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(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government has issued show-cause orders against 13 local executives for jumping the COVID-19 vaccination line. Interior Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said in an interview that of the 13, 11 were mayors, one a governor, and another a councilor. Densing said the number may increase as the DILG was still verifying reports of other officials jumping the queue. Earlier, Densing called out actor Mark Anthony Fernandez […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation has deployed 44 modern public utility jeepneys to give free transport services to authorized persons outside residences during the enhanced community quarantine in the Greater Manila Area. According to the DOTr, the following routes are available under the service contracting program from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m.: 1. Novaliches – Malinta via Paso de Blas 2. Bagumbayan Taguig – Pasig via San Joaquin 3. Fort Bonifacio Gate 3 […]
(Eagle News) — The low pressure area being monitored by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility. According to PAGASA, the LPA, which was initially spotted off Mindanao, was spotted 180 kilometers southwest of General Santos City. PAGASA said Mindanao, Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas, and Negros Occidental will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times […]
1-week ECQ not enough as NCR hospitals now filled up with COVID-19 patients (Eagle News) – The president of the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) expressed his concerns about the rising COVID-19 cases that are overwhelming hospitals in Metro Manila, saying that more and more doctors and other medical frontliners are becoming infected and even dying from coronavirus. Dr. Benito Atienza, in an interview over NET25’s Balitalakayan, said that even families of doctors hospitals in […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 741,181 after the Department of Health reported 9,296 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the total cases, 124680 were active. Of these, 96 percent were mild, 2.3 percent asymptomatic, 0.6 percent were critical, 0.7 percent were severe, and 0.39 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 603310, including the 103 additional ones. Five additional deaths pushed the COVID-19 death toll to 13191. The Greater Manila […]
(Eagle News) — Unemployment rate in the Philippines rose to 8.8 percent in February, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Tuesday, March 30. According to the PSA, the 8.8 percent, which is 0.1 percent higher than the unemployment rate recorded the previous month, translates to 4.2 million unemployed Filipinos aged 15 and above. This is around 234,000 higher than the 4 million reported in January 2021. According to the PSA, the services sector remained dominant, […]
Says ECQ extension not the only way to address COVID-19 rise, urges gov’t to look at response of other ASEAN nations (Eagle News) – The president of the Economic Confederation of the Philippines appealed to the Philippine government not to concentrate on lockdown as the only solution to the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases. ECOP President Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr., in an interview with NET25’s Balitalakayan, said that while they note that the move of […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs repatriated over 3,000 Filipinos abroad this week. According to DFA data, the additional 3,363 overseas Filipinos repatriated by the department brought the total number of repatriates to 397,468 since February last year, the start of repatriations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the total Filipinos repatriated, 105172 were seafarers. Over 200,000–or 292296–were land-based. The department said the 3,363 overseas Filipinos included undocumented overseas Filipinos (OFs) from Russia and […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he is allowing the private sector to import vaccines against COVID-19 to protect their employees or members of their work force. In his Talk to the Nation on Monday night, March 29, President Duterte said that he is directing his officials, particularly vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., to immediately work on this so that private sector can import the COVID-19 vaccines that they need. “We are […]
Entire PHL affected by easterlies (Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting the country today. The trough of a low pressure, on the other hand, is affecting Mindanao. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms are expected in Metro Manila. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers, on the other hand, will be experienced over the provinces of Batanes, Cagayan, […]
(Eagle News) — Communications Secretary Martin Andanar has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, Andanar said he was so far, asymptomatic, and was immediately isolated and placed under home quarantine. He said contact tracing was been done. “Rest assured, I am okay and I will still continue to work hard and to perform my duties well, including hosting regular shows to inform the public, as I recuperate from the virus,” he said. He also […]
DBM says P22.9-B funding came from various Bureau of Treasury certified sources (Eagle News) – At least 22.9 million individuals affected by the “lockdown” measures under the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) protocol in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal will be given assistance in kind to ease their difficulties at this critical stage of the pandemic. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Supplemental Amelioration Program (SAP) proposed by the Department of […]
