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(Eagle News) — The Department of Health and the Philippine Genome Center on Wednesday, January 6, said the UK variant of the COVID-19 virus has not yet been detected in the country. The DOH and the PGC issued the statement after Hong Kong said a traveler from the Philippines had been found to have B.1.1.7, which is said to be up to 70 percent more infectious. According to their joint statement, based on the lineage […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, January 6, said his credit card was hacked and used to purchase P1 million worth of food. “May nag order ng P1M worth of food sa Food Panda in less than an hour. Ano yan lauriat para sa buong barangay???” Gatchalian said in a Tweet. A screenshot attached by the senator in his Tweet showed the transactions were worth between P96,265 and P356,517. The transactions were done […]
(Eagle News) — Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chair Danilo Lim has passed away. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Lim died before 8 a.m. on Wednesday. Lim’s death came eight days after he announced he tested positive for COVID-19. He was 65 years old. “MMDA Chair Lim served the Duterte administration with professionalism, competence and integrity,” Roque said. “He would be dearly missed,” he added. Lim, a retired military officer, was appointed as MMDA chair in […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country today, January 6. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Occidental Mindoro, Palawan including Kalayaan Islands will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains due to the northeast monsoon affecting Luzon. Moderate to strong winds will prevail over Occidental Mindoro and Palawan including the Kalayaan Islands, which will have moderate to rough seas. Light to moderate […]
(Eagle News) – The country’s COVID-19 testing czar Vince Dizon is hoping that the Department of Health would soon release guidelines regarding saliva tests as an alternative to RT-PCR tests or swab tests in determining if the person has the virus, SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. Dizon said that the DOH is still in the process of validating this saliva test as an alternative to swab tests. He also said that the Philippine Red Cross […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would reconsider his earlier decision for a total ban on fireworks, for the sake of the livelihood of the residents of Bocaue who are in the fireworks industry. Duterte in his address to the nation late Monday night, Jan. 4, said that he would only allow Bocaue residents to produce fireworks, provided they would only sell these to local government units. Private individuals will no […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 479,000 mark on Tuesday, January 5, after the Department of Health reported 937 additional cases. The DOH said of the total 479,693 cases, 21997 were active. Of these, 81.4 percent were mild, 8.5 percent asymptomatic, 6.2 percent critical, 3.3 percent severe, and 0.55 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Davao City with 85, Isabela with 54, Agusan del Sur […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte directed the suspension of increase in contributions to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) saying this is not the proper time for this. Duterte said that he had already directed Philhealth chief Dante Gierran not to implement the scheduled hike this year of Philhealth contributions. “There is a move to increase the contribution ng mga members. At this time of our life, may I just suggest to the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte met with Moro National Liberation Front founding chair Nur Misuari in Davao City. This is according to Senator Bong Go, who was also present during the meeting on Monday, January 4. “Meron siyang mga concerns sa Tawi-Tawi and the President promised to take it up sa Cabinet,” Go said. The President met with Misuari several times in the past prior to this meeting. In November 2019, the President and […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto said the committee of the whole’s set inquiry was on the country’s vaccine roadmap. Sotto made the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte said he was “not so keen” on allowing Presidential Security Group chief Brigadier General Jesus Durante and other PSG members to testify should Congress summon them over the COVID-19 vaccination of some of their members. The Food and Drug Administration has so far not yet issued […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines has called off its probe into the inoculation of Presidential Security Group members for COVID-19. AFP spokesperson Major General Edgard Arevalo’s announcement came after President Rodrigo Duterte defended the PSG over its move, noting their need for “self-preservation.” “They have every right to live and invoke (self-preservation). In criminal law, that is the right to self-defense. The enemy? COVID,” the President said in his weekly talk […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police destroyed P14 million worth of marijuana during the holidays. In a statement, PNP Chief Debold Sinas said that for the month of December alone, these operations were carried out by the Police Regional Office-Cordillera in 17 separate cultivation sites and clandestine farms in the region. “These operations resulted (in) the destruction of some 73,192 fully-grown marijuana plants and 3,847 Marijuana seedlings with a combined street value of P14,792,280.00,” […]
