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Palace says new guidelines to take effect on Feb. 15 (Eagle News) — The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases has approved the relaxing of restrictions for religious gatherings in areas under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) and is now allowing up to 50 percent of the venue’s seating capacity. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that this would take effect starting Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. “Inaprubahan po ng inyong IATF ang pag-relax o […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the issuance of a “compassionate use license” for 10,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the Chinese state-owned Sinopharm for use primarily for members of the Presidential Security Group. This was announced by Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque in a media briefing on Thursday, Feb. 5. “Nag-isyu po ng compassionate use license ang ating FDA para sa sampung libong dosage ng Sinopharm,” he said. […]
(Eagle News) — The 35-year-old man who was found to have the United Kingdom variant of the COVID-19 virus has already tested negative for COVID-19. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said in a television interview that the results were based on a re-swabbing done on the man, a former Overseas Filipino Worker in South Korea, in the city’s Hope facility. In a virtual briefing on Thursday, Belmonte said the local government was also planning to file […]
(Eagle News) — Around 600,000 doses of the Chinese vaccine Sinovac will be arriving in the country by February 23, Malacanang said. Presidential Spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque Jr., said that this already includes the 100,000 doses to be donated by China for Philippine soldiers. “Ang bakuna po na Sinovac, galing naman po sa China, nakaukit na po sa bato ang pagdating. Ito po ay abente-tres ng Pebrero, 23 February darating po ang Sinovac, 600,000 pero […]
Statement came after Pres. Duterte warned Congress he won’t allow ABS-CBN to resume operations (Eagle News) — House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said he is shelving “until the next Congress” moves to revive the franchise of media network ABS-CBN. Velasco said that the priority of Congress right now is to finish “the remaining priority measures” of the Duterte administration. His statement came a few days after President Rodrigo Duterte stated that he would not […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 543,282 on Thursday, Feb. 11, after the Department of Health reported 1734 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 31478 were active. Of these, were 87.6 percent were mild, 6.9 percent asymptomatic, 2.4 percent severe, 2.5 percent critical and 0.62 percent moderate. Recoveries rose to 500335, including the 423 additional ones. The COVID-19 death toll also rose, now at 11469, with the additional 68 […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has deferred the implementation of the Child Car Seat law. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement in a briefing on Thursday, Feb. 11. According to Roque, the President’s decision was due to the COVID-19 crisis. “”This means no new fee, no additional fees for registering cars,” Roque said. The Child Safety in Motor Vehicle Act was approved last Feb. 22, 2019. The law’s implementing rules and regulations were […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has approved the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines for the entire judiciary. An SC statement said the procurement of vaccines for all justices, judges, officials, and personnel of the judiciary–with an estimated cost of P19 million–was approved during the en banc session last January 26. It said it was upon the recommendation of the Office of Administrative Services (OAS), Fiscal Management and Budget Office (FMBO), and the Office of the […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration posted total revenues amounting to almost P6 billion in 2020. Bureau chief Jaime Morente said the P5.88 billion total revenue from immigration fees is P5.88 billion was 36.1-percent less compared to the record-high income of P9.3 billion in 2019. “We anticipated our revenues to decrease due to the pandemic,” Morente said. According to Morente, “with more foreign nationals going out of the country than going in, we were able […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Thursday, Feb. 11: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised all passengers to secure confirmation of their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled. MIAA said only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. The government has eased travel restrictions imposed on over 30 countries with reported COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — Another individual has tested positive for the United Kingdom variant of COVID-19 in the Philippines. The Quezon City government said the individual was a 35-year-old male who had been quarantined for COVID-19 in an apartment with another. On February 5, his genome sequencing results showed he contracted the B.1.1.7 variant. In its release last February 5, the local government said the Department of Health referred to the man who hails from Liloan, […]
(Eagle News) — Metro Rail Transit-3 General Manager Rodolfo Garcia has passed away. A Department of Transportation statement said he died early this evening. It did not state a cause of death. In January, the DOTr said he tested positive for COVID-19. Transportation Secretary Art Tugade had said Garcia was at that time in the intensive care unit. In its statement, the DOTr recognized Garcia’s “untiring effort to improve the state of the MRT-3.” […]
