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(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration announced the hiring of 100 additional officers as it anticipates a gradual reopening of borders to more international travelers within the year. In a statement, bureau commissioner Jaime Morente said the 100 new employees, with the item of Immigration Officer 1, were appointed by Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra to fill up vacancies in the bureau’s plantilla. Bureau personnel chief Grifton Medina said of the 100, 94, in particular, […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police has welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing of a new law that lowered the height requirement for policemen and other uniformed personnel. In welcoming President Duterte’s signing of Republic Act No. 11549 or the PNP, Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and Bureau of Corrections Equality Act, PNP Chief General Guillermo Eleazar said he shares the view of Senator Ronald dela Rosa, a former PNP chief, that […]
But Herbosa says COVID-19 infections in Visayas, MIndanao sharply rising (Eagle News) — National Task Force special adviser Dr. Ted Herbosa said he is recommending the shift to a less restrictive quarantine classification for Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal or the so-called NCR (National Capital Region) plus areas. Herbosa explained that cases in the NCR plus areas are already declining. Most of the new cases are happening outside of the NCR plus areas, […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1,209,154 after the Department of Health reported 8,748 additional cases. The DOH said the data was based on the results submitted to the COVID-19 document repository system by all laboratories except four. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 53770 were active. Of these, 93.2 percent were mild, 2.2 percent asymptomatic, 1.4 percent critical, 1.8 percent severe, and 1.3 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to […]
DOLE learns expenses shouldered by OFWs for the 10-day quarantine required upon entry in Saudi Arabia (Eagle News) – The Department of Labor and Employment has temporarily suspended the deployment of overseas Filipino workers to Saudi Arabia. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III issued the directive to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) after receiving reports that “departing OFWs are being required by their employers/foreign recruitment agencies to shoulder the costs fo the health and […]
Says bgy. captain in Norzagaray Bulacan also in hot water for violating protocols, charging P20 per head entrance fee for Bakas River super spreader (Eagle News) – Barangay officials in areas where there had been super spreader events have been already charged, according to Interior and Local government Secretary Eduardo Año. He also warned that barangay officials who cannot implement health protocols, particularly if the areas under their jurisdiction have been found to have […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines breached the 1,200,000 mark after the Department of Health reported 6483 additional cases. The DOH said of the 1,200,430 total cases, 48,109 were active. Of these, 92.7 percent were mild, 2.2 percent asymptomatic, 1.6 percent were critical, 2.1 percent were severe, and 1.47 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1,131,942 after the DOH reported 4335 additional recoveries. The death toll is now at 20379, including the 210 […]
(Eagle News) — Over 400 Bureau of Immigration employees have been sanctioned or investigated for corruption since 2016. Bureau chief Jaime Morente made the statement following the signing of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission’s Anti-Corruption Manifesto in an online event led by Presidential Anti-Corruption Commissioner Greco Belgica and other PACC officials on on Wednesday morning. The event had around 150 attendees, including the bureau personnel assigned in different regions of the country from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. […]
(Eagle News) – The Food and Drug Administration said that it would issue an amendment to the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) it has issued to Pfizer vaccines that would allow the doses to be given to those aged 12 to 15 years old. FDA Director General Undersecretary Eric Domingo said this after the Pfizer applied for an amendment of its EUA so the Pfizer doses could also be given to children in this age group. […]
(Eagle News) — Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen on Thursday, May 27, welcomed the decision of the House of Representatives’ justice committee to junk the impeachment complaint filed against him. In a statement, Leonen said a “dismissal on the basis of the mere face of the complaint affirms the baselessness of the grounds raised.” He said it is an “act that powerfully speaks for itself,” and was also a reminder to “some” people “not to waste […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives committee on justice on Thursday, May 27, unanimously junked the impeachment complaint filed against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen. In junking the complaint filed by Edwin Cordevilla, secretary general of Filipino League of Advocates for Good Government, with a vote of 37-0-0, some lawmakers argued the complaint was based merely on hearsay. They noted the use of newspaper clippings to “back up” the claims in the complaint. […]
In keynote address, Duterte says “we are only as strong as our weakest link as a country, as a region, and as one global community” (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte called for “greater solidarity” among countries to address the COVID-19 pandemic as he noted that the virus has escalated the “de-globalization” process. In the keynote speech on the occasion of the Nikkei Future of Asia Conference, the 76-year old Philippine leader stressed said […]
