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(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the Philippine National Police has reached 632. The PNP said recoveries also rose to 334. The death toll stands at nine. Probable and suspected cases are at 648 and 949, respectively. Earlier, PNP Chief Archie Gamboa condoled with the kin of a Cebu-based policemen who died due to the virus. Prior to that, at least two policemen also assigned in the province died due to COVID-19. […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that COVID-19 cases in the country have reached 34,803 with the addition of 738 cases which is fewer than Friday’s 1,006 additional cases. The data as of 4 p.m., Saturday, June 27, showed that there were 506 fresh cases added today, which were also less than Friday’s 788 fresh cases. “Late cases” added today were 178 which were also fewer than Friday’s 218 late cases. There […]
(Eagle News)–Former Senator Ramon Revilla Sr. has passed away. Senator Bong Revilla, his son, made the announcement in a video message on Friday, June 26. “Wala na po ang tatay ko,” the senator said. The Revilla patriarch was 93 years old. On May 31, Revilla Sr. was rushed to the hospital after his son said he had difficulty breathing and was “somewhat unresponsive.” A day later, the senator’s son Jolo Revilla said his grandfather was […]
(Eagle News) — Senators questioned the Department of Education’s readiness for the opening of classes on August 24, saying not enough teachers have been trained so far for the “new normal” of distance and blended learning. In the hearing of of the Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture , Senators Francisco Tolentino and Sherwin Gatchalian noted that teacher training for online and blended learning is being done hastily and only 40 percent of […]
(Eagle News) — Over 16,000 Filipino and foreign seafarers have been cleared for disembarkation since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bureau of Immigration said. Bureau Seaport Operations Chief Alnazib Decampong said in a report to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente that of the 16287 cleared by immigration boarding inspectors, 11,189 are Filipinos and 5,098 are foreigners. They disembarked from 42 vessels that arrived and anchored at Manila Bay between April 16 to June 15, […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 areas nationwide are under a localized lockdown, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said on Friday, June 26. In a statement, Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said of the 112, 67 are in the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR); 18 in the National Capital Region, 19 in Cebu City; one each in Cavite, Quezon Province, Leyte; and five in Cagayan de Oro City. Malaya said in CAR, the localized lockdown […]
(Eagle News)–Physical reporting of Department of Education personnel, including public school teachers, to the workplace or on-site is “not mandatory.” The DepEd reiterated the statement following reports some personnel were being made to sign a waiver in connection with the possible risk of exposure to COVID-19 upon return to the workplace. According to a June 24 memorandum signed by Education Undersecretary Jesus Mateo, the waivers authorizing the personnel to report for work voluntarily and physically […]
June 30 target of 50k testing capacity already achieved as of June 19, he says (Eagle News) – The Philippines has so far tested more than 600,000 of the population for COVID-19 and has achieved the World Health Organization (WHO) standard of 5 percent positivity rate indicating better management of the coronavirus situation, according to the deputy chief implementer of the national task force against COVID-19, Secretary Vince Dizon. In a regular press briefing […]
(Eagle News) — The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country reached 33,069 with the addition of 778 new infections, with Metro Manila again registering the most cases. The Department of Health, in its 4 p.m. update, said that 415 fresh cases and 363 late cases were added today, Thursday, June 25. But it was Metro Manila which had the most cases — both fresh and late cases. There were 250 fresh cases […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Education on Thursday, June 25, appealed to private schools for basic education to defer increases in tuition and other school fees amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The department made the appeal as it also called for “transparency” in the structure of fees, following what it said were “concerns over certain school charges that are not consistent with distance learning.” In asking the private schools to make the postponement of the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation has doubled the equity subsidy granted to operators and drivers joining the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program. In a statement, the DOTr said from P80,000, the equity subsidy was now P160,000 after Secretary Art Tugade amended a provision in Department Order 2018-16 to address the affordability issues raised by operators and drivers about the modern PUV units. With the signed directive, the P160,000 equity subsidy per PUV unit […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that it expects more COVID-19 cases in the coming days as lockdown protocols are eased and economic activity resumes. But Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that these cases can be handled by the country’s health care facilities as the government continues to monitor cases, and do more extensive contact tracing. Vergeire, the DOH spokesperson, said that the department had also seen the rising number of […]
