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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the House of Representatives rose to 71 after a consultant tested positive for the respiratory disease. House Secretary General Jose Luis Montales said the consultant, who was not identified, last went to the House on Aug. 24 and 25. “He got tested after experiencing itchy throat, body malaise, nasal congestion with colds, and loss of smell and taste,” Montales said. Montales earlier said employees should only report to work […]
(Eagle News)–The remains of the two Filipinos who died in the restaurant gas explosion in Abu Dhabi on Aug. 31 are being readied for repatriation. The Department of Foreign Affairs said this was after the repatriation was cleared by local authorities. Officials and regional representatives from DFA and the Department of Labor and Employment are working closely with the families for the acceptance of the remains. Meanwhile, the DFA said a DFA-DOLE composite team recently […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TUCoDVMHp8&feature=youtu.be (Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has already transmitted the certificate of absolute pardon for US serviceman Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton signed by President Rodrigo Duterte to the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) which has already started processing his release. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra sent on Sept. 9 the certified true copy of the absolute pardon granted by President Duterte to Pemberton on Sept. 7 to BuCor Director General Undersecretary Gerald Bantag. […]
(Eagle News)–More passengers are expected to be allowed in each mode of public transportation starting Monday, Sept. 14. In a statement, the Department of Transportation said this was after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) approved the proposal by the Economic Development Cluster (EDC) and the DOTr to “optimize” or reduce the physical distance among commuters. The DOTr said according to Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, the proposal also got […]
All “provisional authorities/certificates of public convenience” also revoked (Eagle News) – The National Telecommunications Commission has recalled all the radio frequencies and television channel frequencies earlier assigned ABS-CBN Corporation, citing the media network’s absence of a valid franchise. In a decision dated Sept. 9, the NTC said that “absent a valid legislative franchise,” ”all assigned frequencies/channels assigned to ABS CBN are hereby recalled.” The NTC also revoked and cancelled “all provisional authorities/certificates of public convenience” […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 248,000 mark on Thursday, Sept. 10, after the Department of Health reported 3821 additional cases. The DOH said of the 248,947, 58,823 were active. Of these, 88.3 percent were mild, 8.8 percent asymptomatic, 1.2 percent severe, and 1.7 percent critical. The 3,821 additional COVID-19 cases were from tests done by 105 of 117 labs. Of these, 3,277 (86%) occurred within the recent 14 days, or […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has ordered the regional trial courts to conduct proceedings for the possible release of inmates who sought for their temporary liberty on humanitarian grounds amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In giving the order, the High Court acted on the urgent petition filed by Dionisio Almonte, Ireneo Atadero Jr., Alexander Ramonita Birondo, Winona Marie Birondo, Rey Claro Casambre, Ferdinand Castillo, Francisco Fernandez Jr., Renante Gamara, Vicente Ladlad, and several others, treating such as […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has recently repatriated over 300 Filipinos from Kuwait. The DFA said with the 310 repatriated on Sept. 6, the number of Filipinos repatriated from Kuwait breached the 7,000 mark, or at 7,116, since the COVID-19 outbreak in March. According to the department, the chartered Kuwait Airways flight, the 15th flight arranged by the embassy since June 2020, was granted clearance to land in Manila by the Civil […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has reported an additional 49 COVID-19 recoveries among overseas Filipinos, bringing the total to 6382. The DFA said the additional recoveries were from the Asia Pacific region, Europe, and the Middle East. As of Sept. 9, the Middle East and Africa had the most number of recoveries, with 4178, the Asia Pacific Region with 879, Europe with 869, and the Americas with 456. Fifteen new cases brought the total […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Southern Luzon. PAGASA said as of 3 a.m., the LPA was located 965 kilometers east of the island group Luzon. It is embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao. Bicol Region and Samar provinces will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the trough of the LPA. Flashfloods or landslides during severe […]
(Eagle News)–The number of COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 245,000 mark on Wednesday, Sept. 9, after the Department of Health reported 3176 additional cases. The DOH said of the 245143 total cases, 55614 were active. Of these, 88.3 percent were mild, 8.6 percent asymptomatic, 1.3 percent severe, and 1.8 percent critical. The DOH said the additional 3176 cases reported today were from tests done by 105 of 117 labs. Of these, 1327 came […]
DENR chief says dolomite use will even clean, nourish Manila Bay water (Eagle News) – Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu stressed that the crushed dolomite being used to cover the baywalk area of Manila Bay does not pose any health risk to the public, but will in fact even clean the waters of Manila Bay because of its properties. Cimatu, speaking during budget deliberations in Congress on Sept. 8, explained that the crushed dolomite used […]
