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(Eagle News) – Police Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar is the next Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Malacanang confirmed on Wednesday, May 5. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that President Rodrigo Duterte has already signed the appointments papers of Eleazar to succeed PNP chief Debold Sinas who will retire on May 8 when he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 60. “We confirm that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has signed the appointment of PLTGEN Guillermo Eleazar […]
(Eagle News) — The number of deaths due to COVID-19 in the Philippine National Police rose to 57 on Wednesday, May 5, after a police corporal succumbed to the disease. The PNP said the PNP’s 57th fatality was a 31-year-old assigned in Nueva Ecija. He tested positive on April 27 and was immediately brought to a quarantine facility. On May 3, the PNP said he was rushed to a nearby hospital due to difficulty of […]
(Eagle News) — Inflation clocked in at 4.5 percent in April, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Wednesday, May 5. The PSA said the 4.5 percent was the same rate recorded in March, but faster than the 2.2 percent rate recorded in April 2020. According to the PSA, varied annual growth rates in the indices of the commodity groups were observed in April. Annual increases, on the other hand, were higher in the indices of […]
Around 9k daily recoveries reported since May 1; active cases drop to 5.8 percent (Eagle News) – Total COVID-19 recoveries reached 993,042 on Wednesday, May 5, and could go beyond 1 million by Thursday, May 6, if the trend continues of around 9,000 new recoveries daily since the start of the month. The percentage of active cases on Wednesday also went down to 5.8 percent, while COVID-19 recoveries continued to surge. New cases recorded […]
(Eagle News) – The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Moderna vaccine. In an online press conference, FDA Director General Eric Domingo said that they granted the EUA to Moderna, which is produced in the United States, “after rigorous and thorough review by regulatory and our medical experts using the currently available published and unpublished data.” “FDA is granting an emergency use authorization to Zuellig Pharma Corp. for the…COVID-19 vaccine […]
(Eagle News) — Six travelers from India who arrived in the Philippines before the travel ban on travelers from that country was imposed have tested positive for COVID-19. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the six were among 110 who were tested as part of protocol. Their samples have been sent to the Philippine Genome Center for whole genome sequencing. “Meron pong anim na hanggang ngayon ay nilo-locate pa rin natin (There are six others […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources are preparing for the second leg of their comprehensive maritime exercises. The second leg will be held in the Batanes Group of Islands and the Benham Rise (Philippine Rise), the undersea landmass in the Pacific Ocean which China has also claimed. Based on the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, though, Benham Rise, also known as Benham […]
MANILA, Philippines – The Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) or Church Of Christ conducted a series of Lingap sa Mamamayan or “Aid to Humanity” events distributing food packs to various cities in Metro Manila and surrounding areas affected by COVID-19 community quarantine protocols. For the last two weeks of April, the INC distributed relief packs in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal which were all under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) to help residents […]
PHL active COVID cases also decrease to 6.2 percent; over 5k new cases reported on Tuesday lowest single-day case since March 18 (Eagle News) – The country logged the highest percentage of recovered patients compared to the total number of COVID-19 cases in the last two months. The recorded percentage of recoveries at 92.2 percent is the highest so far since March 1 when the country recorded a percentage of 92.4 percent. Total recoveries […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 1,067,892 on Tuesday, May 4, after the Department of Health reported 5683 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 66060 were active. Of these, 94.6 percent are mild, 1.7 percent asymptomatic, 1.2 percent critical, 1.5 percent severe, and 0.98 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 984210, including the additional 9028 ones. Ninety-seven more deaths also pushed the COVID-19 death toll to 17622. On Tuesday, health authorities […]
20 million Sputnik V doses assured for delivery by year-end, says Russian Embassy (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte thanked Russia for providing Sputnik V vaccines to the country, and for their assurance that it would deliver more vaccines for Filipinos, as much as 20 million doses by the end of the year. In his Talk to the Nation on Monday night, May 3, President Duterte thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for his support […]
(Eagle News) — Health authorities have detected more coronavirus variant cases in the Philippines. According to a press release issued by the Department of Health on Tuesday, May 4, the DOH, the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center and the University of the Philippines-National Institutes of Health detected additional 289 B.1.1.7 (UK) variant cases and 380 B.1.351 (South Africa) variant cases. Nine more cases of the P.3 variant first detected in the Philippines were also […]
