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(Eagle News)–Markk Perete has submitted his resignation from the Department of Justice. In a brief statement, Perete, an undersecretary, said he decided to submit the resignation effective today due to “serious reasons” after “much thought.” He did not elaborate. Perete will in effect relinquish his post as DOJ spokesperson should the resignation be accepted. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as undersecretary in July 2018. In November 2018, he was named as the Jusice […]
(Eagle News)–Seventy-five more recoveries have been reported among police personnel. The Philippine National Police said with the 75 new recoveries, the recovery tally rose to 4784. Sixy-one COVID-19 cases pushed the tally to 5990. Of these, 1189 were active. There were no additional COVID-19 deaths, which means the death toll remains at 17. PNP Chief Camilo Cascolan has said policemen on modified enhanced community quarantine and enhanced community quarantine duty were entitled to COVID-19 hazard […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 311,000 mark on Wednesday, Sept. 30, after the Department of Health reported 2426 additional cases. The DOH said of the 311,694, 52702 were active. Of these, 86.4 percent were mild, 9.0 asymptomatic, 1.4 percent severe, and 3.2 percent critical. Of the 2426 newly-announced cases, 887 were from Metro Manila, 201 from Cavite, 147 from Rizal, 115 from Negros Occidental, and 99 from Batangas. The DOH […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte met with Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Rep. Lord Velasco on Tuesday night reportedly to discuss the leadership in the House. Also present in the meeting were supporters of each congressman, who had come to a gentleman’s agreement to share the speakership in 2019. Under the agreement, Cayetano would serve as Speaker for the first 15 months of the 18th Congress, while Velasco would serve as the House leader for the […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 309,000 mark on Tuesday, Sept. 29, after the Department of Health reported an additional 2025 new cases. The DOH said of the 309,303 total cases, 50925 were active. Of these, 86.5 percent were mild, 8.8 percent asymptomatic, 1.4 percent severe, and 3.3 percent critical. Of the additional 2025 COVID-19 cases, 628 were from Metro Manila, 279 from Cavite, 218 from Negros Occidental, 108 from Laguna, […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned Facebook that their operations in the country could be restricted after it had taken down Facebook accounts of the government connected with the services of the Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, as well as advocacy campaigns of the Philippine government. “Facebook, listen to me. We allow you to operate here hoping that you could help us also. Now, if government cannot espouse […]
(Eagle News) — The pre-registration for the national ID will begin next month, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said on Tuesday, Sept. 29. According to Interior Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya, the pre-registration will initially take place in 32 provinces where there is a low incidence of COVID-19. He said these were Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Cagayan, Isabela, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales, Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon, Rizal, Albay, Camarines Sur, […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte urged telephone companies or telcos to improve their services with the start of the school year this October 5, and the start of mostly online classes in the country. He noted that online learning is crucial amid the COVID-19 pandemic where face-to-face interaction is very limited. “Iyon lang po. Iyong telco, it’s school time. About a good percentage of our students — studentry are really dependent already on […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police will implement a localization program that will see some police personnel assigned to their areas of residence or near them. “Assignment to one’s hometown, province or region gives a police officer the sense of ownership of the locality that he represents,” PNP Chief Camilo Cascolan said in a statement. According to the PNP, the program which also sees the transfer done with a “corresponding replacement or swapping of personnel,” has […]
(Eagle News)–A no-beep card no-ride policy shall be implemented in public utility buses under the Edsa busway system starting October 1. Beep cards are stored-value contactless cards, which allow for the fare to be deducted upon the tapping at the fare collection machine. According to Transportation Assistant Secretary for Road Transport and Infrastructure Steve Pastor, the policy is part of the agency’s added safety measures to reduce the spread of the virus associated with cash-handling […]
(Eagle News) — Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms of the disease should be placed in a quarantine facility approved by the government, according to the latest resolution no. 74 from the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque revealed that the IATF had ratified the decision of the technical working group to prohibit home quarantine for such COVID-19 cases, but that there are exemption […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police has reported 55 additional COVID-19 recoveries among police personnel. The PNP said with the additional ones, the recovery tally rose to 4610 as of Monday night. Sixty-one new COVID-19 cases brought the total to 5812. The PNP said of these, 1185 were active. No new deaths were reported, which means the death toll remains at 17. The police are among the country’s frontliners, as they continue to man quarantine checkpoints […]
