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(Eagle News) — The enrollment in public schools will proceed as scheduled on June 1. “Tuloy po iyan dahil hindi naman po tayo pupuwede na walang preparasyon,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in an interview over Teleradyo. Roque made the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte said it was “useless” to talk about the opening of classes without a vaccine against COVID-19. Roque clarified in a press conference the day after that this meant that no […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation is pushing for the urgent passage of the proposed Philippine Economic Stimulus Act of 2020 to help workers, including those in the transport sector, affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. According to Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, the economic stimulus package will be of great help to stakeholders such as PUV drivers and operators, airline employees, maritime workers, and airline as well as shipping companies, who were the hardest hit […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police on Wednesday, May 27, launched a hotline for public assistance during police operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In launching Helpline 16677, PNP chief Police General Archie Francisco Gamboa said the “timely release of information and assistance is urgently needed by our people and the PNP’s helpline will provide just that.” He added the PNP Directorate for Operations would be the communication hub for ECQ and GCQ concerns. The hotline, he […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, May 26, met with Philippine Army and Philippine Air Force officers at the Malacañang Golf Clubhouse. In his short speech, the President congratulated the officers for their service. “You do it out of passion, for the love of country, because we are all Filipinos and we know where to place ourselves when the time comes..kayo mga sundalo, piloto. Ako naman, by stroke of luck, I became President,” the President […]
(Eagle News)–Wilkins Villanueva is the new director-general of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. PDEA spokesperson Derrick Carreon said this was after Aaron Aquino was “relieved” to assume another post “but we are not at liberty to disclose further details.” Aquino served as PDEA chief for almost two years. Villanueva’s appointment paper was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte and was dated May 22. In a statement, Villanueva, who was head of PDEA Northern Mindanao prior to […]
Presently, most health care workers with COVID only have “mild cases” (Eagle News) – No health care worker has died due to COVID-19 since May 10, as more recoveries are reported among those infected with the virus. This was the very good news reported by the Department of Health. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that no new COVID-19 death was reported among the ranks of health care frontliners in the fight against […]
But no more new patients to be given the drug (Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that it will not accept new patients for hydroxychloroquine following the decision of the World Health Organization (WHO) to discontinue its use for its Solidarity Trial. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that while the Executive Group of the WHO Solidarity trial in the country has decided not to accept new patients, those COVID-19 patients who […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Information and Communications Technology has a new undersecretary. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday, May 26, confirmed presidential adviser Ramon “RJ” Jacinto has been appointed to the post. He made the confirmation days after President Rodrigo Duterte accepted Eliseo Rio Jr.’s resignation as undersecretary of the department. Rio in February said he had offered to resign because he was being “sidelined and kept out of the loop for several […]
(Eagle News) – More than 11,800 overseas Filipino workers have been returned to their home provinces and cities after President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to his officials to get them home immediately. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that 11,848 of the repatriated OFWs so far have been transported to their homes. All have negative test results based on PCR tests, considered the gold standard for COVID-19 tests. As of May 24, he said that 8,922 […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has climbed to 14,669, after the Department of Health reported 350 new cases on Tuesday, May 26. The DOH, which had announced the ramping up of COVID-19 testing, did not say where the new cases came from. Recoveries, the agency said, rose to 3412, with the 89 new ones. The death toll is now at 886, including the 13 deaths. The national […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Hospital Association is “content with how the government is handling the COVID-19 response,” and is not calling for any “drastic change” in the Department of Health. Dr. Jaime Almora, PHA president, said in an online briefing this was based on a survey conducted among the organization’s members, numbering around 1900. According to Almora, if there’s any clamor, it has to do with the supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) sets, […]
(Eagle News) — Face-to-face classes will not resume until a vaccine against COVID-19 is made locally available, the Palace said on Tuesday, May 26. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, there will be no physical classes also “habang wala pa tayo sa new normal, yung wala na pong community quarantine.” “Kung hindi talaga dumating ang new normal at hindi mai-lift yung mga community quarantines, hindi naman po ibig sabihin na hindi na mag-aaral ang ating […]
