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(Eagle News) — The Philippines hailed the award on the South China Sea arbitration as a “milestone in the corpus of international law,” as it celebrates the fifth anniversary of its issuance in favor of the Southeast Asian country. In a statement, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the award issued by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in 2016, after all, “settled the status of historic rights and maritime entitlements” in the South China […]
Tells DepEd chief that he “cannot gamble” with children’s health amid presence of more contagious COVID variants (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he is not yet ready to allow the resumption of face-to-face classes in primary and secondary schools. In his “Talk to the People” on Monday night, June 22, Duterte made his views known to Education Secretary Leonor Briones who was initially seeking to allow “face to face classes” in […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1367894 on Tuesday, June 22, after the Department of Health reported 3666 additional cases. Of the total cases, the DOH said 52696 were active. Of these, 91 percent were mild, 4.2 percent asymptomatic, 1.4 percent critical, 2 percent severe and 1.4 percent moderate. Recoveries rose to 1291389 including the additional 6801 recoveries. The death toll is now at 23809 including the 60 additional deaths. The DOH has said […]
Tells Filipinos COVID-19 first wave already depleted gov’t resources (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said the country could not afford a second wave of the COVID-19 virus, as he directed the reimplementation of the mandatory wearing of face shields and directed Filipinos to get vaccinated. Duterte, in his “Talk to the People” on June 21, said that the highly infectious and more aggressive Delta variant is what changed his mind regarding the wearing […]
One Delta variant case can infect up to 8 people (Eagle News) — Health experts described the “Delta variant” as “very scary” as it could infect up to eight people at a time, and could cause an “India-like surge” in the country. Among the variants, the Delta variant, which was first detected in India, is the most infectious and is responsible for the third wave of COVID-19 cases in many countries, including the United […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines will lift the suspension on the deployment of overseas Filipinos to Oman as soon as the Omani government removes the Southeast Asian country from its list of countries covered by a travel ban. According to Philippine Overseas Employment Administration’s Bernard Olalia, this was the takeaway from the meeting between Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and the Omani ambassador on Monday, June 21. Olalia noted that the Philippines’ move was only […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has recently repatriated over 300 overseas Filipino workers from Saudi Arabia. In a statement, the DFA said the 347 individuals, including one stretcher-bound patient, five pregnant women, one visually-impaired, and five who are wheelchair-borne, arrived on June 19. The department said a pre-processing of financial assistance of P10,000 was done for qualified beneficiaries. It said the financial assistance would be given upon their release from quarantine. The […]
(Eagle News) — The wearing of face shields is mandatory both indoors and outdoors. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this was President Rodrigo Duterte’s final say on the matter amid confusion generated by contradictory statements made by some officials. According to Roque, the President’s decision was based on the advice of health experts and “in view of the Delta variant.” The Department of Health announced border controls were on “heightened alert” as it announced the […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency unified guidelines for anti-illegal drug operations may be completed before the end of the month. This is according to PDEA director-general Wilkins Villanueva, who held a series of meetings with PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar for the guidelines, following the February fatal shootout between PNP and PDEA operatives at a mall along Commonwealth, Quezon City. Another near-misencounter was reported in May, this time, in Fairview. “We […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines recorded the lowest percentage of active COVID-19 cases this month on Monday, June 21, at 4.1 percent as the number of active cases decreased to 55,847. Total COVID-19 cases reached 1,364,239 in the country, but most of these are recoveries at 1,284,643 representing 94.7 percent of all COVID-19 cases as of Monday. Most of the active cases are still mild and asymptomatic at 95.5 percent, with 4.1 percent of them […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1364239 on Monday, June 21, after the Department of Health reported 5429 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the total, 55847 were active. Of these, 91.4 percent were mild, 4.1 percent asymptomatic, 1.3 percent critical, 1.9 percent severe, and 1.32 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1284643 including the additional 7053 ones. The death toll is now at 23749 including the additional 128 ones. According […]
In hospitals, schools, work areas, places of worship, face shield with face masks still needed (Eagle News) – Malacanang said that face shields are not required to be worn outside, but are still required to be worn inside malls, public transportation, in places of worship, public markets or places where many people can be found pending the appeal of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF). Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that President Rodrigo Duterte had already […]
