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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will issue the order for Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea to inform Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. about the planned termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement on Monday, Feb. 10. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, who gave a radio interview on Sunday, Feb. 9. It was Panelo who said the President had directed Medialdea to inform Locsin to send the US government the notice of termination. But Medialdea […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with scattered rains are expected over Cagayan Valley and other areas due to the northeast monsoon affecting Luzon and Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Bicol Region, Aurora and Quezon will also have the same conditions. Flash floods or landslides due to scattered moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Eastern Visayas, the rest of Central Luzon and of CALABARZON, […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has said the quarantine of repatriated Filipinos from China in Capas, Tarlac poses no risk to residents there. Wuhan, the seat of the novel coronavirus outbreak, is situated in China. “How could that be when they will not even see a glimpse or shadow of our OFWs in the Athletes’ Village,” Año said in a statement. Año added those with symptoms will not be allowed to board the plane for […]
(Eagle News) — Thirty (30) Filipinos from Wuhan City, the ground zero of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Disease (2019-nCoV ARD), have been flown to the country, arriving at the Clark Air Base on Sunday, Feb. 9, through the efforts of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The repatriated Filipinos included 29 adults and one infant. They were onboard the chartered flight which landed at the Haribon Hangar in Clark Air Base. The […]
(Eagle News)–Information and Communications Undersecretary Eliseo Rio Jr. said the principal reason he offered to resign was because he felt he was no longer needed in the department. He said his resignation had nothing to do with supposed anomalies in the disbursement of confidential funds of the department. In the first place, he said in a Facebook post he “never said there is an anomaly involving said confidential funds as in fact, I have no […]
(Eagle News)–An alert level 3 remains hoisted over Taal as its crater and fissures continue to spew steam and its seismic activity. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said activity in the main crater in the past 24 hours has been characterized by moderate emission of the white to dirty white steam-laden plumes rising 200 to 300 meterd high. PHIVOLCS said it also observed a weak steaming from fissure vents along the Daang Kastila […]
(Eagle News)–Metro Manila and several areas will have cloudy skies with light rains today as the northeast monsoon affects Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said apart from Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, and the rest of Central Luzon and of CALABARZON will have those conditions. PAGASA said Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Bicol Region, Aurora, Quezon, Marinduque, Romblon and Oriental Mindoro will have cloudy skies with scattered rains. Flash floods or landslides […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines on Saturday, Feb. 8, donated food items and basic emergency products, including sanitation products for the people of Hubei, China, where Wuhan, the seat of the novel coronavirus outbreak is located. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Civilian Security and Consular Concerns Brigido J. Dulay turned over the donation to Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian, on behalf of the Philippine government at a ceremonial turnover in […]
(Eagle News) — A Filipino worker in the United Arab Emirates has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, along with another Chinese patient, according to a report by the government-run Emirates News Agency. Citing the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announcement, it said that the two new confirmed nCoV-2019 cases brought the total number of nCoV cases to seven in the UAE. The two latest nCoV positive persons were reportedly identified through “continuous […]
(Eagle News)–Fewer Filipinos are without work in the fourth quarter of 2019, a recent Social Weather Stations found. The SWS said the 17.5 percent national adult joblessness rate, which translates to 7.9 million people, was a decrease of four points from the 21.5 percent, or 10 million people, recorded in September 2019. The 4-point decline in the national joblessness rate was due to decreases of 10 points in Metro Manila and 8 points in Balance […]
(Eagle News)–The Filipino domestic worker who was quarantined in Hong Kong after her employer tested positive for the novel coronavirus has been given a clean bill of health by Hong Kong authorities, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA, the OFW, who was the first Filipino domestic worker quarantined in the special administrative region, has been discharged by the Hong Kong Department of Health. She had been placed under a 14-day quarantine […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has urged the public to explore the country this year rather than go on a trip abroad, as he noted what he said could be the economic impact of the temporary ban on travelers from China and its special administrative regions on the Philippines’ tourism sector. In a statement, Gatchalian noted that Chinese tourists are the country’s second largest tourism market next to South Koreans. He said based on DOT records, […]
