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(Eagle News)–The chair of the Department of Public Works and Highways Build, Build, Build committee tested positive for COVID-19. Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo made the announcement on a Facebook post on Saturday, July 18. “I regret to announce that today, July 18, I received my test result (swabbed July 16) and it is positive for COVID-19,” she said. Lamentillo’s announcement came days after Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said he tested positive for the virus. […]
Senator, his wife, 2 members of household staff test negative for virus (Eagle News)–Senator Richard Gordon and his wife have gone on quarantine after ten of the senator’s immediate staff tested positive for COVID-19. Gordon said the “self-imposed isolation” at home was really to “ensure the safety and well-being of anyone with whom we will interact in the future” as he and his wife Kate, including two of their household staff, actually tested negative for […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases continued to surge in Metro Manila with more than 1,800 new cases reported on Saturday, July 18, as the number of active cases nationwide reached 41,464 and total cumulative cases hit 65,304, mostly mild cases. Latest data from the Department of Health (DOH) also showed asymptomatic cases were increasing at 9.1 percent as of Saturday, July 18, from the 7.1 percent six days ago (July 12), as mild cases went […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has breached the 65000 mark, now at 65304 cases, after the Department of Health reported 2357 cases today. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 41464 are active cases, of which 90 percent are mild cases, 9.1 percent asymptomatic, 0.4 percent severe, and 0.4 percent critical. The newly-announced 2357 cases were from total tests done by 76 out of 84 labs. Of the […]
(Eagle News) — The number of overseas Filipinos repatriated by the Department of Foreign Affairs since the COVID-19 outbreak has reached 90,047. In a statement, the DFA said that this week alone, it had facilitated the return of 11,688 overseas Filipinos (OFs) which brought the total number of repatriates to over 90,000 since it began repatriation in February. Of this number, 44.8 percent (40,540 OFs) are sea-based and 55.2 percent (49,957 OFs) are land-based, […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Immigration is reminding travelers to strictly comply with the travel requirements for them to leave the country. The immigration bureau issued the reminder after the government allowed non-essential international travel for Filipinos months after it was banned to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “We will be very strict in seeing to it that these requirements are fully complied with, otherwise we will not allow them to leave,” Commissioner Jaime Morente said. […]
(Eagle News)–The police will continue to assist health authorities in contact tracing efforts, Philippine National Police chief Archie Gamboa said, as he welcomed the “contact tracing ecosystem” put forward by the country’s newly-appointed contact tracing czar. Gamboa issued the statement after Interior Secretary Eduardo Año tapped the Bureau of Fire Protection to help in the government’s Oplan Kalinga program that aims to identify COVID-19 cases who are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms in houses even […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country reached 63,001 after the Department of Health reported 1841 cases on Friday, July 17. According to the DOH, the 1841 cases reported today were based on total tests done by 76 out of 84 laboratories. Of the newly-announced cases, majority still came from Metro Manila, with 441 from Manila, 140 from Quezon City, 96 from Mandaluyong, and 86 from Navotas. Eighty-seven of […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Fire Protection will assist local health authorities in implementing the Oplan Kalinga program. This was after the Department of the Interior and Local Government gave the bureau the directive for them to help search for COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms but who are not qualified to do home quarantine, and transport them to isolation facilities. Under the government’s new policy, COVID-19 patients in those categories […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has chosen Court of Appeals Justice Priscilla Baltazar-Padilla as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to fill in the post vacated by Supreme Court Associate Justice Andres Reyes Jr., who retired last May. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement on Thursday, July 16, in a brief statement. “This is to announce that Court of Appeals Justice Priscilla J. Baltazar-Padilla has been appointed as Associate Justice of the […]
(Eagle News) — Foreigners with long-term visas will be allowed entry into the country starting Aug. 1. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday, July 17, said, however, that this was subject to certain conditions. They should have valid and existing visas at the time of the entry, not new visas, and should have pre-booked an accredited quarantine facility and a COVID-19 testing provider. “They are likewise subject to the maximum capacity of inbound passengers at […]
(Eagle News) — Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año appealed to the public to cooperate with the government’s Oplan Kalinga program that aims to transfer to isolation centers the COVID-19 infected persons who have no capability to self-isolate inside their homes. He made the appeal amid the spike in virus cases especially in Metro Manila. Ano said that it is the duty of the government to prevent further spread of the virus which […]
