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Baliatakayan interviews Filipino Nurses United Secretary General Jocelyn Andamo on Monday, June 21, 2021, about the Philippine government’s move to increase the deployment cap on nurses and other health care workers who want to work abroad. Andamo said that the increase of the cap by 1,500 is not enough, and appealed for this to be further raised to accommodate the number of newly hired heath care workers abroad who could not leave the […]
Balitalakayan interviews Integrated Bar of the Philippines Atty. Domingo Cayosa on Monday, June 21, 2021, on the move by retired International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to press the ICC to formally investigate Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte on alleged crimes against humanity committed in the country’s war against illegal drugs. (Eagle News Service)
(Eagle News) – The Philippines detected 39 more COVID-19 variant cases in the country, including four cases of the Delta variant, the highly infection double mutation variant first found in India. This brings the total Delta variant cases in the country to 17. The Department of Health (DOH), the University of the Philippines – Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the University of the Philippines – National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) also reported on […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos are now at 20431. According to Department of Foreign Affairs data, this was after seven more COVID-19 cases were reported. No additional recoveries nor fatalities were reported among Filipinos abroad, which means the recovery total and death toll among Filipinos outside the country remain at 12096 and 1220, respectively. The Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries and deaths among […]
(Eagle News) — Fully-vaccinated passengers still need to present proof of booking accommodation at a government-accredited facility to be allowed entry into the country. According to Immigration chief Jaime Morente, fully vaccinated passengers are not exempted from quarantine protocols. Individuals vaccinated abroad, he said, are required to present booking accommodation for ten days. Meanwhile, those arriving passengers who were vaccinated in the Philippines are required to undergo a seven-day facility-based quarantine upon arrival, with the […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1359015 on Sunday, June 20, after the Department of Health reported 5803 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 57679 were active. Of these, 91.9 percent were mild, 3.7 percent asymptomatic, 1.3 percent critical, 1.8 percent severe, and 1.29 percent were moderate. Recoveries increased to 1277715, including the additional 7652 ones. The death toll is now at 23621, including the additional 84 ones. Metro Manila […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos are now at 20,424. According to Department of Foreign Affairs data, this was after two more cases were reported. Three additional recoveries also pushed the COVID-19 recovery total to 12,096. Meanwhile, the death toll due to COVID-19 among Filipinos outside the country remains at 1220, with no additional deaths reported. According to the DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1353220 on Saturday, June 19, after the Department of Health reported 6959 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 59439 were active. Of these, 92.2 percent were mild, 3.6 percent asymptomatic, 1.3 percent critical, 1.7 percent severe, and 1.25 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1270243 , including the additional 9407 ones. The death toll is now at 23538 , including the additional 153 ones. Metro […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional 142 cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 20422. “The spike in the number of cases is due to an increase in reported cases in Asia and the Pacific,” the DFA said. Meanwhile, one additional recovery and one death also pushed the COVID-19 recovery tally and death toll among Filipinos overseas to 12093 […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar ordered policemen to enforce minimum public health safety standards, but refrain from imposing any sanctions on violators who would be caught not wearing face shields in both open and enclosed places. In a statement, Eleazar said, instead, the police should caution violators and remind them that there are still no existing guidelines that allow the non-wearing of face shields. According to Eleazar, while President Rodrigo Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — Over 300 overseas Filipinos were repatriated from the United Arab Emirates this week. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the 325 Filipinos arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Thursday, June 17. This was the third flight from the UAE this year chartered by the department through the Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs (DFA-OUMWA) using the DFA’s Assistance To National Fund. The DFA said the batch included 88 […]
(Eagle News) — Balitalakayan interviews Dean Amado Valdez on the request for a full investigation of the former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda on the alleged “crimes against humanity” on the war on drugs campaign of the Duterte administration. In the interview on Friday, June 18, 2021, Valdez said that the ICC has no jurisdiction to investigate President Rodrigo Duterte since the Philippines officially withdrew from the ICC in March […]
