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(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease-2019 cases in the country has breached the 8000 mark, after the Department of Health reported 254 new cases on Wednesday, April 29. With the new cases, the total COVID-19 cases in the country now stand at 8212. According to DOH data, the total number of recoveries has, however, breached the 1000 mark, at 1023, including the 48 new recoveries. Twenty-eight new deaths were reported, for a total […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 29, announced the postponement of the 2020 bar examination. The postponement of the exam, which is supposed to be held in November, was announced in Bar Bulletin No. 11. S. 2020 issued by the Office of the 2020 Bar Chairperson, Associate Justice Marvic Leonen. According to the bulletin signed by the chair, the postponement was decided on by the SC en banc upon his recommendation and […]
(Eagle News) – For the first time, the results of the bar examinations were released with none of the usual crowds awaiting the release of test results at the Supreme Court grounds in Padre Faura in Manila. The test results were released on Wednesday, April 29, only through online means at the Supreme Court website and social media without the usual fanfare and excited crowds in Manila. Out of the 7,685 candidates who completed […]
(Eagle News)–More than 2000 who took the bar exams in November last year passed. The 2,103 candidates who passed the 2019 bar examinations represent 27.36% of the 7,685 examinees who completed the licensure test. The exams cover political law, international law, labor law and social legislation, civil law, taxation law, mercantile law, criminal law, remedial law, and legal and judicial ethics and practical exercises. Mae Diane M. Azores of the University of Santo Tomas-Legaspi topped […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, April 29, said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has yet to decide on Bacolod City’s appeal to be excluded from the list of areas that will be under a general community quarantine come May 1. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque issued the statement a day after the Bacolod City council filed Resolution No. 401 urging for the extension of the enhanced community quarantine in the […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine government has maintained its BBB+ credit rating despite the COVID-19 crisis. President Rodrigo Duterte himself announced the good news in his latest address to the nation, as he noted how the country maintained its good economic image amid the crisis and despite the recession of other economies. The 75-year old Philippine leader credited this to the early lockdown that the Philippine government had imposed. “I am happy to report […]
Mass gatherings, leisure, gambling activities banned nationwide under new IATF rules (Eagle News) — Malacanang detailed the kinds of businesses and activities that would be allowed and not allowed under the General Community Quarantine (GCQ) or the so-called “new normal” where most of the country would be classified starting May 1. Starting Friday, in all parts of the country, leisure activities, mass gatherings will no longer be allowed in the country as per resolution […]
(Eagle News) – The number of health workers infected with COVID-19 has risen to 1,336, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday, April 28. In a virtual presser, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said these includes 507 nurses, 493 doctors, 74 nursing assistants, 47 medical technologists, 28 radiologic technologists, 11 midwives, and 11 respiratory therapists. “Mayroon din po tayong 165 na health workers kagaya ng mga dentista, barangay health workers, administrative aides, at iba […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported 209 new COVID-19 cases involving overseas Filipinos, the largest single-day increase for the past month, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,604 as of Tuesday, April 28. “New reports from the Americas and Europe also raises the number of countries with Filipino COVID-19 patients to 46”, the DFA said in a statement. The DFA also recorded 189 fatalities and 419 recoveries, with 996 […]
(Eagle News) – The total patient recoveries in the country continued to increase far more than the COVID-19 deaths as recoveries reached almost a thousand, or 975 to be exact. Forty-three patients recovered in the past 24 hours, according to the Department of Health while new deaths reached 19, bringing the total to 530. This came about as total COVID-19 cases reached 7,958 as of 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 28. -More patients recovering than succumbing […]
Recoveries rise to 975 (Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country is nearing the 8000 mark, after the Department of Health reported 181 new cases on Tuesday, April 28. According to the DOH, with the new cases, the country’s COVID-19 cases stand at 7958. The agency also reported 43 new recoveries, bringing the total number to 975. Nineteen new deaths were recorded, for a total of 530. Earlier, the DOH said […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government on Tuesday, April 28, released its revised list of areas under an extended enhanced community quarantine until May 15. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the following will still be subject to strict ECQ rules even after April 30: National Capital Region Central Luzon except Aurora CALABARZON Pangasinan Benguet Baguio City Iloilo province Cebu province Cebu City Davao City The list no longer includes Antique, Capiz, Aklan, Davao del Norte […]
