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(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has seized P6 million worth of smuggled red onions in Cagayan de Oro. According to the bureau, the red onions that had come from China had been declared as margarine instead. The bureau said the seizure on Dec. 1 took place after a physical examination by a customs examiner witnessed by representatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-10, among others. The examination came with Elvira Cruz, District Collector […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, Dec. 4: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with their airlines as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the Philippines. The Philippines has put in place new quarantine and testing protocols for travelers allowed to enter the Philippines amid the threat of the Omicron variant. Italian […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,833,878 after the Department of Health reported 544 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 14977 were active. Of these, 688 were asymptomatic, 7166 were mild, 3801 were moderate, 2433 were severe, and 889 were critical. Recoveries rose to 2,769,914 with the addition of 734 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 48,987, with the additional 235 deaths. Countries around the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard has rescued six people from a half-submerged motorbanca off Bohol waters. According to the PCG, the two passengers and four crew members of MBCA Whener James, whom it did not identify, had encountered strong winds and big waves on its way to Port of Pitogo in President Carlos P. Garcia in the province on December 2. The PCG said the motorbanca had departed from Port of Ubay. The […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Visayas. According to PAGASA, the LPA was so far located 970 km east of the island group. It said the southern portion of Palawan including Kalayaan Islands will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms as a result. Meanwhile, PAGASA said Visayas, the rest of Palawan, and Occidental Mindoro will have partly cloudy to cloudy […]
(Eagle News) — Three travelers who arrived in the Philippines from South Africa, Burkina Faso, and Egypt have tested positive for COVID-19. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the three were among the 253 travelers from South Africa, three from Burkina Faso, and 541 from Egypt who arrived in the Philippines from November 15 to November 29. She said the samples of the three who tested positive will be subjected to genome sequence testing to […]
(Eagle News) — Six Filipino seafarers who had been stranded for months off southeastern China waters are back in the Philippines. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, the seafarers were among the 29 Filipinos stranded onboard the Chinese-flagged vessels Han Rong 362, 366, and 369, which ceased operations in May 2021. The COVID-19 restrictions at China’s ports had stalled the ships in southeastern China. According to the department, it was coordinating with the consulate […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs surpassed its November collection target by P6.941 billion. According to the bureau’s Revenue Collection Monitoring Group, the bureau’s revenue collection of P58.789 billion for last month was 13.39% higher than its target of P51.847 billion. The RCMG said twelve out of the seventeen collection districts exceeded their target for the month. These were the Ports of San Fernando, MICP, NAIA, Batangas, Legaspi, Iloilo, Tacloban, Zamboanga, Davao, Subic, Clark, and […]
71 passengers under quarantine; samples from COVID-positive passenger to be sent to PHL Genome Center for full genome sequencing to detect type of variant (Eagle News) – The Department of Health said there were 254 arrivals from South Africa who have entered the country in the last two weeks before the travel ban. Of this number, 71 have been traced, four have been tested, and one of them had already tested positive for COVID-19. Dr. […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Memphis Grizzlies clobbered the hapless Oklahoma City Thunder 152-79 on Thursday, as nine players reached double figures to give them the largest margin of victory in National Basketball Association history. “Man, it feels great,” said reserve De’Anthony Melton. “It feels great to be in the history books, especially in front of our home crowd. “We did it one through 15. Everybody contributed.” The Grizzlies won by 73 points […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia on Friday reported a student with no history of foreign travel had tested positive for the Covid-19 Omicron variant, the country’s first detected case of community transmission. The case, detected in the country’s largest city Sydney, comes despite a ban on non-citizens entering the country and restrictions on flights from southern Africa, where the variant was first detected. New South Wales Health said “the case has no overseas travel history […]
