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(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Wednesday, Oct. 7, reminded the public travel restrictions remain in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said that while the bureau acknowledges the #Loveisnottourism movement calling on the government to allow foreign fiancés of Filipinos to enter the country, and understand “how difficult it must be” to be separated loved ones, this was “a temporary measure.” “We trust the wisdom of the (Inter-Agency Task […]
https://youtu.be/jpTLTdIcoDA (Eagle News) –After several months of delay, the Department of Health said that the clinical trial for the anti-flu drug Avigan as a possible treatment for COVID-19 could start this week Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that there are just a few documents being finalized before the actual clinical trial starts. Vergeire said that the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on the Avigan trial for UP Manila has already been signed, and that the […]
(Eagle News) – A new witness has come out in the open and pointed to former Immigration Deputy Commissioner Marc Red Mariñas as the mastermind in the so-called “pastillas” scheme at the Bureau of Immigration, and how this corruption scheme is continuing up to now. Immigration officer 2, Jeffrey Dale Ignacio, said he was a member of the pastillas group which collects money from tourists, particularly Chinese nationals who frequent the country, during a hearing […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said that the new record-high of 30.7 percent hunger incidence among Filipino families from July to September this year was a sad development, but is only temporary. Palace spokesperson Harry Roque attributed this new record high of hunger incidence in the country was due to the lockdown and community quarantine protocols implemented by the government to prevent further spread of the COVID-19 virus in the past few months. He said […]
(Eagle News) – The number of families experiencing hunger reached a record high of 30.7 percent or an estimated 7.6 million households in the past three months of the virus pandemic, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. The SWS explained that the proportion of families experiencing hunger, or hunger due to lack of food to eat at least once in the past three months, reached this new record high based on […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 326,833 on Tuesday, Oct. 6, after the Department of Health reported 2,093 more cases. According to the DOH, of the total COVID-19 cases so far, 47,655 were active. Of these, 85.6 percent were mild, 9.5 percent were asymptomatic, 1.6 percent severe, and 3.4 percent critical. Of the additional 2,093 cases, the DOH said, 1,741 or 83 percent, occurred within the recent 14 days, or from September […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Tuesday, Oct. 6, vowed to destroy confiscated illegal drugs in a week’s time. PDEA issued the statement a day after President Rodrigo Duterte issued the order, noting that the contraband could be again used and recycled in the market. The agency said it was following up on the issuance of court orders for the destruction of the drug evidence pursuant to the Office of the Court […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he still has no reason to fire Health Secretary Francisco Duque III amid the clamor for him to do so, saying that he has not found “prima facie” evidence against the health department chief regarding corruption. In his address to the nation on Monday night, Oct. 5, Duterte said that he still trusts Duque and believes he is an “innocent man” after reading the files on […]
(Eagle News) –Thirty-one more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said with the additional recoveries as of Monday night, the recovery tally rose to 5,119. Fifty-five new cases, however, pushed the total COVID-19 cases in the PNP to 6,195. Of these, the PNP said 1,059 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the death toll remains at 17. The police are one of the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation has lauded the decision of AF Payments Inc. to give away 125,000 beep cards. The provider of the automatic fare system made the announcement after the DOTr suspended its no-beep card, no ride policy following complaints from commuters about having to pay P80 for the card on top of the minimum required load of P65. “We thank AFPI for seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, […]
(Eagle News) – The World Health Organization donated more than a million pieces of personal protective equipment (PPEs) and other medical devices to the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Oct. 5, to help the country fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III received the various health commodities donated by WHO at the Department of Health (DOH) Central Office. WHO turned over personal protective equipment (PPEs) such as gowns (230,900 pcs), KN95 […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine Airlines will cut around a third of its workforce by the end of this year as part of an overhaul triggered by crippling coronavirus travel restrictions. The pandemic has devastated the global aviation industry, forcing airlines to seek government bailouts, furlough workers and slash jobs. “The collapse in travel demand and persistent travel restrictions on most global and domestic routes have made retrenchment inevitable,” the airline said Monday, announcing […]
