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(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Friday, March 19, reported 7,103 additional cases, the most number of COVID-19 cases reported in the country in a single day since the pandemic began. According to DOH data, the additional cases pushed the active COVID-19 cases to 73,264. Confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines–whether active or not–have reached 648,066 as a result. The DOH said of the active cases, 93.9 percent were mild, 3.3 percent asymptomatic, […]
(Eagle News) – Religious gatherings in General Community Quarantine (GCQ) areas is back to limited 30 percent capacity but only on condition that there is no objection from the local government unit (LGU) covering the religious venues. This was announced by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday, March 19, 2021. Business gatherings were likewise restricted to 30 percent of a venue’s capacity. Roque said that the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) […]
Other activities also restricted because of rising COVID-19 cases (Eagle News) – The Inter-Agency Task Force has temporarily suspended the operation of driving schools, traditional cinemas, video arcades, libraries and museums along with other tourist attractions and other recreational activities. Business gatherings, as well as religious gatherings, were likewise restricted to 30 percent venue capacity, provided that there is no objection from the local government units. This will be effective today, Friday, March 19, […]
(Eagle News) — The main office of the Department of Education is temporarily closed until March 24. In a statement, DepEd said the temporary closure which started on Thursday, March 18, was to pave the way for a disinfection of the premises and contact tracing. All central office personnel shall be on a work-from-home setup during the temporary closure. DepEd said, however, that DepEd operations shall continue “through virtual and alternative means.” “We enjoin our […]
by Danny Kemp with AFP Bureaus THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Leading EU countries said Thursday they would resume AstraZeneca vaccinations after the European medical regulator said the jab is “safe and effective” and not associated with a higher blood clot risk after days of commotion around the shot. The closely-watched announcement from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) came after the WHO and Britain’s health watchdog both said the vaccine was safe, adding that it […]
(Eagle News) — Another policeman is facing dismissal after he failed a random drug test on Monday, March 15. In a statement, the Philippine National Police said Police Corporal Donree Gall P. Adug of the Regional Police Security and Protection Unit 11 in Davao will undergo a pre-charge evaluation investigation and summary hearing procedure after his urine specimen tested positive for the presence of methamphetamine. The PNP said apart from Adug, 40 other personnel of […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Friday, March 19, called on local government units to use the StaySafe.ph application instead of developing their own contact tracing systems. In a statement, Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya, also the department spokesperson, said “it will be easier and more cost-efficient for LGUs to just use StaySafe instead of buying their own.” Besides, he said “we will soon fully implement the StaySafe application and […]
Museums, cultural centers to be covered by circular to be issued today (Eagle News) — Arcades, driving schools and movie houses will be ordered closed for two weeks. Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said museums and cultural centers that are limited to social events in Department of Tourism-accredited establishments will also be ordered temporarily shut down, based on a circular Lopez said he would issue today, March 19. “Due to (the) rising cases, DTI also supports […]
(Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting the Philippines. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms as a result. The same conditions are expected over Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Aurora, Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Abra, Benguet, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms are […]
(Eagle News) — All Filipino citizens are now allowed entry into the Philippines. This was after the National Task Force Against COVID-19 revised its March 16 circular that temporarily suspended the entry of returning Filipinos who are not Overseas Filipino Workers. According to the new March 18 circular signed by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, the revisions were in view of the agreements made in the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases […]
by Cyril JULIEN ATLANTA, United States (AFP) — The shooting rampage in Atlanta by a 21-year-old white man that left six women of Asian origin dead has laid bare fears among an Asian-American community on edge over a surge in hate crimes because of the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s heartbreaking,” said Andrew Yang, a former Democratic presidential hopeful who is now running for mayor of New York. “I’ve been Asian all my life, and I remember […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Pyongyang announced Friday that it broke diplomatic ties with Malaysia after that country extradited a North Korean citizen to the United States, in a foreign ministry statement carried on state news wire KCNA. On March 17, Malaysian authorities “committed an unpardonable crime… of forcibly delivering the innocent citizen (of North Korea) to the United States,” the statement read. North Korea’s foreign ministry “hereby announces total severance of the diplomatic relations […]
