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“We live in very unusual times,” says Executive Secretary Medialdea as he explains needs for emergency powers (Eagle News) – The House of Representatives convened for the first time online in a special session to address urgent matters, including the grant of emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte, to address the country’s needs amid the coronavirus outbreak. The Lower House held the special session on Monday morning, March 23, 2020, with around 20 lawmakers […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace has called on the public “not to listen to any false news or untrue information designed not only to mislead but also to create panic and anxiety.” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement following reports President Rodrigo Duterte had asked Congress for emergency powers which included a takeover of businesses. According to Panelo, the President issued Proclamation No. 933 on March 21 calling on Congress to hold a special session “that […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Health is verifying reports hundreds of medical personnel were quarantined in two hospitals for being exposed to the coronavirus disease 2019. In a radio interview on Monday, March 23, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said based on his information about the quarantine of over 500 staff members of the UST Hospital in Manila and close to 150 staff of The Medical City in Pasig City, “sinama rin ‘yung clerks, residents at […]
(Eagle News)–Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has denied the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine director was replaced. In an interview over radio dzbb on Monday, March 23, Duque said the department order circulating online had been corrected as Assistant Secretary Ernesto Santiago had only been designated RITM’s overseer on the accredited testing facilities. “Dahil manipis din ang tao natin sa RITM, kailangan din natin ng makakatulong kay director Celia Carlos,” he said. Duque issued the […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and isolated rainshowers are expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms as the easterlies affect the country. PAGASA said flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Northern Luzon will have light to moderate winds and slight to moderate coastal waters.
(Eagle News) – Foreign nationals will no longer be allowed to enter the country while the enhanced community quarantine is enforced to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Malacanang said Sunday night, March 22. The order took effect on Sunday, March 22, as the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases approved the earlier Department of Foreign Affairs directive on the suspension of all visas and visa-free privileges to foreign nationals. […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is calling on Congress to declare a national emergency as the country continues in its bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019. In a letter sent to both Senate President Tito Sotto and Speaker Alan Cayetano, Duterte, through Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, also wants Congress to grant him “powers necessary and proper to carry out the declared national policy and for other purposes” but for a “limited […]
(Eagle News)–Singapore is donating 3000 coronavirus disease 2019 kits to the Philippines. This is according to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., who made the announcement in a Tweet on Sunday, March 22. According to Locsin, Singapore will also give one thermal cycler or PCR machine. The machine is used for diagnosis. The Philippines has so far recorded 380 COVID-19 cases and 25 deaths.
(Eagle News)–The Northern Luzon Expressway Corporation has released its updated list of open and closed toll plazas. Below is a list, as of Sunday, March 22: Luzon has been placed under an enhanced community quarantine, which means people, unless they are frontliners, should be restricted in their homes. Some areas have also been placed under the same status in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19. The Philippines has confirmed over 300 cases and […]
(Eagle News)–Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has tested negative for the coronavirus disease 2019. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire made the revelation in a radio interview on Sunday, March 22. Duque on Thursday said he had gone on self-quarantine as a precaution. Vergeire had said this was only as a precaution as Duque was considered “high-risk.” She said Duque would continue working from home. The Philippines has so far confirmed 380 COVID-19 cases, including 25 […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority released on Sunday, March 22, a list of operational flights amid the enhanced community quarantine. According to the list, there are 65 operational flights–35 departures and 32 arrivals. Below is the list: The Philippine government has imposed travel restrictions on select travelers from specific countries in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019. The country has so far recorded 380 COVID-19 cases, with 25 deaths.
(Eagle News) – The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country has jumped to 380, after the addition of 73 new cases, an official of the Department of Health said on Sunday, March 22. Health Assistant Secretary Dra. Rosario Vergeire also announced that the death toll had risen to 25, from Saturday’s toll of only 19. In a radio interview over DZRH, Vergeire said that the additional 73 new cases were on top […]
