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Duterte says Sen. Pimentel’s previous action of “designating” Pacquiao as party president caused troubles in party (Eagle News) – Senator Manny Pacquiao was replaced by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi as president of the ruling PDP-Laban party in a national assembly on Saturday, July 17 which was attended by party chair, President Rodrigo Duterte. It was President Duterte himself who swore in Cusi as the duly elected new president of PDP-Laban after 16 posts, including […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1502359 on Saturday, July 17, after the Department of Health reported 6040 additional cases. Of the total cases, 47257 were active. Of these, 91.8 percent were mild, 2 percent asymptomatic, 2.7 percent were severe, 1.6 percent critical, and 1.89 percent moderate. Recoveries rose to 1428504 including the 7213 additional ones. The death toll is now at 26598, including the additional 122 deaths. The Philippines COVID-19 vaccination is […]
Over 5.85M vaccine doses delivered in 2 days bringing total jab doses in PHL to over 26M (Eagle News) In a span of two days, the Philippines received over 5.85 million doses of life-saving COVID-19 vaccines including the 3.2 million doses of Johnson and Johnson’s single-shot Janssen vaccines that arrived on Friday, July 16, and Saturday, July 17. Among the recent vaccine deliveries were the 1.15 million AstraZeneca doses which arrived on Friday morning, and […]
(Eagle News)–Forty-seven more COVID-19 cases were reported among police personnel. According to Philippine National Police data, the additional cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 29245. Of these, 1315 were active. Ninety-seven more recoveries also pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 27852. An additional death was also reported, pushing the PNP COVID-19 death toll to 78. The inoculation of PNP personnel is ongoing. On Friday, July 16, the Department of Health said 16 additional […]
(Eagle News) — Passengers only transiting in the eight countries covered by the travel ban will be allowed to enter the Philippines. The Bureau of Immigration issued the clarification following the extension of the travel ban covering India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates until July 31. The national government also recently included Indonesia in the travel ban. According to the bureau, transiting passengers are those who were only in […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Fabian” is unlikely to bring heavy rainfall into the country but is currently enhancing the southwest monsoon. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said monsoon rains may be expected over MIMAROPA and the western portion of Visayas within 24 hours. “Fabian,” PAGASA said, was so far located 1,365 km east of extreme Northern Luzon, packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kph near the center and […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine health officials warned Friday of a possible surge in coronavirus infections as the first locally transmitted cases of the highly contagious Delta variant were recorded and more than three million people went into lockdown. Eleven local cases of the more virulent strain have been detected, including two in the national capital region, the health department said, citing results of genome sequencing conducted this week. The cases dated back to […]
Iloilo province, Iloilo City, Cagayan de Oro province and Gingoog City placed under ECQ until July 31 (Eagle News) — Malacanang announced on Friday, July 16, the escalation of the community quarantine classification for Iloilo Province, Iloilo City, Cagayan de Oro province, and Gingoog City in Misamis Oriental to Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) until July 31. Previously, these areas were under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ). The revision of the new quarantine classifications came […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Friday, July 16, reported hundreds of additional Alpha and Beta variant cases in the country. The Alpha variant was first detected in the United Kingdom, and the Beta variant in South Africa. In its report, the DOH said, in particular, the department, the Philippine Genome Center, and the Philippine General Hospital detected 264 more Alpha variant cases and 299 more Beta variant cases. The results were based […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1496328 on Friday, July 16, after the Department of Health reported 5,676 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 91.8 percent were mild, 2.1 percent asymptomatic, 1.6 percent critical, 2.6 percent severe, and 1.85 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1421372, including the additional 2670 recoveries. The death toll is now at 26476 including the additional 162 deaths. On Friday, the DOH […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines on Friday, July 16, reported its first 11 local cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant, with two of them in Metro Manila. Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire said the 11 were part of the 16 additional Delta variant cases detected in the latest genome sequencing run. Of the 16 additional cases, five were returning overseas Filipinos. With the additional Delta variant cases, the total detected in the Philippines now stands […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to lead the inspection of the newly-developed Clark International Airport on Saturday, July 17. The Department of Transportation said he will be accompanied by Transportation Secretary Art Tugade. According to the DOTr, the airport, dubbed “Asia’s Next Premier Gateway”, is among the key projects of the “Build, Build, Build” program of the government. The DOTr said it finished the development of the same in 2020 despite the […]
