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(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs reported the death of a Filipina household service worker in Beirut, Lebanon who reportedly committed suicide. “It is with deep sadness that the Department of Foreign Affairs announces that the Filipina household service worker who was taken in by the Philippine Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, as ward at the POLO shelter on 22 May 2020 and reportedly jumped from a room she was sharing with two […]
(Eagle News)–The number of barangay officials facing criminal charges for alleged irregularities in the distribution of cash aid under the Social Amelioration Program has reached 134. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the number represents a 320% increase from last week when 42 barangay officials were charged by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group. Año said the police would file nine more cases in the next few days, and that 318 […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Information and Communications Technology is set to conduct online seminars or ‘webinars’ aimed at preparing teachers to adapt to alternative learning systems under the “new normal.” In a statement, the agency said it has directed its ICT Literacy and Competency Development Bureau, Cybersecurity Bureau, and Regional Offices to “formulate and facilitate the conduct of webinars aimed at capacitating and upskilling the ICT competencies of teachers, administrators, educators, and students in different […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines is expected to join clinical trials for the development of a vaccine against COVID-19, the Palace said on Sunday, May 24. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this was expected “by the last quarter of 2020 with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) taking a lead role.” “The President wants to save the life of each and every Filipino; and thus places great interest [in] these clinical […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has reached 14035 after the Department of Health reported 258 additional cases. Of the new cases, the DOH said 75 percent or 195 cases came from Metro Manila; 20 percent or 51 cases from other areas; and 5 percent or 12 cases from repatriates. Recoveries rose to 3249, with the addition of 72. The death toll stands at 868, including the five new ones. […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Saturday, May 23, paid tribute to the government troops killed in the Marawi siege in 2017. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque lauded the heroism of the uniformed personnel on the third anniversary of the attack on the city in Lanao del Sur by local terrorists, who had reportedly wanted to establish an Islamic caliphate in Southeast Asia at that time. The siege lasted for at least five months and left […]
(Eagle News)–The number of COVID19 cases in the country has climbed to 13777 after the Department of Health reported 180 additional cases on Saturday, May 23. The DOH said of the new cases, 63 percent or 114 cases were from Metro Manila; and 37 percent or 66 cases were from other areas. Recoveries increased to 3177 with the 85 new ones. Six new deaths were recorded, bringing the total to 863. The government has placed […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, May 23, directed the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases to include an additional five million households as beneficiaries of the second tranche of cash aid under the Social Amelioration Program. The directive was contained in a memorandum signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, dated May 22. According to the Palace, the five million eligible households would be added to the 12 million beneficiaries under the Assistance to Individuals […]
(Eagle News) — A magnitude 5.4 quake rocked Aurora on Saturday morning, May 23, which was felt at intensity 6 in the province’s capital, Baler, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). Phivolcs updated its quake bulletin, and changed the earlier magnitude 5.1 reading of the quake to 5.4. It also added more areas where the quake was felt. The tectonic quake occurred at 10:10 a.m. Saturday, with a depth of only […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, May 22, said the end of the COVID-19 crisis appeared to be “months and months away still.” The President made the statement during his speech as keynote speaker of the graduating classes of the Philippine Military Academy and the Philippine National Police Academy via teleconferencing from Malacañang, as he urged Filipinos to exhibit certain traits for their sake. “Patience, perseverance and resiliency are the crying need of the moment,” […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, May 22, gifted each top graduate of the Philippine Military Academy and the Philippine National Police Academy with a house and lot. President Duterte made the announcement via teleconferencing from the Palace as the keynote speaker of the simultaneous commencement exercises held virtually. “[They] are the beneficiaries of the house and lot. Puro babae,” the President said. Cadet First Class Gemalyn Sugui was top 1 of PMA’s Masidlawin Class of […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines has become the world’s largest known source of online child sexual exploitation, with endemic poverty helping drive a surge in abuse, a report said Thursday. Parents and relatives were responsible for facilitating the abuse in nearly all cases, according to the International Justice Mission aid group’s seven-year study. The combination of English fluency and high internet connectivity in the former US colony had helped make the country a “global […]
