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(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra is mulling extending the lockdown of the Department of Justice after 17 more personnel tested positive for COVID-19. “We have a total of 45 active cases now, and I’m getting alarmed,” Guevarra said. The lockdown on the main building in Manila was supposed to be only from March 12 to 16. During the lockdown, most employees work from home. A skeleton staff, however, reports on-site to receive documents. The Philippines […]
(Eagle News) – Russia’s anti-COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V has been given emergency use authorization (EUA) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency’s director general said. FDA Director General Undersecretary Eric Domingo said that they issued the EUA to Sputnik V manufactured by Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute after a “rigorous and thorough review.” Sputnik V even has a higher efficacy rate against COVID-19 at 91.6 percent, which is higher than the 63.09% against […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Friday, March 19, reported 7,103 additional cases, the most number of COVID-19 cases reported in the country in a single day since the pandemic began. According to DOH data, the additional cases pushed the active COVID-19 cases to 73,264. Confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines–whether active or not–have reached 648,066 as a result. The DOH said of the active cases, 93.9 percent were mild, 3.3 percent asymptomatic, […]
(Eagle News) – Religious gatherings in General Community Quarantine (GCQ) areas is back to limited 30 percent capacity but only on condition that there is no objection from the local government unit (LGU) covering the religious venues. This was announced by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday, March 19, 2021. Business gatherings were likewise restricted to 30 percent of a venue’s capacity. Roque said that the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) […]
Other activities also restricted because of rising COVID-19 cases (Eagle News) – The Inter-Agency Task Force has temporarily suspended the operation of driving schools, traditional cinemas, video arcades, libraries and museums along with other tourist attractions and other recreational activities. Business gatherings, as well as religious gatherings, were likewise restricted to 30 percent venue capacity, provided that there is no objection from the local government units. This will be effective today, Friday, March 19, […]
(Eagle News) — The main office of the Department of Education is temporarily closed until March 24. In a statement, DepEd said the temporary closure which started on Thursday, March 18, was to pave the way for a disinfection of the premises and contact tracing. All central office personnel shall be on a work-from-home setup during the temporary closure. DepEd said, however, that DepEd operations shall continue “through virtual and alternative means.” “We enjoin our […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Friday, March 19, called on local government units to use the StaySafe.ph application instead of developing their own contact tracing systems. In a statement, Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya, also the department spokesperson, said “it will be easier and more cost-efficient for LGUs to just use StaySafe instead of buying their own.” Besides, he said “we will soon fully implement the StaySafe application and […]
Museums, cultural centers to be covered by circular to be issued today (Eagle News) — Arcades, driving schools and movie houses will be ordered closed for two weeks. Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said museums and cultural centers that are limited to social events in Department of Tourism-accredited establishments will also be ordered temporarily shut down, based on a circular Lopez said he would issue today, March 19. “Due to (the) rising cases, DTI also supports […]
(Eagle News) — All Filipino citizens are now allowed entry into the Philippines. This was after the National Task Force Against COVID-19 revised its March 16 circular that temporarily suspended the entry of returning Filipinos who are not Overseas Filipino Workers. According to the new March 18 circular signed by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, the revisions were in view of the agreements made in the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 active cases in the Philippines increased to 66,567 after the Department of Health reported 5,290 additional cases, the seventh consecutive day more than 4,000 additional cases were reported in a single day. The DOH said the additional cases also pushed the confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines to 640984. Of the total active cases, the DOH said 93.3 percent were mild, 3.7 percent asymptomatic, 1.2 percent critical, 1.2 percent severe, and […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture should be investigated for alleged anomalies in the pricing of pork imports, according to the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG), a group of farmers and others involved in the agriculture sector. SINAG chair Rosendo So said that they think there is a “tara system” in the DA since the price of imported pork only has a landed cost of P106 per kilo within the 30 percent tariff […]
(Eagle News) — Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez has tested positive for COVID-19 again. “[I’ve] been wearing mask shield and distancing outside home but still got hit,” he said. He said he was asymptomatic and was in isolation. This is the second time Lopez contracted COVID-19. He also got infected with the COVID-19 virus in December last year. Earlier, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said he tested positive for COVID-19. The PNP said PNP Chief Debold Sinas […]
