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(Eagle News)– COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 342,000 mark on Monday, Oct. 12, after the Department of Health reported additional 3,564 cases. The DOH said of the 342,816 total cases, 43,332 were active. Of these, 83.9 percent were mild, 10.8 percent asymptomatic, 1.7 percent severe, and 3.6 percent critical. Of the 3,564 additional cases, 1,344 came from Metro Manila, 215 from Cavite, 212 from Laguna, 211 from Rizal, and 164 from Iloilo. Recoveries […]
Velasco asks Cayetano to help in ‘peaceful transition” of House leadership (Eagle News) — Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco was “voted” as new Speaker of the House of Representatives on Monday, Oct. 12, in a session done by lawmakers outside of the Batasan Pambansa session hall. After getting votes of what his allies claimed were 186 lawmakers in a session in a sports complex outside the Batasan Pambansa, Velasco took his oath as the new […]
(Eagle News) — Majority of lawmakers, 186, on Monday, Oct. 12, moved to declare the position of House Speaker vacant in a gathering of congressmen a day before the scheduled special session at the House of Representatives that will tackle the proposed 2021 National Budget. The gathering of lawmakers happened outside the session hall of Congress, at the Celebrity Sports Plaza, but was attended by lawmakers who are allies of Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco […]
(Eagle News)–Tropical Depression “Nika” is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said so far “Nika” has maintained its strength, and is forecast to move generally west or west-northwestward over the northern portion of the West Philippine Sea. It will make landfall over Hainan Province in southern China on Wednesday afternoon or evening. PAGASA said “Nika” will continuously intensify over the West Philippine Sea over […]
(Eagle News)–Allies of Marinduque Rep. Lord Velasco are set to elect him as Speaker on Monday, Oct. 12, a manifesto said. The manifesto sent to reporters said 187 lawmakers in the House will declare the Speaker post vacant and then vote for Velasco, who is supposed to take over the Speakership on October 14, as agreed upon in a term-sharing deal with Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, and brokered by President Rodrigo Duterte. The 187 lawmakers […]
(Eagle News) – The number of individuals tested in the country for COVID-19 have reached more than 3.87 million as of Sunday, Oct. 11, as the government tries to reach more Filipinos in its targeted mass testing campaign. Based on data from the Department of Health, there were 3,876,311 individuals who had themselves tested for COVID-19 in the country and 10.1 percent of them tested positive. Confirmed cases were 339,341 representing 0.31 percent of […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has repatriated over 9,000 Filipinos this week. The DFA said with the additional 9,461 Filipinos abroad repatriated, the number of overseas Filipinos returning to the Philippines with the help of the government rose to 213,942 since February. Of the 213,942, the DFA said 71,998 or 33.65 percent were sea-based, and 141,994 or 66.35 percent were land-based. Most of the repatriated this week were still Filipinos from the Middle East, […]
(Eagle News)–Central Luzon, Pangasinan, Cavite, Batangas, Occidental Mindoro, and Palawan will experience rains today due to the southwest monsoon affecting Central and Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the southwest monsoon, and Tropical Depression “Nika,” which was estimated based 245 kilometers west of Sinait, Ilocos Sur, and was […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 339,000 mark on Sunday, Oct. 11. The Department of Health said of the 339,341, 39,945 were active. Of these, 83 percent were mild, 11.2 percent asymptomatic, 1.8 percent severe, and 3.9 percent critical. Of the 2502 newly-reported cases, 782 came from Metro Manila, 141 from Rizal, 128 from Laguna, 125 from Cavite, and 119 from Bulacan. Recoveries rose to 293,075 with the 17,057 additional ones reported […]
(Eagle News)–Trials in the Philippines for a possible COVID-19 vaccine will start in November, the Department of Health said. According to the DOH, the Inter-Agency Task Force’s Sub-Technical Working Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Development led by the Department of Science and Technology and other government agencies are gearing up for the conduct of the COVID-19 vaccine phase 3 clinical trials. The DOH said the sub-TWG on COVID-19 vaccine development includes other government agencies such as […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Information and Communications Technology is calling for an increase in its 2021 budget, noting the need for a government-owned broadband network. In a statement, the department said the additional P18 billion would allow for the completion of the network under the National Broadband Program. The approved budget for the program under the National Expenditure Program was P902 million. The DICT noted that it was hightime the government prioritized ICT programs as […]
(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and his Chinese counterpart reaffirmed Philippines-China relations despite the constraints imposed by COVID-19. In his first official visit since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, from Oct. 9 to 11, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Locsin and Wang Yi also took stock of priority political and economic bilateral cooperation initiatives. The DFA said the two pledged to forge ahead with sustained policy dialogues, as well as with […]
