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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases breached the 904,000 mark on Thursday, April 15, after the Department of Health reported 11,429 additional cases. DOH data showed of the total 904,285 cases, 183527 were active. Of these, 96 percent were mild, 2.8 percent asymptomatic, 0.4 percent critical, 0.5 percent were severe, and 0.3 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 705164 including the 856 additional ones. Over 100, or 148, more deaths, were reported, pushing the COVID-19 death […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has lifted the ban on granting new mine agreements in a bid to spur economic growth. In signing Executive Order No. 130, the government may now effectively “enter into new mineral agreements, subject to compliance with the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 and other applicable laws, rules, and regulations.” Then-president Benigno Aquino III had ordered the ban in 2012 “until a legislation rationalizing existing revenue sharing schemes and mechanisms shall […]
Presence of China’s warships contributing to militarization of area, says NTF-WPS (Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs filed another diplomatic protest against China for the continuing presence of its ships in the West Philippine Sea, as the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) reported not only the presence of Chinese militia ships, but more disturbingly Chinese warships as well. The NTF-WPS again demanded the immediate withdrawal of Chinese ships and […]
(Eagle News) –The number of COVID-19 cases among police personnel breached the 18,000 mark after the Philippine National Police reported 162 more COVID-19 cases on Thursday, April 15. According to the PNP data, of the 18073 total cases, 2472 were active. Over 100, or 171, more recoveries were reported. The additional recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 15554. No additional fatalities were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 47. […]
(Eagle News) — The physical closure of courts in the NCR Plus area is extended until April 30. According to Administrative Circular No. 22-2021 signed by Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo, also physically closed until that date are the courts in Abra, Quirino and Santiago City. Those provinces and the NCR Plus area, which covers Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal have been placed under a modified enhanced community quarantine until the end of the […]
FDA chief Domingo says he’s still waiting for full data on around 500k who have been given AstraZeneca shots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwgIwNlkBLg (Eagle News) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that there were no observed incidence of blood clots among the half a million who had been administered with the AstraZeneca vaccines in the country. FDA Director General Eric Domingo said that so far there had been no reported incidents of […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 892,880 on Wednesday, April 14, after the Department of Health reported 8122 additional cases. According to the DOH, the “low number of cases today was caused by lower testing output of laboratories on Monday.” The DOH data showed of the total cases in the Philippines, 173047 were active. Of these, 96.3 percent were mild, 2.4 percent asymptomatic, 0.4 percent were critical, 0.5 percent were severe, and […]
(Eagle News) — Over 700 rail line personnel have so far tested positive for COVID-19 in the Department of Transportation-ordered mass testing. The latest DOTr data showed the 787 total cases recorded so far can be broken down as follows: Light Rail Transit-1: 120 Light Rail Transit-2: 251 Metro Rail Transit-3: 208 Philippine National Railways: 208 According to the DOTr, 794 LRT-1 personnel have so far been tested of the 1185 total personnel, 1870 LRT-2 […]
Says his decision not to make public appearances for a few days meant to goad nitpickers (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte mocked his critics for nitpicking him on photos of him jogging and walking inside Malacanang amid the COVID-19 lockdown. He also chided his critics, including Senator Leila De Lima, who had commented about the photos released by Senator Christopher “Bong” Go that showed him taking time out to get some exercise inside […]
PHL-Russia to bolster cooperation in other areas, including defense and security (Eagle News) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Russian President Vladimir Putin had an “open and productive tele-summit” on Tuesday, April 13, where the two leaders discussed strengthening cooperation to fight the surge in COVID-19 cases. “The Philippines is ordering 20,000,000 doses of Sputnik V from Russia and both Leaders stressed the importance of ramping up global production and supplies,” said a statement […]
PHL “utmost displeasure” expressed over “illegal lingering presence of Chinese vessels in Julian Felipe Reef” (Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it had summoned Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian on Monday, April 12, to express the Philippines’ “utmost displeasure” over the “illegal lingering presence of Chinese vessels” in the Julian Felipe Reef.” In a statement, the DFA stressed that the “continuing presence of Chinese vessels around the Reef […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 884,783 after the Department of Health reported 8571 additional cases on Tuesday, April 13. DOH data said of the total cases, 165534 were active. Of these, 96.9 percent were mild, 1.8 percent asymptomatic, 0.4 percent critical, 0.5 percent were severe, and 0.31 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 703963 including the 400 additional ones. The death toll is now at 15285, including the 137 additional ones. The Philippines […]
