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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1,346,276 on Friday, June 18, after the Department of Health reported 6833 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 61776 were active. Of these, 97.2 percent were mild, 3.7 percent asymptomatic, 1.2 percent critical, 1.7 percent severe, and 1.22 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1261115, including the additional 3441 cases. The death toll is now at 23385 including the 110 additional ones. Metro […]
Balitalakayan interviews Sen. Francis Tolentino on the issue of “war on drugs” which the former International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda tried to revive before her term ended at the ICC on June 15, 2021. Tolentino revealed that Bensouda herself is being investigated by the United States State Department, and that even her US visa has been cancelled by the US State department. The senator questioned Bensouda’s timing in pressing the full investigation […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines is temporarily suspending the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Oman. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said in an interview this was after Oman included the Philippines in its list of countries covered by a travel ban. Bello said the temporary suspension was upon the recommendation of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Bello did not say when the suspension would be lifted. The Philippines has also included Oman in its […]
Israel’s Ambassador Harpaz says PHL will forever be in his heart; expresses gratitude, love for Filipinos (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Roa Duterte conferred the Order of Sikatuna with the rank of Datu (Grand Cross) Silver Distinction on outgoing Ambassador of Israel to the Philippines Rafael Harpaz who paid a farewell call on the President at the Malacañang Palace on June 16, 2021. Ambassador Harpaz was assigned to the country in August 2018, after serving […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1,339,457 after the Department of Health reported 6637 additional cases. According to data released on Thursday, June 17, of the total cases, 58,407 cases were active. Of these, 91.8 percent were mild, 3.8 percent asymptomatic, 1.3 percent critical, 1.8 percent severe, and 1.3 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1257774 including the additional 4584 cases. Over 100, or 155, additional deaths pushed the COVID-19 death toll […]
Total Sinovac doses delivered since Feb. 28 reach 9M, comprising bulk of PHL vaccine supplies (Eagle News) — Some 1.5 million doses of Sinovac vaccines arrived in the country on Thursday, June 17, bringing to some 14.2 million doses the total vaccines delivered so far to the country. The Sinovac vaccines were delivered as scheduled, and included the 500,000 doses purchased by the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FFCCCI). National Task […]
(Eagle News) — The number of vaccinated Filipinos have breached seven million, with close to 2 million already fully vaccinated. This is according to vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr, in a recent Senate hearing on the vaccine procurement of the Philippine government. As of June 14, the number of those who received vaccines were 7,087,256 doses. Those who are fully vaccinated already reached 1,922,447, while those who received the first dose of the […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos are now at 20276. According to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data, this was after two additional cases were reported. No new recovery nor fatality was reported, which means the recovery total and death toll remain at 12085 and 1219, respectively. According to the DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries, and deaths among Filipinos abroad, at […]
(Eagle News) — Leisure travel from NCR Plus to tourist spots in modified general community quarantine areas is still allowed until the end of the month. According to Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, the extension applies to travelers of all ages from Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal. Those below 18 years old and above 65 years old, however, should be subject to a negative RT-PCR test. Travelers should also comply with the requirements set […]
(Eagle News) — NET25’s “ASEAN in Focus” interviews Israel Ambassador to the Philippines H.E. Rafael Harpaz who shares how the situation is “back to normal” in Israel as majority of the people are already fully vaccinated. “There is really normal life in Israel, completely normal life in Israel, and the economy is starting to move fast, we have a fast recovery of the economy unemployment is going down,” he said on Wednesday, June 16. […]
https://youtu.be/_7AnDK1bOpo (Eagle News) — Japan will be donating AstraZeneca vaccine doses to the Philippines, according to the Japan’s ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko. In his twitter post, the Ambassador said that the Japanese government will deliver the vaccine donations “at the soonest possible time.” “Glad to be the bearer of good news today! Japan will donate AstraZeneca vaccines to the Philippines, and we’ll make sure to deliver them at the soonest possible time […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines have climbed to 1332832 after the Department of Health reported 5414 additional cases. According to DOH data released on Wednesday, June 16, of the total cases, 56170 were active. Of these, 91.4 percent were mild, 4 percent asymptomatic, 1.3 percent critical, 1.9 percent severe, and 1.36 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1253541 including the additional 7637 recoveries. The death toll has climbed to 23120, including the […]
