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(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has deployed 99 new officers to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to beef up its manpower there. In a statement, the bureau said the new bureau recruits just completed their three-month training on immigration laws, rules and procedures after being from among thousands of individuals who applied for the 99 Immigration Officer 1 plantilla positions. “Our new IOs have started reporting for duty in the three terminals of […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200 more police personnel have tested positive for COVID-19. According to Philippine National Police data released on Sunday, Sept. 5, the additional 219 cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases in the police force to 35,561. Of these, 2181 were active. Recoveries rose to 33,272 including the additional 113 recoveries. The death toll is at 108 with no additional COVID-19 deaths among police personnel reported. The police are among the country’s frontliners […]
Total no. of active cases at 157,646 lower than previous day; percentage of COVID-deaths at 1.65 percent lowest since May (Eagle News) – The number of new COVID-19 recoveries increased on Saturday, Sept. 4, as the country recorded almost 22,000 recoveries, according to the Department of Health data. New recoveries reached 21,962 bringing the total number of recoveries to nearly 1.87 million (1,869,376). The number is also higher than the new COVID-19 cases for the […]
Philippine Airlines said Saturday it was filing for bankruptcy in the United States to slash $2 billion in debt as it tries to survive an industry gutted by the coronavirus pandemic. The national carrier of the Philippines said the filing will allow it to restructure contracts and cut debt by at least $2 billion while getting $655 million in fresh capital when it emerges from the Chapter 11 process. PAL will also downsize its fleet […]
Lifting of restrictions to start on Sept 6; IATF also updates countries under “Green List”, approves “red,” “yellow” classification for countries depending on COVID-risk (Eagle News) –(Eagle News) – Starting Monday, Sept. 6, the current travel restrictions in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia because of the Delta variant would be lifted. Malacanang announced this on Saturday, Sept. 4 after President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation […]
(Eagle News) — Balitalakayan interviews Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Undersecretary Eric Domingo who explains the amendments to the emergency use authority (EUA) for Moderna so these could be used for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years old. Domingo also explains other issues related to vaccines, including the aim to achieve population protection or even herd immunity by year-end. He also explains the importance of completing vaccination, and getting the full dose, as studies […]
(Eagle News)–Repatriated Filipinos have until Sept. 30 to apply for a transfer of their overseas registration. The Commission on Elections said it extended the deadline from Aug. 31 to “prevent the disenfranchisement of a great number of our kababayans who have been unexpectedly repatriated due to the COVID-19 pandemic.” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said they can still exercise their right to suffrage if they are in the Philippines on election day by casting their ballot […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 2,040,568 after the Department of Health reported 20,310 more COVID-19 cases on Friday, Sept. 3. This is the second highest single day record of new COVID cases in the country after the record high 22,366 cases last Aug. 30. According to DOH data, of the total cases, 158,994 are active. Of these, 96.5 percent are mild, 1.1 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent critical, 1 percent […]
Booster shots to be allocated initially for A1 sector or the health frontliners, says Galvez (Eagle News) – The Philippines is preparing to buy additional vaccines as booster shots as the highly infectious Delta variant is declared as the dominant COVID-19 variant driving infections in the country. National Task Force Chief Implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr., said the NTF has started to negotiate with four different manufacturers that produce COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines has already vaccinated more than 34 million individuals, with those given first doses topping 20 million. Those fully vaccinated are now over 14.1 million, Malacanang said. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that these milestones for the Philippines in a press briefing on Thursday, Sept. 2. Those who received a first dose represented 25.93 percent, while those who completed their doses reached 18.29 percent of the target population. “Good news. […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government on Friday, Sept. 3, approved the emergency use of the Moderna vaccine on adolescents aged 12 to 17. Food and Drug Administration Director General Eric Domingo said the amendment in the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the use was approved “after a thorough evaluation by our vaccine experts and our regulatory experts in FDA.” According to Domingo, experts agreed that because of the Delta variant, the benefits of getting adolescents […]
But OCTA notes 12 percent higher number of average daily COVID cases from Aug. 26 to Sept. 1 compared to previous week (Eagle News) – The reproduction number of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila has “decreased to 1.39” which is below the critical level cutoff of 1.4, according to OCTA Research on Thursday, Sept. 2. In its COVID-19 update, OCTA Research also predicted that the reproduction number in the National Capital Region (NCR) could even […]
