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(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country surpassed the 173,000 mark on Wednesday, Aug. 19, after the Department of Health reported 4650 additional cases on the same day. The DOH said of the 173,774 total COVID-19 cases, 57498 were active cases. Of these, 91.4 percent were mild, 6.5 percent asymptomatic, 0.9 percent severe, and 1.2 percent critical. The 4650 newly-announced cases were from tests done by 97 out of […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has imposed a preventive suspension on some former and incumbent PhilHealth officials. Ordered suspended for six months without pay were Roy Ferrer, Celestina Ma. Jude dela Serna, Ruben John Basa, Dennis Mas, Shirley Domingo, Rodolfo del Rosario Jr., Raul Dominic Badilla, Israel Pargas, Angelito Grande, Lawrence Mijares, Leila Tuazon, Eugenio Donatos II and Clementine Bautista, based on two resolutions. Ferrer, Dela Serna, Badilla, Paragas, Grande, Mijares, Donatos […]
(Eagle News)–Metro Manila mayors have agreed to impose a unified curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. in the entire region. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the disclosure in a television interview on Wednesday, Aug. 19, the start again of the general community quarantine in the National Capital Region. Under a GCQ, restrictions are further eased, with more industries allowed to operate. “I understand that the mayors voted and there was a majority that the […]
G614 virus strain only found in QC samples, may not be present yet in whole country (Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that the G614 mutation of the virus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 which was found in a sample of positive cases in Quezon City “may not represent the mutational landscape for the whole country.” But the DOH noted that this G614 variant which has also been reported in many other countries with […]
CATAINGAN, Philippines (AFP) — At least one person was killed and 43 injured when a 6.6-magnitude earthquake shook the central Philippines on Tuesday, sending residents fleeing their homes and damaging buildings and roads. The shallow quake struck southeast of Masbate Island in the Bicol region at 8:03 am (0003 GMT), the US Geological Survey said. “There are a lot of damaged houses,” said Staff Sergeant Antonio Clemente in Cataingan, a town of about 50,000 […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Bong Revilla has been rushed to the hospital after developing pneumonia. His wife, Bacoor Mayor Lani Mercado, made the announcement in a Facebook post on Tuesday, Aug. 18. She said the results were based on the latest X-ray of her husband. “..And isolation in a regular facility is no longer ideal. Hospital care badly needed,” she said. Earlier, Revilla revealed he had tested positive for COVID-19. He said apart from him, […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country rose to 169,213 on Tuesday, Aug. 18, after the Department of Health reported 4836 cases on the same day. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 53,665 were active cases. Of these, 91.5 percent were mild, 6.2 percent asymptomatic, 0.9 percent severe, and 1.3 percent critical. The 4836 newly-announced cases were from tests done by 84 out of 105 labs. The […]
(Eagle News) — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Tuesday, Aug. 18, denied PhilHealth lost P154 billion to fraud, and that there were “preferred” hospitals in the release of funds under its Internal Reimbursement Mechanism. Duque, who virtually attended the hearing of the Senate Committee of the Whole on alleged irregularities in the state insurer, said based on a June 10, 2020 letter from Commission on Audit chair Michael Aguinaldo, there was no such finding […]
(Eagle News) — The following are photos from the Philippine Red Cross Masbate chapter showing how the magnitude 6.5 quake damaged the epicenter located in Cataingan, Masbate. The quake struck at 8:03 a.m. Tuesday, August 18, with a depth of only one kilometer, making it more damaging as it is more felt in the land surface. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said that aftershocks and damages are expected in the areas hit by […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte thanked Russia and China for offering to the Philippines the vaccines they are developing against COVID-19. Duterte said Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping have both offered to help the country address its COVID-19 problems by offering the vaccines which their scientists are developing to fight the virus. “As I have stated time and again repeatedly that the only salvation available to humankind at this […]
(Eagle News) — “Helen” is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Helen,” which has slightly intensified, exited the northern boundary of PAR at 1 a.m. It is estimated 395 kilometers west of Basco, Batanes, with its center packing maximum winds of 55 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 70 kph. It is moving west northwestward at 15 kph towards the South China […]
(Eagle News) — A magnitude 6.5 quake rocked Masbate at 8:03 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, which was felt at various intensities in surrounding provinces. The epicenter of the tectonic quake with only a depth of focus of one kilometer was located five kilometers southwest of Cataingan, Masbate, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). PHIVOLCS said it was expecting aftershocks and damages. The strong quake was relatively shallow, occurring near the […]
