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(Eagle News) — Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong has tendered his resignation as the country’s contact tracing czar. But Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said his resignation was rejected by the National Task Force Against COVID-19. “He continues to enjoy the trust and confidence of the leadership of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19,” Roque said. Magalong’s move came after he attended a party where he admitted health protocols had been violated. The party hosted […]
(Eagle News) — Metro Manila will be under a general community quarantine for the entire month of February. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the Cordillera Administrative Region, Batangas, Tacloban City, Davao City, Davao del Norte, Lanao del Sur and Iligan City will also be under the quarantine status. The rest of the country will be under a modified general community quarantine. MGCQ areas have the least restrictions and are considered the new normal in […]
DFA chief Locsin tests negative, to go on quarantine (Eagle News) –The main building of the Department of Foreign Affairs will go on lockdown until Tuesday, Feb. 2, after some officers tested positive for COVID-19. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said in a Tweet he would go on quarantine after interacting with the officers he met the day before, but noted that he has tested negative. The foreign affairs chief said the main building […]
(Eagle News) — The military general whose office was behind the posting of what the Department of National Defense said was an “erroneous list” of New People’s Army members on Facebook has gone on leave. Major General Benedict Arevalo, the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ deputy chief of staff for civil military operations, said his decision was in light of a probe into the mistake “committed by J7 staff” but for which he said he […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 519,575 on Thursday, Jan. 28, after the Department of Health reported 1,169 additional cases. The Department of Health said of the total COVID-19 cases, 6.4 percent or 33,427 were active. Of these, 84.8 percent were mild, 9.3 percent asymptomatic, 3.1 percent critical, 2.3 percent severe, and 0.47 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 57, Isabela with […]
(Eagle News)–Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has ordered the relief of Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence Major General Alex Luna over what he said was the publication of an erroneous list of alleged New People’s Army members killed by government troops. In a statement, Lorenzana said the publication by Luna’s 0J2 office of the wrong list was an “unforgiveable lapse.” “His negligence only shows a lackadaisical attitude towards his job resulting (in) confusion […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines’ Food and Drug Administration has approved the emergency use authorization for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine. FDA director-general Eric Domingo made the announcement in a Laging Handa press briefing on Thursday, Jan. 28. “The interim data, taken in its entirety, showed an efficacy rate of 70 percent after the first dose,” Domingo said. He said the rate increases after the second dose, depending on how long before that second dose is administered. […]
(Eagle News)– The Philippines’ gross domestic product fell 8.3 percent year-on-year during the fourth quarter, a reversal of the 6.7 percent growth recorded in the same quarter in 2019, pre-COVID-19 pandemic. The Philippine Statistics Authority said the -8.3 percent compares to the -11.4 percent posted in the third quarter of 2020, completing the Philippine economy’s full-year contraction, with 2020 GDP shrinking at an overall 9.5 percent. The -9.5 percent GDP is the biggest Philippine economy […]
https://youtu.be/bTA7MsLG0s4 (Eagle News) — The inter-agency Task Force on COVID-19 will consider the attack rate of the new COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.7, in its study of the quarantine protocol classification to be imposed in various parts of the country starting February. This was noted by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque in a recent press briefing. While there are still a few cases of COVID-19 detected with the variant B.1.1.7, Malacanang said that because the variant is […]
(Eagle News)–Forty more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 case tally among Filipinos abroad to 13,897. Nineteen more have recovered, bringing the COVID-19 recovery total to 8,864. No additional fatalities were reported, which means the COVID-19 death toll among overseas Filipinos remains at 945. Based on DFA data, the Middle East and Africa were the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, […]
DOH expanding contact tracing efforts in CAR as 615 contacts identified (Eagle News) — The Department of Health said that it has traced “three major clusters of infections” in Bontoc province which all have the so-called UK variant, B.1.1.7. This was discovered by the DOH as it was trying to trace the source of the UK variant of the COVID-19 virus in Bontoc where at least 12 UK variant cases have been already detected by […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has welcomed the designation of Philippine Army Commanding General, Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana as the next chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Sobejana, a Medal of Valor awardee, is set to replace Gen. Gilbert Gapay, who is expected to retire on February 4. “His heroic exploits in the battlefield should inspire the younger breed of military and police officers to push themselves towards achieving […]
