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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, March 7

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, March 7: MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights as only those with the same will be allowed entry into the airport. President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected proposals to place the entire Philippines under a modified general community quarantine, the lowest form of community quarantine, sans a COVID-19 vaccine rollout. His go-signal would have meant […]

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PHL logs almost 3,500 new COVID cases marking 2nd straight day of over 3k add’l cases

  (Eagle News) – The number of COVID-19 cases added today Saturday, March 6, reached 3,439, the highest number of daily cases so far this year. This is also the second consecutive day that the Philippines logged more than 3,000 daily cases. On Friday, March 5, the Department of Health noted 3,045 new cases. As of Saturday, March 6, total active cases in the country so far reached 43,323 as more highly infectious new variants […]

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Mars rover Perseverance holds its first test drive on ‘Red Planet’

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Mars rover Perseverance has successfully conducted its first test drive on the Red Planet, the US space agency NASA said Friday. The six-wheeled rover travelled about 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) in 33 minutes on Thursday, NASA said. It drove four meters forward, turned in place 150 degrees to the left, and then backed up 2.5 meters, leaving tire tracks in the Martian dust. “This was our first chance […]

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New Era Gen. Hospital opens its own molecular lab for RT-PCR tests

DOH-accredited lab can now process more swab samples faster   (Eagle News) – The New Era General Hospital’s Molecular Laboratory opened on Friday, March 5, enabling the hospital to get faster results of COVID-19 swab test samples. The NEGH molecular lab, accredited by the Department of Health, can also process more swab samples, up to three batches at one time, with each batch consisting of 90 to 100 swab samples. Within a day, the lab […]

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NET25’s romantic drama series ‘Ikaw Ay Akin’ shines with Meg Imperial and Fabio Ide as lead stars

By Caesar Vallejos, OPEN FOR BUSINESS The romantic drama series of NET25 continues with IKAW AY AKIN starting March 6, 2021.  The show’s first season (Book 1) was highlighted by the reunification of the much-loved characters Reina and Romer, played by Ynna Asistio and Geoff Eigenmann. In Book 1, they freed themselves from the past to fight for their love. Aired every Saturday at 8 PM, Ikaw ay Akin will be top-billed by the country’s […]

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California relaxes Covid reopening rules for Disneyland, stadiums from April

  by Andrew MARSZAL Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — California on Friday paved the way for Disneyland, other theme parks and outdoor stadiums to welcome guests back sooner than expected as it relaxed reopening criteria following a sharp decline in Covid-19 cases and pressure from operators. The move announced by the state health department will permit ballparks, stadiums and mega-attractions including Disneyland, Magic Mountain and Universal Studios to admit visitors from […]

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PNP reports 44 more COVID-19 recoveries

(Eagle News) — Forty-four more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery tally to 11037. Thirty-eight additional cases, however, also pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 11613. Of these, 545 are active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 31. The police are among the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. They were among several who […]

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Customs bureau: Authorities seize over P13 million worth of shabu in Bulacan

(Eagle News) — Authorities seized over P13 million worth of shabu in Bulacan on Friday, March 5, the Bureau of Customs said. In a statement, the bureau said the illegal drugs worth P13,620,400 were seized in a controlled delivery operation in Sta. Maria. The package had been declared as “Kitchen Appliances – steamboat grill” and arrived last February 16 in the port of NAIA. It had been shipped by a “Glus Sdn Bhd. (MBE Sri […]

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Strong aftershocks rock New Zealand’s North Island

  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — Earthquakes continued to rock New Zealand’s North Island on Saturday with the US Geological Survey recording a magnitude 6.4 shock the day after a Pacific-wide tsunami alert sparked by a monster quake. There have been no reports of serious damage or injury from the quakes, nor from a host of smaller tremors, which were centred offshore from the eastern city of Gisborne. A swarm of quakes up to 8.1 […]

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13 more overseas Filipinos recover from COVID-19

(Eagle News) — Thirteen more overseas Filipinos have recovered from COVID-19. Department of Foreign Affairs data showed the additional recoveries pushed the COVID-19 recovery total among Filipinos abroad to 9526. Twenty-seven additional COVID-19 cases, however, also pushed the COVID-19 total to 15,079. No additional deaths were reported, which means the COVID-19 death toll among overseas Filipinos remains at 1033. Based on the DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the […]

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Immigration bureau: Entry exemption document not a “free pass” to enter PHL

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Friday, March 6, clarified that entry exemption documents were not a “free pass” to enter the country. In a statement, Immigration commissioner Jaime Morente said the documents were merely a requirement set by the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases for foreigners arriving under temporary visitor’s visas. That means, he said, that the arriving foreigners are still subject to immigration scrutiny. Morente issued the clarification as […]

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Cop assigned in Iloilo police drug unit fails drug test; faces dismissal

(Eagle News) — A police junior sergeant assigned in a drug unit in Iloilo faces dismissal from the police service after he recently failed a random drug testing, the Philippine National Police said on Friday, March 5. The PNP said Police Staff Sergeant Ildefonso B. Dela Cruz Jr. will undergo pre-charge investigation and summary dismissal proceedings after screening and confirmatory drug tests yielded positive results for the presence of methamphetamine. The PNP said the results […]

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