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(Eagle News) — The policeman who shot dead two of his neighbors in Paniqui, Tarlac over “boga” has been dismissed from the service. Philippine National Police Chief Debold Sinas said Jonel Nuezca’s dismissal was effective today, January 11. He said the dismissal was implemented by the National Capital Region Police Office. Earlier, the PNP said its Internal Affairs Service had recommended Nuezca’s dismissal, but that the final decision rested on NCRPO chief Vicente Danao Jr. […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government has signed an agreement to secure 30 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Covovax from the Serum Institute of India. A statement from the SII’s local partner, Faberco Life Sciences Inc, said the vaccines will be available starting third quarter of this year. According to Faberco, SII partnered with Novavax, a US-based biotechnology company for the development and commercialization of the Covovax vaccine. Covovax is so far in third-stage […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies with rains are expected in parts of the Philippines today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms are expected over Visayas and Mindanao due to the tail-end of a frontal system (Shear line) affecting the eastern section of Visayas and the Intertropical Convergence Zone affecting Mindanao. PAGASA said flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains are possible. Cagayan Valley, […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 487,000 mark on Sunday, January 10, after the Department of Health reported 1906 additional cases. Of the 487690 total cases, the DOH said 20087 were active. Of these, 83 percent were mild, 5.8 percent asymptomatic, 6.8 percent critical, 3.7 percent severe, and 0.63 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 121, Benguet with 84, Davao City 82, Cavite with […]
(Eagle News) — The temporary ban on travelers coming from Austria starts today, January 10. Austria was added to the Philippine list of countries subject to travel restrictions following reports of the South African COVID-19 variant there. The Bureau of Immigration said the restriction for those coming from the European country started at 12:01 midnight and will be in effect until January 15. It covers foreign passengers coming from or who have been to Austria […]
(Eagle News) — Policemen found to be using illegal drugs will be dismissed from the service. Philippine National Police chief Debold Sinas issued the statement after a police officer from Police Regional Office-13 tested positive for drug use during a random drug testing early this week in Butuan City. The PNP said out of 332 personnel tested, Police Corporal John Rey Ibasco yielded positive after confirmatory tests. He was assigned at the Regional Logistics and […]
PAGASA says Luzon affected by northeast monsoon, too (Eagle News) — The tail-end of a frontal system is affecting the eastern section of Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northeast monsoon is also affecting Luzon. As a result, PAGASA said cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms are possible. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains are possible. The Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Bicol Region, Aurora, […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 485,000 mark on Saturday, January 9, after the Department of Health reported 1952 additional cases. The DOH said of the total 485797 cases, 26784 were active. Of these, 83.1 percent were mild, 8.6 percent asymptomatic, 5.1 percent critical, 2.8 percent severe, and 0.47 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Davao City with 143, Quezon City with 98, Rizal with […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines is not just on the lookout for the highly infectious B.1.1.7 variant of the COVID-19 virus, but also for two other variants as well — the South African variant, and another recent variant that was reported in Malaysia. This was according to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire in a virtual press briefing of the Department of Health. “Sa ngayon may tatlong variant tayong binabantayan. Ito po yung sa UK […]
(Eagle News) — The World Health Organization (WHO) Solidarity Trial is set to begin by the end of January or at the start of February in the Philippines where 15,000 are targeted to participate in Metro Manila alone, the Philippine government said. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said that Philippine General Hospital (PGH) will be the lead agency in the WHO Solidarity Trial, while 11 other hospitals are also participating. DOST Rowena […]
(Eagle News) — Two COVID-19 vaccines have now been cleared for clinical trials in the Philippines, according to the Food and Drug and Drug Administration (FDA). This was after it had approved on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 the vaccine developed by Clover Biopharmaceuticals AUS Pty Ltd of China, days after it had approved the vaccine made by Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. With this development, two vaccines against COVID-19 are now given […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 483,852 after the Department of Health reported 1776 additional cases. The DOH said of the total COVID-19 cases, 25,158 were active. Of these, 82.6 percent were mild, 8.6 percent asymptomatic, 5.4 percent critical, 2.9 percent severe, and 0.48 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Bulacan with 99, Davao City with 96, Quezon City with 83, Rizal with 80, and Laguna […]
