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(Eagle News)–Stay where you are. This was the appeal of the Department of the Interior and Local Government to workers trying to return to their provinces, amid the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon and other areas. “Huwag nang magmatigas na umuwi sa probinsiya. Any person is a potential carrier. Gugustuhin mo ba na magdala ng sakit sa inyong lugar?” Interior Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said in a radio interview on Saturday, March 28. He said the […]
(Eagle News)–Metropolitan Manila Development Authority general manager Jojo Garcia has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. “I wish to inform everyone that I will have to work from home as I have been found positive for COVID-19,” Garcia said in a statement. According to Garcia, “my work puts me under a lot of risk, and this is part of it.” He said he “embrace(s) the challenge” and has faith he will overcome this. In […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and isolated rainshowers are expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said South Cotabato and Sarangani will have cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to the trough of the low pressure area affecting Southern Mindanao. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers. PAGASA said this was due to the easterlies and […]
(Eagle News)–Two more individuals who work at the Senate have tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. Senate Secretary Myra Marie Villarica on Friday, March 27, said one was a consultant of Senator Pia Cayetano. She said the consultant was not required to report to the office daily, and last reported for work on March 11. She was not present in the plenary hall during the last session day nor was she present during the […]
(Eagle News) – ACTS-CIS Partylist Rep. Eric Yap had tested negative for COVID-19, the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine clarified Friday night, March 27, as it apologized for the “encoding error” done by an augmentation staff. “We wish to publicly apologize to Hon. Erick Go Yap of ACTS-CIS Partylist for forwarding a report of his COVID-19 results that displayed a clerical oversight,” a statement from the RITM said. RITM said that this was an […]
The US military has cancelled a large-scale exercise involving thousands of troops in the Philippines because of the coronavirus pandemic. The decision to scrap Balikatan 2020 was taken “in light of the extraordinary circumstances surrounding COVID-19 pandemic and in the best interest of the health and safety of both countries’ forces”, US Indo-Pacific Command chief Admiral Phil Davidson said. The war games, scheduled for May 4-15, would have involved more than 10,000 troops from the […]
Three new patients recover, nine others die (Eagle News) — The Philippines has confirmed 803 coronavirus disease 2019 cases. According to the Department of Health, this was after the country recorded 96 additional cases as of 4 p.m. on Friday, March 27. The country has confirmed 9 additional deaths, bringing the total to 54. Three additional recoveries were also recorded, with the total now at 31. One of the recovered patients was a 48-year-old Filipino […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health has issued a call to all medical and non-medical professionals to join the fight against COVID-19. “We are looking for doctors, nurses, nurse assistants, hospital orderlies able, healthy and willing to commit to work in the fight against COVID-19”, the DOH said in a call for action posted on its official FB page. – Hospital or Telemedicine doctors needed – Licensed doctors may opt to work either as […]
(Eagle News) — Another Department of Health official has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III did not identify the DOH official but said the patient was exhibiting mild symptoms. Duque did not give any more details. Earlier, the DOH confirmed one of its officials had tested positive for COVID-19. Duque himself went on self-quarantine but tested negative for the virus. The Philippines has over 600 confirmed COVID-19 cases so […]
(Eagle News) – -Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri on Friday, March 27, said he was extending his self-quarantine to 21 days. Zubiri made the announcement on Friday, March 27, as his 14-day quarantine came to an end. “I am now on my 16th day of isolation but I have decided to extend it to 21 days just to be absolutely sure that I no longer have any symptoms (for the coronavirus disease 2019),” Zubiri said. According […]
(Eagle News) – Starting Saturday, March 28, all members of the Presidential Security Group will go under self-quarantine as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 after a lawmaker who recently tested positive for the disease attended a meeting inside Malacanang with President Rodrigo Duterte’s cabinet members. PSG commander Col. Jesus Durante said that the lockdown only applies to PSG personnel, as he also recommended stricter screening of persons entering the Malacanang complex. Only those with […]
(Eagle News) — Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat has announced she would be going on self-quarantine. In a statement on Friday, March 27, this was since Armed Forces of the Philippines chief General Felimon Santos Jr. tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. She said she was in a meeting with Santos on March 20. According to Puyat, she will, however, forego undergoing the COVID-19 test since she was not currently exhibiting any symptoms “to save […]
