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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 424000 mark on Thursday, Nov. 26, after the Department of Health reported 1392 additional cases. The DOH said of the total 424297 cases, 28789 or 6.8 percent were active. Of these, 84 percent were mild, 8.3 percent asymptomatic, 4.9 percent critical, 2.6 percent severe, and 0.26 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Caloocan with 77, Cavite and Laguna with […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines and local pharmaceutical companies are set to sign an agreement with British company AstraZeneca for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines. COVID-19 vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Thursday, Nov. 26, that the tripartite agreement would be signed on Friday, Nov. 27. Under the agreement, Galvez said two million COVID-19 vaccine doses will be made available to the Philippines. Earlier, the Department of Health said it was eyeing inoculating 50 […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate on Thursday, Nov. 26, approved on third and final reading the proposed P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021. Twenty-two senators voted for the approval of the bill, which would have allotted funds for the country’s economic recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A speakership row in the House of Representatives had threatened to derail the passage of the budget bill there, prompting President Rodrigo Duterte to personally appeal to the House amid […]
(Eagle News) — The public can now text the government’s 8888 complaint center. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said they can “simply text 8888 from both Globe and Smart and their affiliate telcos..” and no charges will be incurred. Roque said the Office of the President added the text service platform to the 8888 Citizens’ Complaint Center (8888 CCC). It had its soft launch on November 3. Roque said the public may air their complaints and […]
(Eagle News) — The COVID-19 vaccines that the Philippines will acquire will first be given to areas with a high concentration of virus cases, and then to the poor and most vulnerable sectors of that region, including the front liners and first responders. COVID-19 vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr., said that 60 million Filipinos are targeted for the vaccine distribution and this is meant to lead to the “herd immunity” of the entire population. […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday, Nov. 25, said the Department of Justice-led task force probing corruption in government would file complaints against officials involved in corruption even if they were not part of the executive department. Guevarra made the clarification after President Rodrigo Duterte said he himself could not probe congressmen involved in corruption as they were in a separate branch of government. According to Guevarra, while the President has no […]
(Eagle News) — Technical Education Skills Development Authority director-general Isidro Lapeña has now tested negative for COVID-19. Lapeña himself shared the results of the tests he took twice only days after reports said he was positive for the disease in a radio interview on Wednesday, Nov. 25. It was Senator Joel Villanueva who shared the news with reporters over the weekend. Nonetheless, Lapeña said he would continue with his quarantine. “Yun yung gusto natin i-trace […]
Offices to still operate from Monday to Friday (Eagle News)– The Supreme Court is implementing a four-day work week for personnel during the public health emergency brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Administrative Circular No. 62-2020 signed by Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta, all offices shall, however, still operate for five days, from Monday to Friday, with no less than 80% capacity. The Office of the Chief Justice and offices of the Associate Justice, […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government has lauded nine local government units for their drug rehabilitation programs at the community level. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said these were the municipalities of Magallanes, Cavite; and Bacnotan, La Union; City of Lucena, Quezon; Municipality of Kalibo, Aklan; City of Ormoc, Leyte; Pasig City; Davao Oriental; Municipality of Claver, Surigao Del Norte; and Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. “Our push in the […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 421,000 mark on Tuesday, Nov. 24, after the Department of Health reported 1118 additional cases. The DOH said of the total 421,722 total COVID-19 cases, 26745 or 6.3 percent were active. Of these, 83.7 percent were mild, 7.9 percent asymptomatic, 5.3 percent critical, 2.8 percent severe, and 0.25 percent moderate. Over 800, or 858, people tested positive today. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases […]
(Eagle News) – Five COVID-19 vaccines are set to hold their clinical trials here in the country, which would make the access to these vaccines easier for Filipinos. This was according to the Philippine COVID vaccine czar Carlito Galvez in his report to President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night, Nov. 23. These five vaccines are among the nine which have already undergone Phase 3 clinical trials and have showed promising results. The five vaccine […]
(Eagle News) – -State Prosecutor Juan Pedro Navera has passed away. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra confirmed the news on Tuesday, Nov. 24. “We are saddened by SASP Navera’s demise. He was one of our best,” Guevarra said. The cause of death was not disclosed, but reports said he was 49 years old when he died. Navera was lead prosecutor in the case against retired Army Major General Jovito Palparan, who was eventually convicted over the […]
