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DOLE eyes OFW supplemental budget as over 230,000 OFWs seek cash aid from PHL gov’t

  (Eagle News)–More than 230,000 Overseas Filipino Workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic are seeking cash assistance from the government, the Department of Labor and Employment said. According to DOLE, as of April 24, the Philippine Overseas Labor Offices and the local offices of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration already received 233,015 requests for assistance under the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program – AKAP emergency fund. Under the program, each qualified OFW is given  a one-time […]

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DOLE says more than 2 million workers in PHL displaced by COVID-19 pandemic

(Eagle News)–More than 2 million workers in the country were displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment said. In a statement, DOLE said of the 2,073,362 workers displaced nationwide based on reports of  79,271 establishments as of April 24, Metro Manila reported the highest displacement figure with 687,634 workers. Metro Manila was followed by Central Luzon at 281,278 and then the Davao Region with 207,789 workers. Calabarzon reported 158,646 displaced workers; […]

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Ciudad de Victoria quarantine facility for COVID-19 almost complete, says PHL gov’t

  Eagle News) – The “We Heal as One Center” at the Philippine Arena complex in Ciudad de Victoria, Bocaue, Bulacan is on “advanced stage of completion,” according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). In its Facebook and Twitter posts on Sunday night, April 26, the DPWH said that the quarantine facilities for COVID-19 at the Ciudad de Victoria are near completion. It also showed a video of the work done so […]

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PHL Customs bureau reports return of 2,676 tons of waste materials to South Korea

  (Eagle News) – The Philippines’ Bureau of Customs said that it has returned to South Korea more than 2,600 metric tons of waste materials which have been in the country since 2018. In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez, Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero said that the BOC returned the 2,676 metric tons of waste that were stored at the PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority premises in Misamis Oriental since 2018. This was part of […]

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RITM has resumed full operations, says DOH

(Eagle News) – The Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) has resumed full operations after downscaling for about a week, the Department of Health said. “Ngayon po ay full operations na po uli ang RITM. Fully functional na po sila,” said DOH Spokesperson Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire in a virtual press briefing on Sunday, April 26. She said only two of the 43 infected RITM personnel have yet to finish their quarantine, while none of […]

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DOH reports 285 new COVID-19 cases, total at 7579

(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has risen to 7579, after the Department of Health reported 285 new cases. The DOH said the country has recorded 862  recoveries, including the 70 new ones. Over 500-or 501–deaths have been recorded, including the seven new deaths. The DOH has said it was too early to say if the country was flattening the COVID-19 curve, but said there were indications. President Rodrigo Duterte […]

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DOST in search of designers of respirators, ventilators to be used in fight vs COVID-19

(Eagle News)–The Department of Science and Technology is looking for individuals willing to design ventilators and respirators for use in the country’s fight against COVID-19. In a statement on Sunday, April 26, the DOST called on designers to submit their concept proposals — including preliminary work, description of design, work plan, deliverables — and a letter of intent from the medical expert or hospital and the budget. According to DOST executive director Enrico Paringit, who […]

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DILG: No infant formula milk donations amid ECQ

(Eagle News) – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) reminded local government units of the ban against including infant formula donations in the distribution of emergency food packs to their constituents. “[W]hile milk donations per se are not prohibited items for distribution to communities, infant formula milk donations are banned under the regulations issued by the Department of Health and adopted by the DILG”, the department said in a statement. “May ilang LGUs […]

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DFA repatriates 58 more Filipinos from UAE

(Eagle News)–Fifty-eight more Filipinos were repatriated from the United Arab Emirates amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. With the repatriation of the Filipinos, there are now 473 Filipinos repatriated so far since the start of the pandemic, Philippine Ambassador to the UAE  Hjayceelyn M. Quintana said. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the OFWs were met in Manila by representatives of the DFA’s Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs. They were also subjected […]

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PHL gov’t secures $1.5 billion support funding from ADB for COVID-19 efforts

  (Eagle News) — The Philippine government has secured a loan agreement from the Asian Development Bank that would enable the country to get $1.5 billion budgetary support for its efforts on the COVID-19 pandemic. This came in time as funds to support the government’s programs to beat COVID-19 and to support its people under lockdown as President Rodrigo Duterte decided to extend the enhanced community quarantine in the Philippine capital of Metro Manila and […]

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DFA reports 152 new COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos, total now over 1,300

(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported 152 new COVID-19 cases involving overseas Filipinos, mostly from the Middle East, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,337 as of Saturday, April 25. In a statement, the DFA said that for the past month, “an increasing trend of confirmed cases has been noted with an average of 37 cases per day, while there is a steady rate of recoveries and deaths at […]

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PH receives U$500K-worth of test kits from South Korea

(Eagle News) – The Philippines formally received today, Saturday, April 25, 700 units of Q-Sens 2019-nCoV Detection Kits from South Korea, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced. “The COVID-19 test kits, which can yield a total of 35,000 tests, are valued at USD 500,000 (approximately PHP 25.38 million) and arrived late in the evening of 24 April 2020”, the DFA said in a statement. The testing kits were turned over by Korean Ambassador to […]

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