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(Eagle News) — More health professionals are now allowed to leave the country for their work abroad. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte gave the approval for health workers with complete documents as of Aug. 31 to report to work overseas. Earlier, only those with complete documentation as of March 8 were exempted from the ban on the deployment abroad of medical workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Palace earlier urged Filipino healthcare workers to […]
(Eagle News)–“Marce” is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Marce,” which has intensified into a tropical storm, exited PAR at 6 a.m. PAGASA said as of 10 a.m., it was estimated 1,400 kilometers east northeast of extreme Northern Luzon, packing maximum sustained winds of 75 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 90 kph. It is moving at 15 kph, and will move […]
(Eagle News)–Over 185,000 Filipinos abroad have been repatriated since February, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA, of the 185,650, 120602 or 64.96 percent were land-based and 65048 or 35.04 percent were sea-based. This week, the DFA said most of the repatriates were from the Middle East, at 8132. Arrivals from Europe have reached 1299, including three medical cases from Turkey, Spain and Malta; 1089 from the Americas; and 981 from Asia. […]
(Eagle News)–Thirty-seven more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19, the Philippine National Police said on Sunday night. With the additional recoveries, the PNP said the recovery tally climbed to 4046. Thirty-four additional COVID-19 cases, however, brought the total to 5392. Of these, the PNP said 1329 were active. No new COVID-19 deaths were reported among police personnel, which means the death toll remains at 17. The police are among the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News)–Tropical Depression “Marce” has slightly intensified and is currently almost stationary. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Marce” was estimated 1,285 km east northeast of extreme Northern Luzon but is not expected to affect the land areas and coastal waters of the country. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 70 kph. No tropical cyclone wind signal is in place. PAGASA […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 286,000 mark on Sunday, Sept. 20, after the Department of Health reported an additional 3311 cases. The DOH said of the 286743, 51894 were active. Of these, 86.6 percent were mild, 8.7 percent asymptomatic, 1.4 percent severe, and 3.3 percent critical. Of the 3311 newly-reported cases, 1435 came from Metro Manila, 261 from Negros Occidental, 231 from Laguna, 204 from Rizal, and 174 from Cavite. Over 20000, […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Information and Communications Technology reiterated the need for a government-owned national fiber network even as it noted improvements in the country’s Internet speed. According to ICT department chief Gregorio Honasan II, the government “should not leave the fate of our national ICT infrastructure to the private sector only,” adding that the National Broadband Program would address the lack of ICT infrastructure resulting in some areas with weak to no connection signals. […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Batanes. PAGASA said as of 3 a.m., the LPA was estimatedo 1,340 kilometers east of Basco. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, PAGASA said, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, the weather bureau said, will have light […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 283,000 mark after the Department of Health reported an additional 3962 cases. The DOH said of the 283460 total cases, 68645 were active. Of these, 87.4 percent were mild, 9 percent were asymptomatic, 1.1 percent was severe, and 2.5 percent critical. Of the 3962 additional cases reported today, 3286 or 83 percent occurred in the recent 14 days. Metro Manila had the most COVID-19 cases of the […]
(Eagle News) – Members of the European Parliament expressed alarm about what they claimed was a “deteriorating level of press freedom in the Philippines” and called on the Philippine government to “renew” the franchise of ABS-CBN, as well as to drop all charges against Rappler CEO Maria Ressa. This was contained as part of the resolution of the European Parliament which is composed of 705 members, The text of the resolution which also expressed […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Airlines gave the assurance on Saturday, Sept. 19, that it was committed to fulfilling all its “refund obligations,” as it apologized to its passengers for the long processing time for the same. In a statement, PAL noted that it was “doing all we can to cope with the massive deluge of refund requests” that it received after the global pandemic forced it to cancel more than 60,000 PAL flights since March 2020, […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation on Saturday, Sept. 19, said it would abide by President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to retain the at least one-meter physical distancing among commuters in modes of public transportation. “The President has spoken. We shall aggressively comply and strictly enforce the 1-meter physical distancing in all public transport as envisioned and mandated,” the agency said in a brief statement. The DOTr issued the statement after Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced the […]
