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(Eagle News) – A magnitude 5.8 quake struck Surigao del Sur which was felt at various intensities in surrounding areas early Tuesday, July 28, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said. The quake, with a depth of 40 kilometers, occurred at 1:32 a.m. Its epicenter was located 21 kilometers southeast of Bayabas, Suirigao del Sur. PHIVOLCS said it was expecting aftershocks. It was felt at intensity 4 in Bayabas, City of Bislig, […]
(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases in the country on Monday, July 27, breached the 82000 mark after the Department of Health reported 1657 cases on the same day. The DOH said of the 82,040 total cases, 53649 were active cases. Of this, 90 percent were mild, 9.1 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent severe, and 0.4 percent critical. Of the 1657 newly-announced cases from tests done by 59 out of 90 labs, the DOH […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday, July 27, said he tested positive for COVID-19 anew. Zubiri said the results were based on a swab test he took ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte’s fifth State of the Nation Address. The Palace had said all attendees at the Batasang Pambansa will have to undergo COVID-19 tests and test negative for them. Zubiri was supposed to be among the attendees at the Batasang Pambansa but […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte gave telecommunication companies until December to improve their services, or government might just take over to provide Filipinos with better communication services. During his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 27, Duterte called on “communication companies to improve their services, or we would be forced to take drastic steps for the less than clear services that the public is getting from you.” He urged […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 27, renewed his call for the passage of a death penalty law. The President in particular called for a law that revived the death penalty via lethal injection for crimes committed under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act. President Duterte noted afterwards, however, that there was not as much applause at the Batasang Pambansa after he made the call. “I suppose they are not interested,” he said, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, July 27, called on Congress to pass the proposed Bayanihan to Recover As One Act. The President made the call in his fifth State of the Nation Address, as he thanked Congress for passing the Bayanihan We Heal as One Act at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bayanihan We Heal as One Act, also known as the first Bayanihan law, granted President Duterte additional powers […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 27, ordered a probe into complaints some public utility vehicle drivers did not receive financial assistance from the government. The President gave the order to the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Department of Social Welfare and Development as he noted 4.3 million poor and low-income families benefited from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. He added 92.2 million received assistance under the unconditional […]
Duterte bares talk with China’s President Xi Jinping on COVID-19 vaccine (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte started his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 27, saying that there is now hope for a COVID-19 vaccine as the virus pandemic wreaked havoc around the world. “We live in a troubled time,” he said as he opened his SONA, and talked about how the COVID-19 pandemic had spared no one “neither rich […]
President also slams Senator Drilon for allegedly defending Lopezes (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 27, started his fifth State of the Nation Address with a tirade against ABS-CBN’s owners. In his speech, the President also slammed Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, who he said “arrogantly” said that rich families did not need to be oligarchs and “linked” the anti-political dynasty advocacy to the issue of oligarchy. The President said Drilon cited […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte still trusts PhilHealth chief and COO Ricardo Morales despite the corruption allegations in the agency, Senator Bong Go said. According to the senator, though, “‘yung mga tauhan sa baba, dapat niyang tingnan mabuti at dapat nga po ay imbestigahan.” Nevertheless, he said the President would await the results of the probe by the Office of the Special Assistant to the President Undersecretary Jesus Melchor Quitain. The President ordered the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Monday, July 27, said a second COVID-19 wave has yet to hit the Philippines. Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire made the clarification as COVID-19 cases breached the 80,000 mark on Sunday, July 26. So far, there are 80,448 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country. “As to the second wave, nag-aaral tayo, pero wala pa tayong naide-declare na ganito, hindi pa rin natin nakikita na meron tayong ganyan,” […]
(Eagle News) – House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano opened the 18th session of Congress on Monday, July 27, in preparation for the fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) later in the afternoon by President Rodrigo Duterte. Cayetano spoke about an “unprecedented crisis” that the country and the whole world is facing with the COVID-19 pandemic which still has no vaccine to prevent it from further spreading. -Accepting the “new reality”- “We cannot sugar-coat the […]
