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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte hit back at Vice President Leni Robredo over her criticisms of government’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis, saying she should not “add fuel to the fire.” “Itong sinasabi ni Leni na kung hindi gawin ng gobyerno, gagawin ng tao… panahon ito ng pandemic, desperado ang tao… dadagdag kayo, wala naman kayo basehan,” the President said in a public address aired on Tuesday, Aug. 25. According to the President, “wag ninyong sisirain […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is requiring national government agencies to publish in newspapers of general circulation the details of each of their transactions to ensure transparency in the disbursement of government funds. President Duterte made the disclosure in a meeting with members of the Cabinet aired on Tuesday, Aug. 25. The President said the policy was in light of the “sama ng loob” of the public over the allegations of corruption in PhilHealth, the state […]
(Eagle News)–The total number of enrollees for school year 2020 to 2021 has reached over 23 million so far, the Department of Education has said. According to DepEd, the 23,643,113 enrollees for Kindergarten to Grade 12, including ALS and non-graded learners with disabilities as of Monday, Aug. 24, constitute 85.07 percent of enrollees for school year 2019 to 2020. The department said based on the data, 21813184 learners enrolled in public schools, while 1785323 registered […]
Malacanang condemns “dastardly attacks”, calls on public to be vigilant, report suspicious persons (Eagle News) — Philippine authorities locked down a part of Jolo in Sulu province following two deadly blasts by terrorist groups believed to be part of the Abu Sayyaf that killed at least 14 people, including seven soldiers, and wounded scores of civilians on a busy commercial street. One of the casualties was a female suicide bomber who detonated herself after […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — China’s “nine-dash line” used to claim most of the South China Sea is a fabrication, the Philippine defence minister said, as he accused Beijing of illegally occupying Filipino maritime territory. The remarks late Sunday come amid a fresh row between Manila and Beijing over the disputed Scarborough shoal, which has long been a flashpoint between the two countries. The Philippine foreign ministry last week lodged a diplomatic protest over what it […]
(Eagle News)–The southwest monsoon is affecting Northern and Central Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms are expected in Batanes and the Babuyan Group of Islands. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate with at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, PAGASA said, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers also due to […]
(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases in the country topped 194,000 on Monday, Aug. 24, after the Department of Health reported 4,686 additional cases. The DOH said of the 194,252 cases, 59,200 were active, of which 91.5 percent were mild, 6.1 percent asymptomatic, 1.0 percent severe, and 1.4 percent critical. The 4,686 newly-announced COVID-19 cases were from tests done by 95 out of 109 labs. Of these, the DOH said 2519 came from […]
Suggests submission of documents instead (Eagle News) — The Office of the Solicitor General is moving for the cancellation of the oral arguments on the petitions against the Anti-Terrorism Law set in September. In calling for the same in its very urgent motion filed on Monday, Aug. 24, the OSG noted the “logistical restrictions and health threats posed by the COVID-19 pandemic,” and the provisions of the Internal Rules of Court and pertinent jurisprudence that […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday, Aug. 24, publicly apologized to President Rodrigo Duterte for saying he was “in perpetual isolation.” In a virtual briefing, Roque said he had made the “wrong choice of words” in his press briefing on Aug. 17. According to Roque, what he meant was that the Presidential Security Group “has been doing a good job at ensuring that there is social distancing between anyone who wants to […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government is seeking the help of various church and religious leaders to “stave off” the rising number of suicide cases in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has brought unprecedented economic difficulties and widespread infections that has resulted in almost 3,000 deaths in the country. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra made the appeal after receiving information from the National Task Force against COVID-19 about the “alarming increase” in suicides since […]
(Eagle News) — Two explosions rocked Jolo, Sulu today, Monday, Aug. 24, killing seven soldiers, six civilians, one policeman, and injuring scores of people near a grocery store and a computer shop along a busy street. The first explosion happened at 11:53 a.m while the second one was at around 1 p.m. Police initially reported at least six casualties — five soldiers and the sixth initially tagged as the female suicide bomber. Later, the number […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine trials for Japan’s anti-viral drug Avigan as potential treatment for COVID-19 patients have yet to start. Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire said the trials were supposed to start on Aug. 17 but there were “a lot of processes na hindi pa natatapos.” The DOH first said the trials may start on Aug. 10. She said so far, only the Philippine General Hospital has gotten the go-signal to serve as a site […]
