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(Eagle News)–A total of 155 barangay officials has been referred to the Office of the Ombudsman over cash aid irregularities, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said. Año gave the report to President Rodrigo Duterte in a briefing aired on Friday, June 5. “Maganda po rito, marami na ang nagsasalita kasi po lahat ng mga nakatanggap ay ipinaposte namin ‘yung kanilang pangalan sa mga barangay halls para makita noong mga mamamayan kung sino talaga ‘yung mga nakatanggap,” […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to form a new team that will be in charge of the compensation due to COVID-19-positive health workers and to the kin of those who die due to the virus. In a briefing aired on Friday, the President said the Health chief should tap “persons of honesty” for this. “P**** i**, dalawang buwan itong lecheng ito. Just imagine two months, tapos ang Secretary ang […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus cases in the Philippines reached 20,382 after 634 cases were added on Thursday, June 4, according to the Department of Health. Fresh cases recorded were 313, with those coming from Metro Manila at 114 and from Central Visayas (Region 7) at 101. Late cases were reported at 321, with 63 infections from repatriates. But even as the COVID-19 cases topped 20,000, the DOH said that the case doubling […]
(Eagle News)–The House of Representatives on Thursday, June 4, approved on third and final reading a measure that seeks to authorize President Rodrigo Duterte to set a date different from the one stipulated under an existing law during a state of emergency or a calamity. A total of 240 voted for and zero against House Bill 6895, which amends the provision in Republic Act 7797 that requires the start of classes in the country be […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the addition of new bus routes for Metro Manila starting Friday, June 5, according to his spokesperson. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the gradual and calibrated opening of public transport is to be done as President Duterte observed the difficulties being encountered by those going to work in the Philippine capital which has been placed under General Community Quarantine starting June 1. “Ramdam din po ng […]
(Eagle News)–Tricycles and pedicabs are still banned on national highways in all general community quarantine and modified general community quarantine areas. Interior Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya made the clarification on Thursday after conferring with Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, and Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade. “Bago pa man magsimula ang pandemya ng COVID-19 corona ay ipinagbabawal na ito ng batas para na rin sa kaligtasan ng publiko,” he said. He said […]
Spike in cases noted across 3 major geographic regions (Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported 96 new confirmed COVID-19 cases involving overseas Filipinos, with the total number of confirmed cases at 5,355 as of Thursday, June 4. “With a spike in confirmed COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad today at 96 across three major geographic regions, the total number of COVID-19 infections involving our nationals abroad went over the 5,300 mark,” the […]
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 6.5 quake struck waters southeast of Davao Oriental around 5 p.m. Thursday, June 4, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). The tectonic quake had a depth of 177 kilometers and its epicenter was located at 437 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso in Davao Oriental. Because of its depth, it was felt at lower intensities. It was felt at intensity 3 in Kiamba and Gian, Sarangani; […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine National Police (PNP) reported a “consistently high” COVID-19 recovery rate among PNP personnel, crediting it to mass testing and early detection. In a statement, PNP Health Service (PNPHS) Director Herminio Tadeo Jr. said the PNP’s current recovery rate is 50.86 percent, with 176 recoveries out of 346 confirmed cases as of Wednesday, June 3. “We attribute this high recovery rate to our intensified mass testing among our police personnel including […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s position on the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement remains unchanged. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the clarification on Thursday, June 4, adding the President only suspended the abrogation of the VFA, which governs the conduct of American soldiers taking part in military exercises in the Philippines. A diplomatic note sent by Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. to Washington said the suspension of the termination for at least […]
(Eagle News)-Overseas Filipino Workers can now have their quarantine certificates processed online. The Department of Transportation said this was following the partnership between the Philippine Coast Guard and the Bureau of Quarantine to ensure a speedy processing of the certificates that states that an OFW has undergone the mandatory quarantine procedure and has yielded a negative result in the RT-PCR test conducted by the Sub-Task Group for the Repatriation of OFWs. The certificate is […]
(Eagle News) — Government officials have until June 9 to release the compensation to COVID-19-positive health workers and to the kin of those who died in the line of duty. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said President Rodrigo Duterte himself gave the deadline, upon learning the P100,000 for each public and private health worker infected with the virus, and the P1 million for each family of the health worker deceased due to COVID-19 had not yet […]
