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(Eagle News) — Former President Joseph Estrada is now negative for COVID-19. Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada made the announcement in a Facebook post on Tuesday, April 13. “His repeat RT-PCR (swab test) is now NEGATIVE!” he said. He said that while the former president was “still on high flow oxygen support,” this was “at a much reduced rate.” The former senator said his father has also been allowed to resume a soft diet. “Mentally, he […]
(Eagle News) — The government is adding beds for COVID-19 patients in selected hospitals in the country to accommodate COVID-19 patients who continue to come in amid the surge in COVID-19 cases. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., chief implementer of the National Action Plan against COVID-19, told President Rodrigo Duterte in the Cabinet meeting late Monday night that this was one of the government’s thrusts during the enhanced community quarantine and modified enhanced community quarantine imposed […]
Palace says LGUs may increase this up to 30 percent seating capacity (Eagle News) – Religious gatherings will be allowed with a minimum 10 percent seating capacity in Metro Manila and other areas under the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ). Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that under MECQ, religious gatherings can even be allowed up to 30 percent of the venue’s seating capacity if allowed by the local government unit which has jurisdiction over the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a tropical cyclone outside of the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said the tropical depression was so far located 1,640 east of Mindanao, packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kilometers per hour, with gustiness of up to 55 kph. It is moving west northwest at 10 kph and is expected to enter PAR on Saturday. According to PAGASA, meanwhile, Metro Manila and […]
Over 965k health care workers already given COVID-19 jabs (Eagle News) – The Philippines has already vaccinated more than 1 million individuals, with 132,288 already given second doses, Malacanang announced on Monday, April 12. This makes the Philippines the third country with the highest number of people vaccinated among ASEAN member-nations followed by Indonesia and Singapore, said Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque. Roque said that 1,139,644 were already given vaccines against COVID-19 in the country. […]
Incident has legal implications and shows China’s increasing hubris, says Prof. Batongbacal (Eagle News) – China’s recent use of its Coast Guard and Navy ships in the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone is a “violation of Philippine sovereign rights” and its recent actions of chasing a Philippine civilian boat show’s China’s increasing hubris to enter Philippine waters, according to a maritime law expert. The director of the University of the Philippines Institute for Maritime Affairs […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 876225 on Monday, April 12, after the Department of Health reported 11378 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the total cases, 157451 were active. Of these, 97 percent were mild, 1.7 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent critical, 0.6 percent severe, and 0.32 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 703625 including the 203 additional ones. The death toll is now at 15149, including the 204 additional ones. The Philippines […]
(Eagle News) – Over 500,000 Sinovac vaccine doses arrived in the Philippines on Sunday. The Bureau of Customs said the vaccine doses consigned to the Department of Health arrived via flight no. PR 361 from Beijing, China. The vaccines underwent pre-arrival clearance process through NAIA One-Stop-Shop and were cleared for release within 15 minutes. The shipment was immediately transferred to the Metropac facility “to ensure the integrity and security of the vaccines prior to distribution,” […]
(Eagle News) –Seventeen more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. According to the latest Department of Foreign Affairs data, the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 17099. COVID-19 deaths among overseas Filipinos also rose, now at 1083, with the addition of 14 deaths, DFA data showed. The DFA said all additional COVID-19 cases and fatalities were reported in the Middle East. Recoveries among Filipinos abroad remain at 10122. According to […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs’ consular offices in the NCR Plus area will be open for the duration of the modified enhanced community quarantine but only to attend to emergency or urgent cases. The DFA said in an advisory the consular offices in Metro Manila (including the Office of Consular Affairs in Aseana, Parañaque City), Antipolo, Dasmariñas, Malolos and San Pablo will, after all, have skeleton work teams starting April 12. “Passport […]
(Eagle News) — There will be no changes to the public transportation’s allowable capacity and operations during the modified enhanced community quarantine, the Department of Transportation said. According to the DOTr, as in the ECQ, though, only the essential travelers or the Authorized Persons Outside of Residence (APORs) can ride public transportation. The public transportation is apart from the Free Ride for Health Workers and Medical Frontliners Program and the free ride for APORs for […]
(Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting the Philippines today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila and the rest of the country, as a result, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. According to PAGASA, Luzon will have moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough coastal waters. Visayas and Mindanao, the weather bureau said, […]
