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President Duterte approves extension of no-disconnection policy for low-income lifeline customers

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the extension of the no-disconnection policy for “lifeliners” or low-income families who have low electricity consumption. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said this was the President’s decision on the recommendation of the Department of Energy during the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. “The President readily agreed given that electricity is a basic necessity our countrymen cannot live without,” he said. According to Nograles, lifeliners are those who consume 100 […]

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Customs bureau raises over P191 million in additional revenues for January in post-clearance audit

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has raised over P191 million in additional revenues for January. The bureau said the P191,383,743.21 in additional duties and taxes collected by the Post Clearance Audit Group were due to the intensified post-clearance audit verification and investigation of importers suspected to have violated provisions of RA 10863 or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act. It said it sent three demand letters while 21 filed applications for the Prior […]

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Immigration bureau: PHL emerging as crew change hub for seafarers in Asia

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has said the Philippines was emerging as a crew change hub for seafarers in Asia. The bureau made the statement as it noted that more than 112,000 seafarers who joined or left their ships were processed and cleared in the country in 2020. Bureau Bay Service Section chief Alnazib Decampong said of this number, 92,931 of these seamen were Filipinos while 19,289 were foreigners. “Crew changes are vital […]

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PHL health workers to be given 1st shots of COVID vaccines; masterlist completed by Feb 15

Unified COVID-19 vaccine registry to include those at risk, vulnerable to virus   (Eagle News) — Philippine health care workers will be the first to be immunized against COVID-19 in the country, with the vaccinators also prioritized to be given the vaccine doses so they will be protected while they give the shots to other vulnerable sectors of the community. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the Department of Health is now in the […]

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PHL COVID-19 cases reach 530,118; 487,721 recover

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 530,118 on Wednesday, Feb. 3, after the Department of Health reported 1,266 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 31,455 were active. Of these, 88.8 percent were mild, 5.8 percent asymptomatic, 2.4 percent severe, 2.5 percent critical and 0.53 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 487721, including the additional ones. The additional 68 deaths pushed the COVID-19 death toll in the country to 10942. […]

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Plastic straws, stirrers may soon be banned in PHL

(Eagle News) — Plastic straws and stirrers may soon be banned in the Philippines. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said  on Wednesday, Feb. 3, this was after the two items were included in the list of non-environmentally acceptable products drawn up by the National Solid Waste Management Commission. The list of items which are supposed to be banned was drawn up in compliance with the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. It […]

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House passes bills giving Pres. Duterte power to suspend Philhealth, SSS premium hikes

  (Eagle News) — The Philippine House of Representatives has passed two bills granting to President Rodrigo Duterte the power to suspend the scheduled increases in member contributions to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) and Social Security System (SSS) “in times of national emergencies” such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lower House approved on third and final reading House Bill (HB) Nos. 8461 and 8512 principally authored by Speaker Lord Allan Velasco. Congress said […]

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PHL not affected by EU export curbs on vaccines; AstraZeneca doses sourced from Thailand, India

Galvez says PHL mass vaccine program won’t be delayed (Eagle News) — The Philippines will not be affected by the recent decision of the European Union to restrict exports of the AstraZeneca vaccines manufactured inside EU, since the vaccine supplies secured by the country’s negotiators would be coming from Asia, particularly from India and Thailand. This was assured by Philippine vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez himself. He said that there will be no delays in […]

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PHL to get 3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses this February – Galvez

Majority of vaccines this month coming from Pfizer, AstraZeneca   (Eagle News) — Philippine vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez said that there will be three million vaccine doses against COVID-19 which will be coming in this February. In his report to President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Feb. 1, Galvez said that these 3 million vaccine doses will be among the first batches of the expected 148 million vaccine doses targeted for this year by the […]

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DFA: PHL following situation in Myanmar with “deep concern”

(Eagle News) — The Philippine government on Tuesday, Feb. 2, said it was following with “deep concern” the situation in Myanmar. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said it is “especially concerned about the safety” of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who, along with others, has been detained by Myanmar’s military. The military, which alleged voting irregularities in November’s election, later declared a one-year state of emergency over the country. “Myanmar has made substantial […]

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Pres. Duterte says EU move to restrict exports of AstraZeneca vaccines, not good for poor countries

Says EU trying to “hostage” AstraZeneca vaccines produced in European bloc   (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte noted how the European Union (EU) had been pressuring Oxford-AstraZeneca on its vaccine supplies, as the European bloc threatened to block AstraZeneca vaccine exports outside EU. Duterte noted that this was just the way it is: rich countries will try to hog vaccines as supplies dwindle. Countries where the vaccines are manufactured will also naturally have the […]

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PHL COVID-19 cases reach 528,853; recoveries climb to 487,611

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 528,853 on Tuesday, Feb. 2, after the Department of Health reported 1583 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 30368 or 5.7 percent were active. Of these, 89 percent were mild, 5.3 percent asymptomatic, 2.7 percent critical, 2.5 percent were severe, and 0.54 percent were moderate. Thirty-nine additional recoveries pushed the total number of recoveries to 487,611. Sixty-seven deaths pushed the COVID-19 death toll […]

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