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(Eagle News) — The Senate on Thursday, Nov. 26, approved on third and final reading the proposed P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021. Twenty-two senators voted for the approval of the bill, which would have allotted funds for the country’s economic recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A speakership row in the House of Representatives had threatened to derail the passage of the budget bill there, prompting President Rodrigo Duterte to personally appeal to the House amid […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Pfizer gave the office of Brazil’s health regulators results of the tests of their Covid-19 vaccine, a necessary step to approve and register the vaccine, the US-based pharmaceutical said Wednesday. “This is an important step so that the vaccine can be available in Brazil,” Pfizer said in a statement in Portuguese. Brazil, with a population of 212 million, has the highest Covid-19 death rate in the world after the United […]
(Eagle News) — A 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Eastern Samar early Thursday, Nov. 26. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 1:28 a.m., had its epicenter 83 kilometers southeast of Guiuan. It had a depth of 49 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — The public can now text the government’s 8888 complaint center. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said they can “simply text 8888 from both Globe and Smart and their affiliate telcos..” and no charges will be incurred. Roque said the Office of the President added the text service platform to the 8888 Citizens’ Complaint Center (8888 CCC). It had its soft launch on November 3. Roque said the public may air their complaints and […]
(Eagle News) — Five more overseas Filipinos have recovered from COVID-19. Data from the Department of Foreign Affairs showed the additional recoveries pushed the COVID-19 recoveries among Filipinos abroad to 7492. Six additional COVID-19 cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases to 11573. No additional fatality was reported, which means the death toll remained at 834. The Middle East and Africa still had the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries and deaths among overseas Filipinos, with 7535, 4657, […]
Eastern sections of Visayas, Mindanao affected by easterlies (Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the easterlies are also affecting the eastern sections of Visayas and Mindanao. PAGASA said Visayas, and Palawan including Kalayaan Group of Islands will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to the easterlies and localized thunderstorms. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers will also […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Thursday, Nov. 26: Flight schedules may change at any given time. All passengers were advised to get confirmation of their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport premises. The government has eased restrictions on international and domestic travel. All Filipinos are now […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — New applications for jobless aid in the United States saw their second back-to-back weekly increase, according to government data released Wednesday, raising concerns that a renewed economic downturn is beginning. The Labor Department said 778,000 seasonally adjusted initial claims were filed in the week ended November 21, more than analysts had forecasted and an increase of 30,000 from the previous week’s upwardly revised figure. The increase was the first consecutive […]
PUDUCHERRY, India (AFP) — Tens of thousands of people in southeastern India fled their homes on Wednesday, out of the path of a cyclone due to slam coastal areas after midnight, bringing with it heavy rain. Nivar, classified as a very severe cyclonic storm brewing in the Bay of Bengal in the north Indian Ocean, was expected to pack winds of 120 kilometres (75 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 145 kilometres per […]
(Eagle News) — The COVID-19 vaccines that the Philippines will acquire will first be given to areas with a high concentration of virus cases, and then to the poor and most vulnerable sectors of that region, including the front liners and first responders. COVID-19 vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr., said that 60 million Filipinos are targeted for the vaccine distribution and this is meant to lead to the “herd immunity” of the entire population. […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 422,000 mark on Wednesday, Nov. 25, after the Department of Health reported 1202 additional cases. The DOH said of the 422,915 total cases, 27745 were active. Of these, 83.7 percent were mild, 8.2 percent asymptomatic, 5.1 percent critical, 2.7 percent, and 0.27 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Davao City with 137, Quezon City with 68, Batangas with 59, […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday, Nov. 25, said the Department of Justice-led task force probing corruption in government would file complaints against officials involved in corruption even if they were not part of the executive department. Guevarra made the clarification after President Rodrigo Duterte said he himself could not probe congressmen involved in corruption as they were in a separate branch of government. According to Guevarra, while the President has no […]
