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(Eagle News) — The government has shortened the period of quarantine for vaccinated close contacts of probable and confirmed COVID-19 cases. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, inoculated close contacts of probable and confirmed COVID-19 cases, however, may only undergo a shortened 7-day quarantine period “if they remain asymptomatic for the duration of the 7-day period.” If a swab test is needed, Roque said this may be done on fully vaccinated individuals not earlier than […]
(Eagle News) — Eighty more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. The Philippine National Police said the additional cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 28293. Of these, 1716 were active. Recoveries, meanwhile, rose to 26502 including the additional 82 ones. The PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 75, with no additional deaths reported. The country’s COVID-19 vaccination program is ongoing, with members of the A1 to A4 categories, including policemen, being inoculated. […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Manny Pacquiao alleged on Saturday, July 3, that there was corruption in the distribution of assistance under the Social Amelioration Program, and that that corruption extended to other agencies such as the Department of Health and the Department of Energy. Pacquiao made the claims after President Rodrigo Duterte challenged him to back his allegations that corruption in government was even worse. In making his claims, Pacquiao sat behind a desk with […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has warned foreign students against fixers offering assistance on student visa processing. The bureau issued the warning following reports of four cases of visa tampering in June. According to bureau chief Jaime Morente, one case involved an Indian national who transacted with a certain “Rudyard” online for the processing of his and his two cousins’ application. Bureau Student Visa Section Chief Anthony Cabrera said the fake visa was […]
(Eagle News) — Ninety-nine more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. According to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data, the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos overseas to 20,881. Recoveries are now at 12375, including the additional 88 recoveries. Eight more deaths pushed the COVID-19 deaths among Filipinos abroad to 1237. Meanwhile, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries, and deaths among Filipinos […]
(Eagle News) — Thirty-one earthquakes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said also monitored at the volcano, which remains on alert level 3, was a plume rising up to 2,500 meters on July 3. Sulfur dioxide flux was at 14699 tons. PHIVOLCS reiterated the ban on the entry into the Taal Volcano Island and into the high-risk barangays of Agoncillo and Laurel. It also said aircraft should […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized P7.1 million worth of shabu in Cebu, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also arrested during the buy-bust operation in Barangay Tejero was an individual identified only as “Toro,” a distributor of illegal drugs. “Maganda na nahuli ng ating mga operatiba sa Central Visayas ang suspek na ito dahil ayon sa inisyal na impormasyon, sangkot siya sa malakihang operasyon ng iligal na droga (It’s good that the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring two low pressure areas. PAGASA said one of them was spotted 815 km east of Borongan City, Eastern Samar. The other, it said, was situated 120 km east of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro. The weather bureau said Metro Manila, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Central Luzon, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA. Bicol Region, Visayas, and Mindanao, as a result, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, July 4: Flight schedules may change at any given time, MIAA said. In those cases, passengers should coordinate with their respective airlines, it added. The Philippines has extended its travel ban on passengers from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Oman, Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates to July 15.
Washington, United States — ( AFP)Johnson and Johnson’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine is effective against the highly contagious Delta variant, with an immune response lasting at least eight months, the company said Thursday. The antibodies and immune system cells in the blood of eight people vaccinated with the J&J jab effectively neutralized the Delta strain, which was first identified in India, researchers found. A second study with 20 vaccinated patients at Boston’s Beth Israel Medical Center […]
by Natsuko FUKUE Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Two bodies were found after a huge landslide at a resort town in central Japan swept away homes on Saturday following days of heavy rain, with around 20 people still missing, officials said. Television footage showed a torrent of mud obliterating buildings as it crashed down a hillside in Atami, southwest of Tokyo, sending people fleeing as it buried part of a road. “I […]
Upwelling or rising of “hot volcanic fluids” in Main Crater Lake reported (Eagle News) — Taal Volcano spewed its “highest level of volcanic sulfur dioxide” on Saturday, July 3, with emissions that averaged 14,699 tons, contributing to more extensive volcanic smog or vog that is hazardous to health. “This is a notice of high volcanic SO2 gas emission from Taal Volcano,” said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) on Saturday night, 8 […]
