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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases continued to surge nationwide with the addition of almost 2,500 cases just for today, Thursday, July 16, mostly coming from Metro Manila, as total cases reached 61,266. Total active cases, wherein recoveries and number of COVID-19 deaths have already been substracted, reached 38,183, most of them mild cases at 90.7 percent, but with increasing percentage of asymptomatics (those showing no symptoms) at 8.5 percent. Severe cases and critical cases accpunted […]
(Eagle News) –It is still unclear if President Rodrigo Duterte will “physically” deliver his fifth State of the Nation Address at the Batasang Pambansa, the Palace said on Thursday, July 16. According to Roque, based on what he knows, “hindi pa po 100% sure kung physically maga-attend ang Presidente or magbo-broadcast po from Malago (Clubhouse in Malacañang) to Congress.” He said the details would be revealed as soon as they were made available. Roque issued […]
(Eagle News) — There should be no playgrounds or buffets in schools to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Secretary Carlito Galvez, chief implementer of the national action plan against COVID-19, made the suggestion on Wednesday night, during President Rodrigo Duterte’s meeting with members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases and other resource persons to discuss the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the new normal. The […]
Metro Manila still under GCQ, Cebu City under MECQ (Eagle News)– The Palace on Wednesday night announced the quarantine classifications for different parts of the country starting tomorrow, July 16, to July 31. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, only Cebu City shall remain under a modified enhanced community quarantine. He said this means residents can only go out to purchase necessities and for work if that industry is allowed to operate. Public gatherings are […]
(Eagle News) — The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability started probing the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) amid the observed increase in electric bills amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In the hearing on Wednesday, July 15, lawmakers also questioned MERALCO executives on its operations, and on how it has been computing electric bills and other expenses passed on to its customers. Among those who are participating in the hearing are congressmen who had also […]
(Eagle News) — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has tested negative for COVID-19. Lorenzana made the announcement on Wednesday, July 15, a day after he said he would self-quarantine after one of his staff members tested positive for COVID-19. He said his staff member, who was tested on Friday, July 10, had gone with him to Subic on that same day and to Jolo on Monday, July 13. He said the staff member found out he […]
No house-to-house provision, Palace says (Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, July 15, said COVID-19 cases that have been reported to the government and are not qualified for home quarantine will be transferred to quarantine facilities so they can complete the 14-day period. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the clarification in a television interview after Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said health officials would lead a “house-to-house search” for the patients–whether asymptomatic or with mild […]
(Eagle News)–The number of international travelers who entered and exited the country dropped by at least 95 percent compared to last year’s figures since community quarantines were imposed. Bureau of Immigration Deputy Spokesperson and National Operations Center (BINOC) Acting Chief Melvin Mabulac said that only 189,000 passengers arrived from March 16 to June 30, a far cry from the more than 5.16 million passengers who arrived in the same period in 2019, or a decline […]
(Eagle News)–Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar has tested positive for COVID-19. Villar himself made the announcement in a Facebook post on Wednesday, July 15. “I regret to announce that today, July 15, I received my test result and it is positive for COVID-19,” he said. Villar was named the country’s isolation czar on Monday. Other Cabinet members who tested positive for COVID-19 include Education Secretary Leonor Briones and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año. They […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Wednesday, July 15, clarified only health officials would go house-to-house to check for COVID-19 cases who should be transferred to quarantine facilities instead. In a television interview, Año added the health officials led by the City Epidemiology Surveillance Unit will merely be assisted by the police, and already have the results of their contact tracing and of individuals who need to be transferred. They therefore know exactly where to […]
(Eagle News) — All tropical cyclone wind signals have been lifted as Tropical Depression “Carina” slows down and moves in a northwest direction on Tuesday afternoon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said coastal areas in Extreme Northern Luzon, however, may experience intermittent gusts with the center of “Carina” at 140 kilometers west northwest of Basco, Batanes. PAGASA said it is packing maximum winds of 45 kph near the center and gustiness of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to work on getting to the truth regarding the killing of four army personnel in Jolo, Sulu, saying that justice will be served. In his took to the army troops in Jolo, Sulu, the President also expressed his hope that that the killing of soldiers by members of the Philippine National Police in Jolo last month will not happen again, and that this would not lead to […]
