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(Eagle News) – There will be no face-to-face classes or sessions until the safety of students and teachers is assured amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Education announced on Thursday night, May 28. In a report during President Rodrigo Duterte’s public address, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said that there has been confusion among the people who associate the opening of classes with physical classes. “We are used to learners, we are used to teachers […]
Davao City to remain under GCQ (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Thursday night, May 28, that Metro Manila will be placed under General Community Quarantine starting June 1, and that three other regions in Luzon — Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, CALABARZON — will also be placed under GCQ. In his televised address to the Filipino nation on Thursday night, May 28, President Duterte also said that the provinces of Pangasinan and […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday, May 28, created a masterlist of overseas Filipinos who tested negative for COVID-19. In a statement, the PCG said that the list contains the names of 36,832 overseas Filipino workers, Filipino seafarers, and returning Filipinos who yielded negative result in the RT-PCR test conducted by the Sub-Task Group for the Repatriation of OFWs. According to the PCG, the list consolidates the names of overseas […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported more confirmed COVID-19 cases involving overseas Filipinos, as it vowed to work “to safely repatriate” more stranded Filipinos home. On Wednesday, May 27, the DFA reported 29 new COVID cases, that brought the total number of confirmed cases to 2,664. On Thursday, May 28, the new cases spike at a high of 157 confirmed COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad – mostly from the Middle […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has climbed to 15,588, after the Department of Health reported 539 new cases on Thursday, May 28. According to the DOH, of the new cases, 61 percent or 330 came from Metro Manila, 10 percent or 55 cases from Region 7, 19 percent or 99 cases for other areas, and 10 percent or 55 cases are repatriates. The DOH said of the […]
(Eagle News) — The enrollment of students in public schools from June 1 to June 30 will be done primarily remotely, the Department of Education said on Thursday, May 28. According to DepEd Undersecretary Annalyn Sevilla, students will be contacted by their previous advisers for this. “At ang atin pong ieentertain, again through remote and with strict physical distancing and minimum health standard, ay yung mga bagong dating po kagaya ng Kinder, transferees at yung […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will announce the fate of the modified enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila tonight, the Palace said on Thursday, May 28. This is days before the MECQ and other types of community quarantine in other areas are set to be lifted on May 31. A supposed memo from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases circulating on social media said Metro Manila and Davao City would be […]
Recoveries rise to 3506 (Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has breached the 15,000 mark, and now stands at 15,049. This was after the Department of Health reported 380 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, May 27, the second straight day the agency reported over 300 new cases. On Tuesday, the DOH reported 350 new cases. According to the agency, of the 15,049 cases, 10,639 are active cases. Recoveries […]
(Eagle News) — Almost 200 persons deprived of liberty and Bureau of Corrections staff members have been confirmed infected with COVID-19. Justice spokesperson Markk Perete said the 161 PDLs and 33 BuCor personnel were based on a report from the Bureau of Corrections as of May 25. Of the 161 PDLs, Perete said six have died, while eight have recovered. Of the 33 BuCor personnel, three have recovered. Among the facilities managed by BuCor, the […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Tourism has issued guidelines for the implementation of health and safety protocols in hotels, resorts and other accommodation establishments in areas where community quarantine is no longer in effect. In a statement issued on Tuesday, May 26, the DOT said that the guidelines, provided in Memorandum Circular No. 2020-002, “will prove responsive to the needed changes brought about by this pandemic.” Aside from hotels and resorts, the guidelines also […]
(Eagle News) — A teachers’ group called on the Department of Education to clarify President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement on the opening of classes without a COVID-19 vaccine. In a statement, the Teachers Dignity Coalition noted the DepEd has so far not issued any statement even after Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque clarified alternative modes of learning could still be tapped to teach students, and that only face-to-face classes are suspended if there was still no vaccine […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine National Police (PNP) reported four new cases of COVID-19 among its personnel, bringing the total number to 281 as of Tuesday, May 26. In a statement, PNP Health Service (PNP-HS) Director Herminio Tadeo Jr. said there are 160 active COVID-19 cases among PNP personnel as of Tuesday. Likewise, 739 have been categorized as probable persons under investigation (PUIs), while 594 were recommended as suspected PUIs by the PNP-HS. “1890 personnel […]
