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Signal No. 1 still raised in parts of Palawan, others (Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Vicky” has slightly slowed down as it moved closer to the Davao Oriental-Surigao del Sur Area on Friday morning. In its 11 a.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services said Signal No. 1 is raised over the northern and central portion of Palawan (Puerto Princesa City, Roxas, San Vicente, Dumaran, Araceli, Taytay, El Nido) including Calamian, Cuyo, and […]
(Eagle News) –Forty-two more Filipinos abroad have recovered from COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said with the additional recoveries, the COVID-19 recovery total among overseas Filipinos rose to 8113. Forty-seven additional cases, however, pushed the total to 12,577. “To date, the total number of countries and territories with confirmed cases of affected Filipinos is now at 83, upon confirmation of new cases and recoveries in one country in the Middle East and Africa,” the […]
(Eagle News) — Signal No. 1 has been raised over parts of the country as Tropical Depression “Vicky” continued to move toward the Davao Oriental-Surigao del Sur area. In its recent advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northern and central portion of Palawan (Puerto Princesa City, Roxas, San Vicente, Dumaran, Araceli, Taytay, El Nido) including Calamian, Cuyo, and Cagayancillo Islands in Luzon; the southern portion of Leyte (Baybay City, Javier, […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government is targeting zero firecracker-related injuries for the holidays. Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya, DILG spokesperson, made the statement on Friday, Dec. 18, as the DILG ordered police units to confiscate illegal fireworks and make arrests “when necessary.” The department said illegal fireworks include watusi, piccolo, giant whistle bomb, large Judas belt, super lolo, lolo thunder, atomic bomb, giant bawang, atomic bomb triangulo, boga, kwiton, pillbox, […]
Sotto, Velasco sign bill that includes funds for gov’t COVID response for next year (Eagle News) — Both the Senate and the House of Representatives have already signed the bill on the P4.506-trillion national budget for 2021 which is to be transmitted to Malacanang for President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature by tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Both Senate President Vicente Sotto III and House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco have already signed the General Appropriations Act […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines will get more than the 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines needed for the mass vaccination next year in the country, and sees the first roll-out of vaccines by March. This was according to vaccine czar and the chief implementer of the National Action Plan against COVID-19 Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. In his report to President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday night, Dec. 16, Galvez said that once the contracts […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 454,000 mark on Thursday, December 17, after the Department of Health reported 1470 additional cases. The DOH said of the 454,447 cases, 25695 were active. Of these, 84.8 percent were mild, 6.9 percent were asymptomatic, 5.4 percent were critical, 2.7 percent were severe, 0.3 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 74, Rizal with 64, Makati […]
Duterte also hits NLEX for glitches in system, not doing trial run (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to fire officials of the Toll Regulatory Board for the traffic fiasco caused by the RFID mess in tollways that started with Duterhe implementation of cashless transactions on Dec. 1. “You know, I have to weed out incompetence. Listen very carefully to all and sundry, I do not want you … becoming a deadwood. If […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Wednesday, December 16, reiterated its warning against illegal recruitment after it intercepted three women who had tried to leave the country by posing as seafarers. In a statement, Immigration commissioner Jaime Morente said based on a report from Immigration intelligence chief Fortunato Manahan Jr., the passengers were intercepted at the Clark International Airport before they could board an afternoon flight to Dubai. According to Manahan, the women […]
FDA says it has not yet authorized entry and use of any COVID vaccine in the PHL (Eagle News) — Malacanang warned the public against availing of alleged COVID-19 vaccines in the black market, saying these are not yet registered and their safety and efficacy are in question, and could even be a danger to one’s health. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also said that the source of these alleged vaccines is also questionable, […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 452,000 mark on Wednesday, December 16, after the Department of Health reported 1156 additional cases. The DOH said of the 452,988 total cases, 5.5 percent or 24873 were active. Of these, 84.7 percent were mild, 6.7 percent asymptomatic, 5.6 percent critical, 2.8 percent severe, and 0.3 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Davao City with 126, Quezon City with […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives will set aside P50 million for the COVID-19 vaccination of its employees and five immediate members of their families. In a media briefing on Wednesday, Dec. 16, Speaker Lord Velasco said also to be included in the House vaccination program are members of the media covering the Lower Chamber. He said five of their immediate families will also be included. “We’ll start to get the vaccines first for […]
