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(Eagle News) — Foreigners who have been stranded in the Philippines due to the COVID-19 pandemic can renew their expired visas until November 30. The Bureau of Immigration said particularly covered by this new order signed by Immigration chief Jaime Morente for “humanitarian considerations” are foreigners whose visas expired between March 16, 2020 and July 4, 2021. These foreigners, the bureau said, should have never left the country. According to the bureau, the November 30 […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health reported 5,881 additional COVID-19 cases on Friday, July 9, pushing the COVID-19 cases detected in the country to 1,461,455. Of the total cases, the DOH said 51,902 were active. Of these, 90.3 percent were mild, 4.4 percent asymptomatic, 1.5 percent critical, 2.2 percent severe, and 1.56 percent were moderate. Recoveries also climbed to 1,383,833 including the additional 3,003 ones. The death toll is now at 25,720 including the […]
Palace notes children should also be accompanied by adults (Eagle News) — Children aged five and above are now allowed to go outdoors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said children in this age category can now go to the following areas in places under a general community quarantine (GCQ) and a modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), provided they are accompanied by adults: beach outdoor tourism areas park playground biking and hiking trails […]
(Eagle News) — The World Bank has apologized to the Philippines following its report that indicated that 80% of Filipino schoolchildren fell below the minimum proficiency levels. The international financial institution issued the statement after Education Secretary Leonor Briones demanded the apology, pointing out that the report was based on old Programme for International Student Assessment or PISA data, which was published in 2019, or two years ago. She said this was admitted by no […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0b0tIFWEmw (Eagle News) – Local governments in various provinces have expressed their apprehension on possible increase in COVID-19 cases if fully vaccinated individuals would be allowed to travel within the country without requiring them to undergo first COVID-19 testing. This was relayed by Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr., who also serves as the national president of the League of Provinces of the Philippines and national chairman of the Union of Local Authorities of the […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1,455,585 on Thursday, July 8, after the Department of Health reported 5,484 additional cases. According to the DOH, of these cases, 49036 were active. Of these, 90.9 percent were mild, 3.7 percent asymptomatic, 1.5 percent critical, 2.2 percent severe, and 1.62 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1380899 including the additional 3925 ones. The death toll is now at 25650 including the additional 191 deaths. […]
(Eagle News) — The Ombudsman will no longer appeal the Sandiganbayan’s acquittal of Senator Bong Revilla in the 16 graft cases filed against him in relation to the “pork barrel scam.” In a statement released on Thursday, July 8, the Ombudsman said it respects the first division’s decision granting Revilla’s demurrer to evidence with a vote of 3-2. The Ombudsman said the move to no longer appeal was consistent with Ombudsman Samuel Martires’ policy of […]
(Eagle News) — Jacinto Paras has been appointed as the Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Paras’ appointment paper on Wednesday, July 7. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque confirmed his appointment on Thursday, July 8. With the signing of his appointment, Paras effectively holds the rank of Cabinet secretary. Paras was an undersecretary at the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office prior to his new appointment. For a time, he also served […]
https://youtu.be/dBJtZX_68bE (Eagle News) – The vaccination of children and teenagers could happen by the end of the year, since the priority right now is the vaccination of priority groups such as health workers, the elderly, and those with comorbidities. This was according to Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Undersecretary Eric Domingo in an interview by the Eagle News Service program, Balitalakayan. “Dito naman kasi sa atin, nasa huling priority ang vaccination […]
(Eagle News) — Six more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. According to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data, the additional cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 20916. Three more recoveries also pushed the recovery total to 12381. No additional fatalities were reported, which means the total fatalities due to COVID-19 among Filipinos outside the country remain at 1243. According to the data, the Middle East and Africa are […]
Vaccine experts currently studying data on effectivity and safety of Sinovac vaccines for kids (Eagle News) – Sinovac has applied to amend its Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) with the Philippine Food and Drug Administration so that the vaccine could be administered to children – from 3 to 17 years old. This was revealed by FDA Director-General Undersecretary Eric Domingo during President Rodrigo Duterte’s “Talk to the People” on July 6. If the application is […]
No local Delta variant case, DOH assures, as strict border controls were able to check cases’ entry (Eagle News) — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the Lambda COVID-19 variant has not yet been detected in the country, while the highly infectious Delta variant has been contained in the country and there is no more active case of this variant. “Iyong Lambda variant, wala, pa ho tayo nito. Hindi pa ho ito natutuklasan […]
