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(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has extended the physical closure of courts in the NCR Plus area. The SC also extended the period for the filing of pleadings and other court submissions in courts in the area covered by Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Bulacan, and Rizal with the issuance of Administrative Circular No. 15-2021, in line with the extension of the enhanced community quarantine in those areas. According to the High Court, instead of […]
(Eagle News) — Seven more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 16,405. Twelve additional recoveries also pushed the recovery total to 10060. No additional deaths were reported, which means deaths among overseas Filipinos due to COVID-19 remain at 1049. “Compared to last week’s percentages, the total number of COVID-19 fatalities and recoveries saw a slight decrease to […]
Extended ECQ in NCR, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal could be followed by MECQ if numbers improve (Eagle News) – Malacanang extended the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) for at least one more week in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal because of the continuing surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement on Saturday night, April 3, after new COVID-19 cases added daily continued to go past 12,000, […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 784,043 after the Department of Health reported 12,576 additional cases. This is the second-highest number cases reported by the country in a single day since the pandemic began. On Friday, the Philippines reported an all-time high of over 15,000 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the 784,043 total cases, 165715 were active. Of these, 96.5 percent were mild, 2.2 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent critical, 0.5 percent severe, […]
by Emily Manuel Contributor (Eagle News) — OCTA Research supports the position of the Department of Health to extend the lockdown in the NCR+ bubble for an additional week, from April 5 to 11, 2021. They say that “a one-week ECQ is insufficient to reverse the surge and will only further strain our hospital system.” OCTA also recommends extending the ECQ to an additional third week if the reproduction number does not dramatically drop in […]
(Eagle News)–Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, Magalong, also the country’s contact tracing czar, said this was based on the results of the RT-PCR test he took on April 2. He said contact tracing is underway. “The seriousness of this pandemic is something that we should not take for granted. It is a difficult situation and I don’t want anyone of you to be in this condition as it […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs urged Filipinos in the United States to remain vigilant and immediately report any hate crimes against members of the Filipino community there to the Philippine Embassy or to the Consulates General. The DFA made the call as it welcomed the arrest of the suspect in the brutal beating of a 65-year-old Filipino-American in New York on Monday, March 29. Media reports said Brandon Elliot, 38, was nabbed […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 771,497 cases on Friday, April 2, after the Department of Health reported a new all-time high of 15310 additional cases. The DOH said the additional cases included the 3709 case backlog due to COVID Kaya technical issues. According to the DOH data, of the total cases, 153809 were active. Of these, 96.3 percent were mild, 2.4 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent were critical, 0.5 percent were severe, and 0.35 percent were […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgqmrgUEVCA (Eagle News) — The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said it had issued “show cause orders ” to 13 local government officials who had received vaccines against COVID-19 ahead of the prioritized health care workers or medical frontliners. DILG Undersecretary for Operations Epimaco Densing III said that of the 13 LGU officials who had been issued show cause orders, 11 were mayors, one was a governor and the other one was […]
738,913 vaccine doses administered in PHL so far, DOH says (Eagle News) — The Philippines ranks third in terms of the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered among Association of Southeast Asian Nations countries, according to Department of Health data. According to the data, as of March 30, the Philippines has administered 738,913 vaccine doses since the start of its vaccination drive on March 1. Indonesia ranked number one on the list, with 11,832,795 vaccine […]
(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos rose to 16,398 after four additional cases were reported. According to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data, the additional cases were recorded in the Asia Pacific region. No additional recoveries nor fatalities were reported, which means the recovery and death toll among Filipinos abroad remain at 10,048 and 1049. According to DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has someone new at the helm of the country’s port operations. In a statement, the bureau said Carlos B. Capulong was designated as acting chief by the Department of Justice in an order on Thursday, April 1. According to the bureau, Capulong, a lawyer, has been with immigration for 17 years. He is a BA Political science, a graduate of Bachelor of Laws and was admitted to the […]
