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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he had offered to resign from the presidency because he is already exhausted and had realized that he cannot stop corruption. “Ewan ko kung sabihin ko ito sa inyo, I offered to resign as president. Kasi nagsasawa na ako. In my years of government, wala ng katapusang ito,” President Duterte said in his address to the nation on Monday night, Sept. 28. He however did not give […]
(Eagle News)–Metro Manila will remain under a general community quarantine starting Oct. 1. President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night also approved the announcement that Batangas, Tacloban, Iloilo, Bacolod, and Iligan would be GCQ areas starting October. Lanao del Sur, including Marawi City, will be under a stringent modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). The rest of the country on the other hand will be under the least stringent modified general community quarantine. The newly-announced quarantine […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte may announce the country’s quarantine classifications tonight. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President may make the announcement in his Monday public address. Roque said the President’s address will take place after the meeting with members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases. At present, Metro Manila is under the less stringent general community quarantine. Earlier, Roque said some cities in Metro Manila may be placed […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang noted the downtrend in Philippine daily COVID-19 cases, and the decrease in positivity rate based on latest report from the OCTA research group composed of faculty from the University of the Philippines (UP) and the University of Sto. Tomas. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the daily cases of coronavirus in the country had been significantly reduced this September, compared to the number of cases last month. From the 4,300 […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 307,000 mark after the Department of Health reported additional 3073 cases today. The DOH said of the 307,288, 49,242 were active. Of these, 86.4 percent were mild, 8.7 percent asymptomatic, 1.5 percent severe, and 3.4 percent critical. Of the 3,073 newly-reported cases, 1158 came from Metro Manila, 225 from Cavite, 203 from Laguna, 173 from Rizal, and 169 from Batangas. Recoveries rose to 252,665 including […]
(Eagle News)–Work in government offices in the executive branch is suspended starting 3:30 p.m. today. The suspension was announced in memorandum circular number 80 signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. The memorandum said the suspension was pursuant to Proclamation No. 60, s. 1992, which declared the last week of September of every year as family week, and was “in order to afford government workers and their families time to celebrate in their respective homes the […]
Three land-based OFWs to return home, too (Eagle News)–Nineteen Filipinos from China will be arriving in the Philippines tomorrow. The Department of Foreign Affairs said of the 19, 16 were seafarers who have been stranded amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Eleven of these were from Ocean Star 86 who have been stranded in Dongshan since March. Earlier, Migrante alleged the government was not exerting efforts to get the seafarers home, an allegation the DFA strongly denied. […]
(Eagle News)–Five new COVID-19 cases were reported among overseas Filipinos, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The DFA said with the added cases from Africa, the total rose to 10438. The department said the Middle East and Africa still had the most COVID-19 cases with 7079, followed by the Asia Pacific region with 1372, Europe with 1179, and the Americas with 808. One additional death pushed the death toll to 791. No additional recoveries were […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police has reported 56 additional COVID-19 recoveries among police personnel. The PNP said with the additional recoveries, the total number of recoveries among the police rose to 4556. Forty-six additional COVID-19 cases brought the total to 5751. Of these, 1178 were active. No additional 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 and implement […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs repatriated over 9,000 Filipinos abroad this week. The DFA said with the additional 9,574 overseas Filipinos, the total number of repatriated Filipinos since February rises to 195,224. Of the total, the DFA said 34.6 percent or 67,484 were sea-based, while 65.4 percent or 127,740 were land-based. This week, the DFA said two DFA-chartered flights from Saudi Arabia brought home 711 overseas Filipinos. The DFA said among them was OFW […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation has awarded the three remaining civil works contract packages for the Clark Phase 2 project, or the Malolos-Clark extension of the North-South Commuter Railway System. With the awarding of the three contract packages, the DOTr said the awarding of five civil works packages of the PNR Clark Phase 2 project is now completed. Contracts for Packages N-04 and N-05 were signed on August 1, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 304,000 mark on Sunday, Sept. 27, after the Department of Health reported additional 2995 cases. The DOH said of the 304,226 total COVID-19 cases, 46372 were active. Of these, 86 percent were mild, 8.8 percent asymptomatic, 1.6 percent severe, and 3.7 percent critical. The department said of the 2995 newly-announced COVID-19 cases, 2694 or 90 percent occurred in the last 14 days. Metro Manila had 1065 of […]
