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Roque says”no hard lockdown,” economy still open but with restrictions from March 22 to April 4 (Eagle News) — Metro Manila will remain under General Community Quarantine, along with the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal effective Monday, March 22 to April 4, to bring down the surge of COVID-19 cases in the country, Malacanang announced on Sunday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that this is not a hard lockdown as what has been […]
Lays down additional restrictions amid surge in COVID-19 cases (Eagle News) — The government has imposed additional restrictions on Metro Manila and nearby areas in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19 in those areas. This was after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases approved Resolution No. 104 that imposed the additional restrictions also on Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal–which, together with the National Capital Region, were described as […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines on Sunday, March 21, logged 7,757 additional COVID-19 cases, pushing the total cases in the country to 663,794. This is the third consecutive day the Philippines reported more than 7,000 additional COVID-19 cases in a single day. Of the total COVID-19 cases, 73,072 were active. Of the active cases, 95 percent were mild, 2.3 percent asymptomatic, 1 percent critical, and 1.1 percent in severe condition. The total number of recoveries also climbed […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections will shorten voter registration hours and suspend satellite registration. In a statement, the Comelec said starting Monday, March 22, until April 4, all offices of the election officer nationwide will accept applications only from Mondays to Thursdays, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Prior to this, voter registration hours were from Mondays to Fridays, including holidays, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The issuance of voter’s certifications, however, […]
(Eagle New) — The Philippine National Police on Sunday, March 21, reported an additional death among its police personnel due to COVID-19, pushing the PNP COVID-19 death toll to 36. In a separate statement, PNP officer-in-charge Guillermo Eleazar said the 36th PNP COVID-19 fatality was a female police commissioned officer assigned as a document examiner and as one of the team leaders of the Valenzuela City Scene of the Crime Operations. Eleazar said she was […]
PHL total COVID-cases, including recoveries, reach 656,056 (Eagle News) – Close to 8,000 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were added to the Philippines on Saturday, March 20, the biggest single-day tally so far since the pandemic began last year. With this latest addition of 7,999 new cases, the total number of active COVID-19 cases in the country reached 80,642, also a record-high. Total confirmed cases in the Philippines reached 656,056 as the country tried to […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Manny Pacquiao plans to run in next year’s presidential elections. This was revealed by Senator Panfilo Lacson Jr., who said that he had been consulted several times by the famous boxer-senator about his alleged plan to run for the highest position of the land. Pacquiao, the president of PDP Laban, said that becoming the country’s president is a matter of destiny. In a video message, he did not confirm directly […]
(Eagle News)–Health authorities on Saturday, March 20, reported additional variant cases in the Philippines, which is currently battling a surge in COVID-19 cases. The Department of Health (DOH), the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the University of the Philippines-National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) said in a joint statement that the 46 additional B.1.1.7 variant cases, 62 additional B.1.351 variant cases, and six additional P.3 variant cases were found among the eleventh batch […]
Vaccine arrival has led public complacency in observing health protocols – WHO https://youtu.be/Y_zIWHW8VMc (Eagle News) — “Vaccine optimism” that led to public complacency and lax observance of minimum health protocols in the country, coupled with the presence of the three highly infectious SARS-CoV2 variants, are the primary reasons for the sharp increase in COVID-19 cases in the Philippines, according to the World Health Organization’s country representative. “The one factor is what I would […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, March 20: MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights as only those with the same will be allowed entry into the airport premises. The National Task Force Against COVID-19 has levelled travel restrictions anew, with foreigners, with exceptions, temporarily banned from entering the Philippines. The imposition of the restrictions were amid a surge in COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — Seven more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. Department of Foreign Affairs data showed as a result, COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad–whether active or not–reached 15,948. Seventeen more have recovered, pushing the total COVID-19 recoveries among overseas Filipinos to 9,666. One additional death also led to an increase in the COVID-19 death toll, now at 1,045. According to DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with […]
Three Indonesian fishermen kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants more than a year ago have been rescued in the southern Philippines, police said Friday. The men were among eight crew members aboard a vessel when it was boarded by the notorious kidnap-for-ransom militants — who have distant links to the Islamic State group — off Borneo in January 2020. They were held in Sulu province in the southern Philippines — the group’s stronghold — and during […]
