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(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered a probe into the alleged sale of fake COVID-19-negative test results. In a statement, Eleazar said he directed the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and the Anti-Cybercrime Group to look into the reports the RT-PCR test results, often used as travel requirement, were being sold for at least P1,000 each. The person paying for the document does not even have to undertake a real swab […]
(Eagle News) — Classes for school year 2021 to 2022 will start on September 13, 2021. The Department of Education said this was after President Rodrigo Duterte chose the date among the other options recommended by Education Secretary Leonor Briones. Earlier, Briones also suggested August 23, 2021 and September 6, 2021 as opening dates for School Year 2021-2022. The department said it would be releasing the school calendar for SY 2021-2022 soon. “We extend our […]
29 other areas under GCQ until July 31 (Eagle News) – Malacanang has released the new community quarantine protocols that would take effect starting tomorrow, Friday, July 16, wherein Metro Manila has been placed under a more relaxed General Community Quarantine (GCQ) along with 29 other areas. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that President Rodrigo Duterte had already approved the extension of GCQ in the National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila starting July 16, […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1490665 after the Department of Health reported 5,221 more cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 45495 were active. Of these, 91.4 percent were mild cases, 2.1 percent asymptomatic, 1.7 percent critical, 2.8 percent severe, and 1.96 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1418856 including the additional 4147 recoveries. The death toll is now at 26314, including the additional 82 ones. On Wednesday, […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines has administered more than 14 million COVID-19 vaccine doses as of Wednesday, July 14, with more than 10 million Filipinos having received the first dose, and over 4 million already fully vaccinated. This was announced by Malacanang on Thursday, July 15. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that those given first doses (10,026,772) already covered 14.32 percent of the country’s targeted population. While those given second doses (4,047,792) were 5.78 […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar on Thursday, July 15, gave the assurance the unused budget allotted for anti-communist insurgency programs is intact and will be used wisely. Eleazar also noted that he would look into the other claims made by the Commission on Audit in its recent report. According to the COA report, only P86.57 million was spent for the PNP’s anti-communist programs, an amount that was very low compared to […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration deported on Thursday, July 15, nine Japanese nationals wanted in their home country for telecommunications fraud. In a statement, the bureau said Mishima Takumi, Tabata Ryota, Kawasaki Ryuto, Irabu Shioki, Onishi Shunsuke, Omata Kenta, Sato Takatoku, Hashizumi Ryushin, and Mitani Ren boarded a Japan Airlines flight to Narita which left the Ninoy Aquino International Airport shortly after 10 a.m. The bureau said the deportees were among 34 Japanese […]
(Eagle News) – Another 1 million doses of Sinovac’s CoronaVac vaccines against COVID-19 arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday, bringing to more than 21.7 million doses the total jabs delivered to the country since Feb. 28. The 1 million Sinovac doses delivered this morning is part of the 26 million CoronaVac doses that have been purchased by the Philippine government for this year. With the delivery, there are now 13 million Sinovac doses in […]
(Eagle News) — The country recorded its highest number of vaccines administered in a day at 375,059 jabs on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. According to the National Task Force against COVID-19, this is the highest number of vaccines administered in one day since the country started its vaccine roll-out in March this year. As of Tuesday, at least 13,817,358 Filipinos have received their COVID-19 shots in 4,360 vaccination sites throughout the country. “Of this number, […]
Ban imposed as a precautionary measure to protect PHL against Delta variant entry (Eagle News) – The Philippines implemented a travel ban on travelers coming from Indonesia starting July 16 because of the spike in COVID-19 cases there due to the highly infectious Delta variant. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced on Wednesday, July 14, that President Rodrigo had approved the recommendation to impose the ban on incoming travelers with a history of being in […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1485457 on Wednesday, July 14, after the Department of Health reported 3806 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 44408 were active. Of these, 90 percent were mild, 3.5 percent asymptomatic, 1.7 percent critical, 2.8 percent severe, and 1.96 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1414817 including the additional 6296 recoveries. The death toll is now at 26232 including the 140 additional deaths. […]
Balitalakayan interviews Environment Undersecretary Benny Antiporda on the alleged dumping of human waste in the West Philippine Sea by China. Antiporda said the DENR will investigate the issue, and has already coordinated with the Department of National Defense. He said that they are yet to validate the matter, and pointed some inconsistencies regarding the report. Watch the full interview by clicking the video above, or clicking this link: Interview with Usec. Benny Antiporda, DENR, […]
