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(Eagle News) — Forty-five more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional COVID-19 cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 18524. Twenty-seven more recoveries also pushed the total recoveries to 11333. Twelve more deaths also pushed the COVID-19 death toll to 1159. According to DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries, and deaths among […]
(Eagle News) — Three fishermen were rescued off Boracay on Friday, May 7. In a statement, the Philippine Coast Guard said the fishing boat was on its way back to Barangay Yapak when their boat encountered engine trouble. The boat went adrift farther away from the shoreline. PCG Station Aklan deployed a search and rescue (SAR) team after receiving a distress call. The fishermen on the boat were rescued in waters off Buruanga and Caluya […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has warned against trafficking schemes used even during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, the bureau said there are seven common schemes used by trafficking syndicates and illegal recruiters to enable their victims to work abroad. “Traffickers now use modern methods—technology, falsification, and deceit. They sweet talk their victims and entice them to agree to such schemes, hence the need to send out a warning for people not […]
(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases among police personnel breached the 21,000 mark after the Philippine National Police reported 126 more COVID-19 cases. The PNP said of the total 21,086 cases, 1535 were active. A total of 131 more recoveries pushed the recovery total to 19493. No additional deaths were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 58. The police are among the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier, […]
(Eagle News)–The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Mindanao. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Northern Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula, Basilan,Sulu, Tawi Tawi, Caraga, and Eastern Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, May 8: MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. It added flight schedules may change at any given time. Allowed foreigners under previous Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases prior to the March 22 travel ban are now allowed entry. […]
(Eagle News) — Seventeen members of the Commmunist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army recently surrendered to the government, and turned over their firearms, several improvised explosive devices (EID) and ammunition. In return, they were given P60,000 each in cash and livelihood assistance to start a new life with their families as part of mainstream society. Major Gen. Andres Centino, commanding general of the Philippine Army’s 4th Infantry Division, said that the CPP-NPA had […]
(Eagle News)– A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Friday, May 7. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 3:43 p.m. It had its epicenter 326 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. The depth of focus was 74 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies with rain showers are expected in the Philippines today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms, in particular, are expected in Mindanao. PAGASA said this was due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting the island group. Flashfloods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Meanwhile, Metro Manila and the rest of the country, PAGASA said, will have partly cloudy […]
NCR, CALABARZON, C. Luzon are regions with most active cases and most new cases (Eagle News) – COVID-19 recoveries reached 1,003,160 amid a notable increase in virus cases in the past three days, as well as declining number of recoveries. Only 4,227 recoveries were added on Friday, much lower than Thursday’s 6,091 and the previous days’ average of 9,000 per day this May. On May 1, the recoveries reported were at its highest this month […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1,087,885 on Friday, May 7, after the Department of Health reported 7733 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the total cases, 66626 were active. Of these, 94.4 percent were mild cases, 2 percent asymptomatic, 1.1 percent critical, 1.5 percent severe, and 0.98 percent were moderate. Recoveries increased to 1003160 after the DOH reported additional 4227 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll breached the 18,000 mark, with […]
(Eagle News) — Police Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar on Friday, May 7, formally assumed the post of Philippine National Police chief, becoming the sixth person to be appointed to the post by President Rodrigo Duterte. Eleazar, who finished fourth in the Philippine Military Academy ‘Hinirang’ Class of 1987, replaced Police General Debold Sinas, who will reach the mandatory age of retirement on Saturday, May 8. Sinas was a member of that class as well. In […]
