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(Eagle News) — The number of Filipinos on board the Diamond Princess who tested positive for the novel coronavirus has reached 80. This is according to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, who was interviewed on Tuesday, Feb. 25. “Karamihan diyan nasa mga ospital at pinangangasiwaan, isolated sila,” he said. Meanwhile, over 400 Filipinos who tested negative for the virus are slated to arrive today. The Department of Health had said they would have to undergo […]
(Eagle News)–A bill seeking the establishment of a Philippine high school for sports has passed on second reading in the Senate. Under Senate Bill (SB) 1086, also known as the Philippine High School for Sports Act of 2019, a specialized curriculum to be developed by the Department of Education will allow the youth to study core subjects, such as Mathematics and Science, while simultaneously developing their athletic skills. The bill says the site of the […]
(Eagle News) – Around 480 Filipinos who disembarked from the MV Diamond Princess cruise ship and who tested negative from the coronavirus disease are set to arrive today, Tuesday, Feb. 25, according to the Department of Health. There are 538 overseas Filipinos (OFs) aboard the cruise ship, but 59 have so far tested positive for COVID-19. Because of this, more than 400 negative asymptomatic patients will be repatriated, the DOH said. Under the repatriation […]
(Eagle News)–The easterlies are affecting the eastern section of the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Cagayan, Isabela, Aurora, and Quezon will have cloudy skies with rainshowers and thunderstorms as a result. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible.
(Eagle News)–Solicitor General Jose Calida did not appear before the Senate panel hearing ABS-CBN’s franchise on Monday, Feb. 24, despite the panel’s invite for him to do the same. In a letter to Senator Grace Poe, chair of the Senate committee on public services, Calida said the matters on which he is “expected to express his views and comments on,” after all, “are precisely the subject matter of the petition for quo warranto” he has […]
(Eagle News) — The House Committee on Legislative Franchise began on Monday, Feb. 24, its preliminary proceedings on the bills seeking to renew ABS-CBN’s legislative franchise so it could operate for another 25 years. Panel chair Palawan Rep. Franz Alvarez also announced that they would start to accept position papers for and against the franchise renewal. But he said that the hearing for this would happen either in May or in August. In the meantime, […]
(Eagle News) — One of the two Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates who tested positive for the novel coronavirus is “unstable,” a Health official said on Monday, Feb. 24. Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the patient, a 43-year-old male, had gone to the hospital as he had difficulty breathing. “…And when he was admitted he was already intubated, ibig sabihin naka-respirator na siya,” she said. She said the other Filipino, a 34-year-old male, […]
(Eagle News) — An Army colonel is slated to be the next commander of the Presidential Security Group. The Palace on Monday, Feb. 24, said President Rodrigo Duterte chose Colonel Jesus Durante to lead the PSG in charge of the President’s security. Durante will replace Brigadier General Jose Eriel Niembra. A change of command ceremony will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 25.
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Monday, Feb. 24, clarified there was still no Filipino infected with the novel coronavirus in South Korea. Health Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire made the clarification in an interview with reporters in the Palace. Earlier in the day, Vergeire told GMA News Unang Balita that they received information about a Filipino in South Korea being infected with COVID-19 but that no other details were available. “Mayroon pong […]
(Eagle News)–The franchise of ABS-CBN will expire in May, not March, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said on Monday, Feb. 24. According to Guevarra, this was because based on records, Republic Act No. 7966, the law that granted the company the license to operate for 25 years, was published on April 19, 1995. He said the law, although enacted on March 30, 1995, provides itself that it would become effective 15 days after the date of […]
(Eagle News)–Ten more Filipinos on board the Diamond Princess have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Health Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said this brings the number of Filipinos infected on the cruise ship to 59. Of this number, two have recovered and five are expected to be discharged. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the repatriation of Filipinos on board would take place on Tuesday. This was two days after the initial schedule […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate committee on public services on Monday, Feb. 24, kicked off its hearings on ABS-CBN’s franchise, which is set to expire on March 30. The panel led by Senator Grace Poe began the hearings even if the House of Representatives has yet to start its own hearings on the same. The House has slammed the Senate’s move as “unconstitutional,” but at least two senators have argued the Senate could conduct the hearings. Senator […]
