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(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Feb. 2, said President Rodrigo Duterte “surely” wants Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong to stay on as the country’s contact tracing czar. “I have heard with my own two ears nothing but words of praises for Mayor Magalong from the President,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. He made the comment after Magalong tendered his resignation from the post after he admitted lapses in a party to boost tourism in Baguio […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has extended his leave until the end of February. Interior Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said the extension was “upon doctors’ advice for him to fully recuperate, regain his strength, and prioritize his health above all else.” Año contracted the COVID-19 virus twice–in March last year and then a few months later, in August. He was supposed to get back to work this month after he took a one-month leave […]
Advises Galvez not to be discouraged by “brickbats” thrown at him by politicians (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte stressed that all payments for the vaccines that the Philippines will buy will be coming from the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank, as he chided critics claiming that there could be corruption in the vaccine deals. Duterte also reiterated how the vaccine deals would still have to pass through the Department of Finance, […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities will not sanction violators of the Child Safety and Motor Vehicle Act just yet. The Land Transportation Office said issuances of fines and the imposition of driver’s license demerit points for not using a child car seat for children below a specific height may be done in three to six months. The law, or RA 11229, was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on February 22, 2019. Its Implementing Rules and Regulations […]
(Eagle News) — The number of jobless adults dropped to 27.3 percent of the labor force, a recent survey by the Social Weather Stations found. According to the SWS, the 27.3 percent recorded in the poll conducted from November 21 to 25, 2020 translates to 12.7 million people of the labor force, defined as adults (18 years and above) presently with a job and those looking for a job. The SWS said the 12.7 million […]
From 750 samples per week, PGC limited to testing only 48 samples last week (Eagle News) — The Department of Health said that the global shortage of reagents for genome sequencing has affected the country’s ability to do genome sequencing on COVID-19 samples in the country for testing on the UK variant B.1.1.7 and the South African variant of the COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV2. The DOH said that due to this deficiency, the Philippine Genome […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains will persist in the Philippines as the northeast monsoon affects the archipelago. Eastern Visayas and the provinces of Surigao del Norte and Dinagat will have cloudy skies with rains with flashfloods or landslides during moderate with at times heavy rains possible. The rest of Visayas, rest of Caraga, Cagayan Valley, Bicol Region, and the provinces of Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Aurora, and Quezon will have cloudy skies […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Feb. 1, hailed the Senate’s unanimous ratification of a treaty that bans nuclear weapons. The President said in a Palace statement that the ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was a “milestone, reinforcing the Philippines’ resolve together with the international community in pursuing a world free of nuclear weapons for peace, security, and the survival of all humanity.” He said it also shows […]
Over 9.4-M vaccine doses to arrive under WHO’s COVAX Facility by second quarter (Eagle News) — Malacanang said that around 5.6 million vaccine doses from Pfizer and AstraZeneca would be arriving in the country this first quarter, with the first batches to arrive this February in preparation for the Philippines mass vaccination drive against COVID-19. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced this on Monday, Feb. 1, saying that this was the “very good news” he wanted […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine Embassy in Myanmar is urging all Filipinos there to “remain calm and to stay at home” after a military coup on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 that saw the country’s State Counsellor and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi being detained, along with other top civilian officials. As the military announced a state of emergency for 12 months, civilian government was effectively replaced by military rule headed by Myanmar […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains will persist in parts of the Philippines as the northeast monsoon continues to affect the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Eastern Visayas and Caraga will have cloudy skies with rains as a result. Flashfloods or landslides during moderate with at times heavy rains are possible. Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Bicol Region, Aurora and Quezon, on the other hand, will have cloudy skies […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 527,272 after the Department of Health reported 1,658 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 5.5 percent or 28,891 cases were active. Of these, 88.5 percent were mild, 5.3 percent asymptomatic, 3 percent critical, 2.7 percent severe, and 0.56 percent were moderate. Twenty-seven additional recoveries pushed the COVID-19 recovery total to 487,574. Fifty-eight additional deaths pushed the COVID-19 death toll to 10,807 for a […]
