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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 439,000 mark on Sunday, Dec. 6, after the Department of Health reported 1768 additional cases. The DOH said of the 439,834 total cases, 5.1 percent were active. Of these, 84.2 percent were mild, 6.2 percent were asymptomatic, 6.2 percent critical, 3.1 percent severe, and 0.34 percent moderate. The cases with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 112, Laguna with 94, Rizal […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte emphasized his administration’s war against drugs as he recently led the destruction of P7.51-billion worth of confiscated illegal drugs, and vowed to spend the remaining year of his term battling illegal drugs. Duterte, who was elected in 2016 by a popular vote, had made it his campaign promise to fight crime, corruption and illegal drugs. In his campaign, he claimed that he could eradicate illegal drugs in six […]
(Eagle News) — Thirty-three more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said with the additional recoveries, the PNP recovery total rose to 7845 as of December 4. Twenty-one more COVID-19 cases, however, pushed the total to 8266. Of these, 394 were active. No additional death was reported, which means the COVID-19 death toll for police personnel remains at 27. Uniformed personnel, including police personnel, are among the country’s frontliners amid the […]
(Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern and Central Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Ilocos Norte, Apayao, Abra, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Cagayan and Isabela will have cloudy skies with rains as a result. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to heavy rains are possible. According to the weather bureau, Central Luzon, Rest of Ilocos Region, Rest of Cagayan Valley, Ifugao and Benguet will have partly cloudy to cloudy […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Veteran Philippine journalist Maria Ressa asked a court on Friday to quash the second charge of cyber libel she has faced this year, in a case sparked by a screenshot of an online news article. The critic of President Rodrigo Duterte is already on bail pending an appeal against a conviction in June for the same type of offence, for which she faces up to six years in prison. Ressa and […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines recorded only 934 additional COVID-19 cases as of Friday, Dec. 4, representing the lowest number so far of additional virus cases reported in the last five months. Based on an analysis of COVID-19 cases added daily for the past few months by the Department of Health, it was on July 14 that the DOH reported less than 900, or 634 cases to be exact. On Dec. 3, there were 1,061 […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 436,000 mark on Friday, Dec. 4, after the Department of Health reported 934 additional cases. The DOH said of the 436,345 total cases, 85.4 percent were mild, 6.9 percent asymptomatic, 4.9 percent critical, 2.5 percent severe, and 0.28 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 75, Laguna with 59, and Baguio, Bulacan and Davao City with 34 […]
With EO 121, FDA can issue authority to use “safe and effective” foreign FDA registered vaccines within 21 to 28 days (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order granting Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for drugs and vaccines for COVID-19 paving the way for the early use of COVID-19 vaccines with proven efficacy and safety. President Duterte signed Executive Order (EO) No. 121 on Tuesday, Dec. 1, which authorizes the Food […]
IATF allows maximum of 30% capacity, Roque says (Eagle News) — The conduct of workshops, trainings and seminars is now allowed in areas under a general community quarantine. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, however, limited the capacity to up to 30 percent. Roque said congresses, board meetings, conferences, colloquia, conclaves, symposia, and consumer trade shows are also allowed, subject to the same capacity limit […]
(Eagle News) — Inflation accelerated to 3.3 percent in November, the fastest since April 2019, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Friday, Dec. 4. According to the PSA, the inflation rate recorded last month was a jump from the 2.5 percent registered in October, the 1.3 percent recorded in November 2019. The PSA said the country’s year-to-date inflation for 2020 was at 2.6 percent. The agency attributed the overall acceleration to the annual increase of […]
(Eagle News)–The tail-end of a frontal system is affecting the eastern sections of Central and Southern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northeast monsoon is also affecting Northern Luzon and the rest of Central Luzon. According to PAGASA, due to the frontal system, Qurino, Nueva Vizcaya, Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Rizal, Quezon, Batangas, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque and Camarines provinces will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Dec. 3, reiterated his call for “universal access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines and technologies,” noting that it would be a “gross injustice that will haunt the world for a long time” if any country was excluded “by reason of poverty or strategic unimportance.” In his pre-recorded message aired during the 31st Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in Response to the Coronavirus […]
