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(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs’ team in charge of repatriating Filipinos from Hubei province in China is now in Wuhan. In a statement, the DFA said Mark Anthony Geguera and Sanny Darren Bejarin of the Philippine Consulate General in Shanghai held a consultation meeting with members of the Filipino community in Wuhan and with the Foreign Affairs Office in Hubei Province to discuss details of the operation on Thursday. Another team from the […]
(Eagle News) — Classes on Friday, Feb. 7, were cancelled in some areas. Below is a list: Province: Negros Oriental — all levels (public school) Schools: Hope Christian High School Philippine Cultural College – Main Saint Jude Catholic School Saint Paul College – Pasig St. Stephen’s High School Tiong Se Academy University of the East – Manila (Kinder to Grade 12) Uno High School Some classes were cancelled as a precaution against the novel coronavirus. […]
(Eagle News) — Rains and cloudy skies are expected in parts of the country today, Feb. 7. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Visayas, Caraga, Davao Region, Northern Mindanao and Zamboanga Peninsula will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the trough of a low pressure area located east southeast of Davao City, and the tail-end of a cold front. Flash floods or landslides due to scattered moderate to […]
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 6.1 quake struck off the coast of Davao Occidental, with the epicenter located 118 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos town, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) The quake of tectonic origin was 20 kilometers deep. It occurred at 9:40 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6. Reported intensities are as follows: Intensity IV – Glan, Sarangani Intensity III – Alabel, Sarangani; General Santos City; Davao City Intensity […]
(Eagle News) — A 58-year old Filipina household worker in Dubai has died in Dubai due to a still unknown coronavirus strain. This was confirmed by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bellow III after receiving the information from the Labor Attache in Dubai. Bello said that they were able to confirm the OFW’s cause of death on Feb. 2. She died on Jan. 28. The OFW’s remains will be cremated, Bello said that the department will help […]
(Eagle News) – The New Clark City in Tarlac will be the new quarantine area for all repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), according to the Department of Health in a press briefing on Thursday, Feb. 6. Health Secretary Francisco Duque bared this as he detailed what will happen from the time of the boarding of the chartered plane by OFWs from China to the time that they arrive here at the Clark International Airport. […]
Other military pacts between Philippines and United States to be probed (Eagle News)–The Senate foreign relations committee on Thursday, Feb. 6, kicked off its hearings on the Visiting Forces Agreement and two other military pacts between the Philippines and the United States. The hearings also on the Mutual Defense Treaty and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement and to be presided over by panel chair Senator Koko Pimentel are scheduled to take place after President Rodrigo […]
(Eagle News)–An alert level 3 remains hoisted over Taal volcano as it continues to emit steam-laden plumes 50 to 100 meters high. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said in its latest bulletin on Thursday, Feb. 6 ,that the Taal Volcano Network also recorded 132 volcanic earthquakes including three low-frequency events and eleven harmonic tremors. PHIVOLCS said the tremors continued for two to three minutes. “These earthquakes signify magmatic activity beneath the Taal edifice […]
(Eagle News)–Two solar panels used for monitoring Mayon Volcano were stolen from the Mayon observatory, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. In a statement on Thursday, Feb. 6, PHIVOLCS director Renato Solidum said the panels, 150 watts each, were found to be missing by observatory personnel during a “routine inspection and preventive maintenance service” on Feb. 5. “With loss of power supply, no data will be transmitted from this station and consequently […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture is investigating the incidence of African Swine Fever in Davao Occidental which has now been placed in total lockdown to prevent its spread. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said that there are confirmed incidence of ASF in Don Marcelino and Malita – both towns in Davao Occidental. The DA’s quick response team composed of experts from the Bureau of Animal Industry and the provincial government of Davao Occidental already […]
(Eagle News)–Over 40 distressed Filipinos repatriated from Lebanon arrived on Wednesday, Feb. 5. The 31 females and 15 minors were welcomed by the Department of Foreign Affairs, through the Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs, together with the Inter-agency Council against Trafficking and its member-agencies. With their repatriation, the total number of repatriated Filipinos from Lebanon has now reached 163 since the Voluntary Mass Repatriation Program (VMRP) at the Philippine Embassy in Beirut […]
(Eagle News) – Alert level 2 continues to prevail on Thursday morning, Feb. 6, over Mayon Volcano where a crater glow had been observed at its summit on Tuesday night, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) PHIVOLCS said that there was a “slight deflation to the edifice” relative to previous measurements of July 2019, which could mean that there is already magma “beneath the edifice.” “Continuous GPS data also showed […]
