced the promotion to key PNP posts of five senior police officials. In a statement, the PNP said the promotions were triggered by the retirement this year of four members of the PNP Directorial Staff. Below are the promoted senior police officials and their new posts: Police Major General Rhodel O. Sermonia is now the PNP Director for Operations, replacing Police Mahor General Alfred S. Corpus, who retired […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Thursday, Sept. 16: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with their airlines prior to the scheduled travel as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. The travel ban on India and nine other countries has been lifted. The government, however, has imposed travel restrictions on countries […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 2,283,011 on Wednesday, Sept. 15, after the Department of Health reported 16,989 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 85.4 percent were mild cases, 9.8 percent asymptomatic, 0.7 percent were critical, 1.4 percent were severe, and 2.77 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 2,076,823 with the addition of 24,123 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 35,742, with the addition of […]
30 percent capacity for outdoor religious services also allowed under alert level 4 (Eagle News) – The pilot implementation of Alert Level 4 in Metro Manila will start on Thursday, Sept. 16, with an allowed capacity of 10 percent for indoor religious services but only for the fully vaccinated. This was clarified by Malacanang as the start of the alert level 4 implementation in the National Capital Region begins Thursday, Sept. 16, initially for […]
