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(Eagle News)–An alert level 3 remains hoisted over Taal as it continues to spew steam-laden plumes and its seismic activity, and steaming continued to be observed in vent fissures. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the moderate emission of the white to dirty white steam-laden plumes rising 200 to 300m high took place in the last 24 hours. PHIVOLCS said the steaming was currently ongoing in the fissure vents along the Daang Kastila […]
(Eagle News)–The bodies of the country’s first novel coronavirus fatality and that of a person being probed for symptoms of the virus have been buried, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Saturday, Feb. 8. Duque made the disclosure in an interview over radio dzbb a day after Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo refused to divulge what had been done to the body of the 44-year-old Chinese male, also the first 2019-nCoV fatality outside China and […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has given instructions for the Department of Foreign Affairs to transmit the notice of termination to the United States government, giving formal notice to end the 22-year old Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), according to his spokesperson Salvador Panelo. The VFA, which was signed in February 1998, has the primary effect of allowing the US government to retain jurisdiction over U.S. military personnel acuused of committing crimes in the […]
Non-airport-related activities also suspended in four NAIA terminals (Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority on Friday, Feb. 7, said it was limiting the issuance of visitors passes for terminals for the purpose of sending off and meeting passengers, and suspending non-airport related activities in the four terminals. In an advisory, MIAA said this was to discourage the public from going to crowded places in compliance with world health experts’ advice and in support of government […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will meet Department of Information and Communications Technology Undersecretary Eliseo Rio to hear what he has to say about the department’s use of confidential funds. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said there was, however, no schedule of the meeting yet. Panelo said the President would also observe the Senate inquiry on the funds disbursement, which took place in three tranches, on November 8, December 3 and December 17 in 2019. He said […]
(Eagle News)–Metro Manila and other areas will have cloudy skies and scattered rains due to the northeast monsoon affecting Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Cagayan Valley, CALABARZON, Bicol Region, Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Marinduque, Romblon and Mindoro provinces will also have the same weather conditions. Flash floods or landslides due to scattered moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. The rest of Luzon, on the other hand, will […]
(Eagle News) — The bodies of the Chinese male who was the country’s second confirmed novel coronavirus case, and of another who was probed for the virus have been “disposed ” properly, the Department of Health said on Friday, Feb. 7. According to Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo, “wala na sila dito sa San Lazaro and of course all following safety procedures.” Asked if they had been buried, Domingo said he could not confirm or deny […]
Contacts of PHL’s three confirmed novel coronavirus cases identified (Eagle News) — The number of people probed for the novel coronavirus has reached over 200, but 57 of them tested negative for the virus, the Department of Health said on Friday, Feb. 7. According to Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo, the DOH is awaiting the results of the tests on 155 PUIs. Domingo said the DOH also identified the 441 people who came in contact with […]
(Eagle News) — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III did not say that an Overseas Filipino Worker in Dubai died of the novel coronavirus, the Department of Labor and Employment said on Friday, Feb. 7. “The Labor Secretary on Thursday announced that the OFW had died of ‘coronavirus’ based on earlier information provided (to) his office…The secretary, however, did not say it was the novel coronavirus,” DOLE said in a statement, after the Dubai government denied […]
(Eagle News) — The Filipino crew member of a cruise ship in Japan is responding well to treatment after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, a Philippine official in Japan said on Friday, Feb. 7. Robespierre Bolivar, Philippine Deputy Chief of Mission to Japan, said in an interview over radio dzbb that the Filipino who was among the 538 Filipinos on board the Diamond Princess bound for Yokohama was undergoing the treatment in a hospital. […]
(Eagle News) — An alert level 3 remains hoisted over Taal volcano as it continues to emit steam-laden plumes 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 plumes rising 200 to 300 meters high. Weak steaming from fissure vents along the Daang Kastila trail was also observed. Sulfur dioxide […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Feb. 6, expressed optimism peace will come “much earlier” as he noted the surrender of former New People’s Army rebels in droves. “But the most important thing is to come up and comply with the promise to the rebels,” the President said, referring to his promise of livelihood assistance to the former rebels. Last December, President Duterte ordered the military to go after the NPA. He has, […]
