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(Eagle News)–Signal No. 1 is in effect over Catanduanes as Tropical Depression “Quinta” slightly accelerated and moved west northwest over the Philippine Sea. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said so far, “Quinta” was located 660 km east of Catarman, Northern Samar or 730 km east of Juban, Sorsogon, packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 70 kph. It is moving at 30 kph. PAGASA […]
Expresses hope that PRC would continue COVID-19 tests for gov’t (Eagle News) – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) said that it will start paying its debt on Monday, Oct. 26, to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) for the COVID-19 tests it had conducted. With this development, Philhealth said that it hoped the PRC would continue conducting COVID-19 tests which had affected thousands of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) Earlier estimates said Philhealth owed […]
(Eagle News)–Tropical Depression “Quinta” has maintained its strength while moving northwest over the Philippine Sea. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Quinta” is expected to turn more west tomorrow evening until Monday. It is forecast to intensify into a tropical storm within 24 hours, and then make landfall over Bicol Region or Eastern Visayas between Sunday evening and Monday morning. It may reach the severe tropical storm category prior to landfall, and […]
(Eagle News) – Only the Chinese biotech firm Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine has so far passed the Philippine vaccine expert panel’s pre-screening for possible clinical trials in the country, according to the Food and Drug Administration. FDA Director General Eric Domingo said that only the vaccine from Sinovac has passed the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) vaccine expert panel, while two other COVID-19 vaccines – one by Johnson and Johnson’s Janssen pharmaceuticals, and Sputnik […]
(Eagle News)–Tropical Depression “Quinta” may develop into a tropical storm on Sunday, Oct. 25, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration said. According to PAGASA, “Quinta,” which is so far located 880 kilometers east of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte, is also expected to make landfall over Bicol Region by Monday. After crossing Bicol Region, it will continue to track westward over the inland seas of Southern Luzon, and is likely to emerge over the West […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 365,000 mark on Friday, Oct. 23, after the Department of Health reported almost 2000 additional cases. The DOH said of the 365,799 total cases, 46,193 were active. Of these, 83.6 percent were mild, 11.3 percent asymptomatic, 1.8 percent severe, and 3.2 percent critical. Of the 1923 additional cases reported today, 91 percent or 1745 occurred in the last 14 days. The top regions with the most […]
(Eagle News)–The low pressure area east of Mindanao has developed into a tropical depression. In its 3 p.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the weather disturbance is now called “Quinta.” PAGASA said at present, moderate to occasionally heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are expected over portions of Lanao del Norte, Agusan del Norte, Davao de Oro, Maguindanao, and Lanao del Sur but due to thunderstorms. These conditions are […]
(Eagle News)–The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has approved the resumption of the motorcycle taxi pilot study. With the approval, companies such as Angkas, MoveIt and Joyride will now be allowed to operate and accept passengers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the IATF gave the approval after the House of Representatives approved the extension of the study, which was supposed to determine whether motorcycle taxis […]
(Eagle News) – Religious and worship services can now be held up to 30 percent of the worship venue’s seating capacity in areas under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) including Metro Manila, according to Malacanang on Friday, Oct. 23. Before this announcement from the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), the limit for religious services or gatherings was limited to 10 percent of the seating capacity of worship venues in GCQ areas. Palace […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area east of Mindanao. In its latest advisory, PAGASA said the LPA, which is located 1145 kilometers east of southern Philippines, may enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility today. PAGASA said it may develop into a tropical depression. So far though, the trough of Typhoon “Saudel,” formerly “Pepito,” is causing cloudy and scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms in Zambales, Bataan Pangasinan, Occidental […]
Strategically located cold storage facilities needed for vaccine distribution in PHL (Eagle News) – The Philippines is targeted as one of the priority countries that would receive COVID-19 vaccines from China once these have passed efficacy and clinical trial tests in China, aside from other countries in the ASEAN region, Malacanang said. In a Palace briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that said that there are two vaccines from China that are now in […]
(Eagle News)–Forty additional COVID-19 recoveries have been reported among police personnel, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, with the addition, the PNP COVID-19 recovery tally rose to 6276 as of Wednesday night. Thirty additional COVID-19 cases, however, pushed the tally to 6934. Of these, 636 were active. One additional COVID-19 death was also reported, pushing the death toll to 22. The PNP has vowed to ensure the welfare of its personnel, who […]
