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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte paid tribute to health workers and other “unnamed heroes” in the forefront of the fight against COVID-19, as the country commemorated Araw ng Kagitingan on April 9. In a message, the President honored the medical professionals and health workers, military, police and law enforcement personnel, firefighters, security guards, and front liners in the food service, transport, waste disposal and other essential industries. He said that while the battle of […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has issued a memorandum circular granting a 30-day grace period for residential and commercial rent during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). Under Memorandum Circular 20-12, the 30-day grace period is determined to be “the 30 calendar days following the last due date of the rent which fell due within the ECQ.” The rents covered by the grace period will be amortized in equal amounts and […]
(Eagle News) — Health workers who died in the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 may be buried in Libingan ng mga Bayani. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, also the presidential legal counsel, made the remark after a congressman made the suggestion, noting the contributions and sacrifices of frontliners amid the COVID-19 crisis. “Every Filipino frontliner who dies in this COVID-19 war deserves to be laid to rest at the Libingan ng mga Bayani because of […]
28 new recoveries, 21 other deaths reported (Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has risen to 4076. This was after the Department of Health announced on Thursday, April 9, 206 new COVID-19 cases. The agency also announced 28 new recoveries, bringing the total to 124. Twenty-one additional deaths have been reported. The total number of deaths in the country has reached 203. President Rodrigo Duterte has […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, April 9, expressed sadness over the news Education Secretary Leonor Briones had tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. “We are sad to hear that Sec. Leonor Briones is COVD-19 positive. We are praying that she gets healed from this dreadful disease,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement. According to Panelo, Briones “has been an indefatigable and conscientious member of the Cabinet.” “As expected and as […]
(Eagle News)–Education Secretary Leonor Briones has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. Briones herself made the announcement in a statement on Thursday, April 9. “As a government official and Cabinet member, and as a Filipino, it is my duty to announce that yesterday afternoon, April 8, 2020, I was informed by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine that I am positive for SARS-COV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19,” Briones said. She said she, however, […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Koko Pimentel on Thursday, April 9, said the Department of Health must come up with protocols for childbirth amid the coronavirus disease 2019 crisis. In a statement, Pimentel said “pregnant women” are, after all, “one of the most vulnerable at this time.” “They worry about (COVID-19) and they worry about their pregnancy..,” Pimentel said. According to Pimentel, a venue for the delivery and a team of “heroic doctors, nurses and other health workers […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte early Thursday, April 9, said the coronavirus disease 2019 crisis could last for two years. President Duterte, who was wearing a mask, made the remark in his public address, as he called on Filipinos not to rush things. “Kapag hindi naayos itong COVID-19, mapurnada talaga tayong lahat. Huwag ninyong madaliin. Sabihin ko sa inyo, think of COVID-19 sa ganitong sitwasyon: Tatakbo ito ng two years,” he said. He said the only […]
Praises ordinary Filipinos, WW II veterans, too (Eagle News)–The Office of the Civil Defense lauded the country’s modern-day heroes as the Philippines celebrates the Day of Valor on Thursday, April 9. In a statement, Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, OCD administrator, hailed in particular the country’s frontliners “who tirelessly perform their duties to keep every Filipino safe,” patients who “voluntarily divulge their COVID-19 status to aid in contact tracing,” and the ordinary Filipino for “staying at home.” […]
(Eagle News)–Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez on Thursday, April 9, said he was eyeing a $5.6-billion loan from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank to help boost the Philippine economy amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. According to Dominguez, “kung kulang pa, we will probably be going sa commercial market.” “We are confident we have the financial capability to bridge this problem that COVID-19 has brought us,” he said, assuring the public that “at […]
Eagle News — The Philippine Arena, largest mixed-use indoor theatre, is now the “mega” quarantine facility in the Philippines. Led by the Maligaya Development Corporation, the facility will hold mild COVID-19 patients in modular tents inside the arena. The Maligaya Development Corporation also states that they’re willing to use the Philippine Stadium for additional tents if number of COVID-19 patients continue to increase. EBC Manila Bureau Correspondent, Earlo Bringas, with the full report.
(Courtesy: Supreme Court Public Information Office). Associate Justice Estela Bernabe, Chairperson of the 2019 Bar Examinations, belied reports circulating online that a certain date has been set for the release of the results. (Eagle News) – The Supreme Court of the Philippines belied reports that a definite date has been set for the release of the results of the 2019 Bar Examinations. In an advisory issued on April 2, Senior Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe, Chairperson […]
