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(Eagle News) — Two Muntinlupa courts have granted detained Senator Leila de Lima an immediate furlough of three days after she experienced headaches and weakness her doctor said could be attributed to a mild stroke. The grant of the medical furlough was contained in separate orders issued by Branches 205 and 256. Branch 205 Judge Liezel Aquiatan said no media coverage shall be allowed. Branch 256 Judge Romeo Buenaventura also directed the counsels of De […]
(Eagle News) — “Bising” has weakened into a severe tropical storm. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, “Bising,” however, is bringing moderate to rough seas over the northern and eastern seaboards of Northern Luzon and eastern seaboard of Central Luzon, with its center so far estimated 825 km east northeast of Basco, Batanes. “Bising” is packing maximum sustained winds of 110 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 135 […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 979,740 on Friday, April 23, after the Department of Health reported 8719 additional cases. According to the DOH, 28 duplicate cases were removed from the total number of cases. Of the total cases, 102799 were active. Of these, 96.4 percent were mild, 1.3 percent asymptomatic, 0.7 percent critical, 0.9 percent severe, and 0.38 percent were moderate. Recoveries climbed to 860,412 with the addition of 13,812 recoveries. […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has lodged two new diplomatic protests against China. In a statement released on Friday, April 23, the DFA said the new protests were due to the “continued unauthorized presence and activities” of 160 Chinese fishing vessels, Chinese maritime militia vessels and other vessels in Philippine waters. The department said the vessels were observed “within the territorial sea of high tide features in the Kalayaan Island Group, in […]
(Eagle News) – Health Secretary Francisco Duque III was vaccinated with Coronavac, a brandname of the Sinovac vaccine against COVID-19, on Friday, April 23. Duque was given the SInovac jab at around 10 a.m. at the Department of Health office compound where some 70 more DOH officials are also set to be vaccinated. He is vaccinated as part of the A2 sector (elderly group) in the vaccine priority list. Health Undersecretary Gerardo Bayugo administered […]
Unscheduled meeting called to address DOLE chief Bello’s concerns on “too long” 14-day quarantine for OFWs (Eagle News) – Health experts insisted on the value of a longer quarantine period for returning OFWs – from a minimum of 10 to 14 days –to protect the country from incoming variants of COVID-19 which President Rodrigo Duterte supported. In a Talk to the Nation of President Duterte Wednesday night, April 21, specialist doctors who are members […]
(Eagle News) — All tropical cyclone wind signals have been lifted as Typhoon “Bising” accelerated and moved northeastward, away from the Luzon landmass. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said tropical cyclone winds of at least strong breeze to near gale in strength, however, will extend outward up to 320 km from the center of the typhoon, located 490 km east of Basco, Batanes or 495 km east of Itbayat. Destructive typhoon-force winds […]
(Eagle News) – Another 500,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine arrived from China on Thursday, April 22, as scheduled, bringing the total number of Sinovac doses delivered to the country at 3 million. Total vaccine doses now reached 3.525 million including the 525,600 AstraZeneca doses from the COVAX Facility. The Philippine government said that the additional SInovac doses would be used to vaccinate those in the A1 to the A4 priority list. The A1 group […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases neared the 972,000 mark on Thursday, April 22, after the Department of Health reported 8767 additional cases. According to recent DOH data, of the 971049 total cases, 107988 were active. Of these, 96.6 percent were mild, 1.3 percent asymptomatic, 0.7 percent were critical, 0.9 percent were severe, and 0.77 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 846691 with the additional 17138 recoveries. The death toll is now at 16370, including the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will not attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit slated in Jakarta, Indonesia in person. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, representatives from the Department of Foreign Affairs, however, will attend the event slated on April 24. “Marami rin pong hindi makakarating na heads of state ng ASEAN (Many heads of state won’t be able to make it to the event),” he said. The Philippines is dealing with […]
(Eagle News) — Only two areas are under a tropical cyclone wind signal as Typhoon “Bising” moved away from Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Batanes and the northeastern portion of Cagayan (Santa Ana, Gonzaga) including Babuyan Islands are under Signal No. 1, with “Bising” located 375 kilometers east northeast of Calayan, Cagayan or 320 km east of Basco, Batanes. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 150 kph near the […]
(Eagle News) — Only three areas are under a Tropical Cyclone Signal as Typhoon “Bising” weakened and decelerated over the Philippine Sea. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the following areas are under Signal No. 1, with the center of the eye of Typhoon “Bising” located 350 kilometers east of Calayan, Cagayan. Batanes the eastern portion of Cagayan (Santa Ana, Gonzaga, Lal-Lo, Gattaran, Baggao, Peñablanca, Camalaniugan, Buguey, Aparri, Santa Teresita, Alcala, Amulung, […]
