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(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice has implemented a reshuffle involving three positions in the Bureau of Immigration. In a statement, the bureau said citing three DOJ orders that Candy Tan, who was previously assigned at the bureau main office, has been designated as the acting chief of the bureau Port Operations Division. Tan currently holds the plantilla position of Attorney III, and was appointed to replace Grifton Medina, who was reassigned as the Bureau’s chief […]
(Eagle News)–Authorities have seized P750,000 worth of illegal drugs from the Central Mail Exchange Center in Pasay recently. In a statement on Friday, the Bureau of Customs said its Ninoy Aquino International personnel, the NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency seized the 196 ecstasy tablets and 151 grams of MDMA or raw ecstasy from a shipment sent by a certain Jansen J.J.K from Amerfoort, The Netherlands. The shipment had […]
(Eagle News)–A rainfall advisory has been raised over parts of Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to occasionally heavy rains are expected over Cagayan (Alcala and Amulung), and Isabela (Cabagan, Divilacan and Tumauini). PAGASA said these may persist within one to two hours. Moderate to occasionally heavy rains are being experienced over Kabugao in Apayao, and in Baggao, Gattaran, Gonzaga and Lallo in Cagayan. Meanwhile, light to moderate rains […]
(Eagle News)–Fifty more policemen have recovered from COVID-19. With the additional recoveries, the Philippine National Police said the COVID-19 recovery tally among police personnel rose to 5950. Fifty more COVID-19 cases, however, were reported, pushing the total to 6636. Of these, the PNP said 666 were active. No additional death was reported, which meant the death toll remained at 20 so far. The police are among the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic as they […]
(Eagle News)–The ban on eating and talking in public utility vehicles remains even with the implementation of the one-seat-apart rule in public utility vehicles. This is according to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, which released Memorandum Circular 2020-061 that provided details on the new rule days after the Department of Transportation announced the policy that effectively replaced the one-meter social distancing rule in PUVs. According to the LTFRB, passengers could also sit beside […]
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has opened additional provincial routes as the country’s economy gradually reopens amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Memorandum Circular 2020-051-A signed by LTFRB Chair Martin Delgra III, the following routes are now allowed: 1. Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga – Araneta Center, Cubao 2. Davao City, Davao Del Sur – Sta. Rosa Integrated Terminal, Laguna The LTFRB said five units have been allowed to ply the Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga […]
(Eagle News)–Nine more Filipinos abroad have recovered from COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said with the additional recoveries, the recovery tally rose to 7184 as of Friday. Four more COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos, however, pushed the total to 11,145. No new deaths were reported, which means the death toll remained at 811. According to DFA data, the Middle East and Africa were still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries and deaths–at […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, Oct. 17: Flight schedules may be subject to changes at any given time. MIAA has advised passengers 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. Domestic flights are allowed but passengers need to comply with the requirements set […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said MIMAROPA and Zamboanga Peninsula will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the southwest monsoon affecting the western section of Southern Luzon. Flash floods or landslides due to scattered light to moderate rains are possible. Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region and Aurora will have cloudy skies with light rains due […]
(Eagle News)–A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Occidental Mindoro on Saturday, Oct. 17. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 4:06 a.m., had its epicenter 33 kilometers southwest of Looc. In its earlier advisory, PHIVOLCS said the earthquake had a magnitude of 5.2. The quake had a depth of 12 kilometers, PHIVOLCS said. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported. Reported Intensities: Intensity IV – Abra de Ilog, Occidental […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer expects to file for emergency use authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine in late November, around two weeks after the November 3 US presidential election, it said Friday. The company said it hopes to move ahead with the vaccine after safety data is available in the third week of November, immediately lifting the company’s shares two percent in the US. “So let me be clear, assuming […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government will now be allowing minors aged 15 and seniors up to aged 65 to go outside of their homes, expanding the age bracket for people who are allowed to go outside amid community quarantine protocols. This was announced by Malacanang in a press briefing on Friday, Oct. 16. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) had confirmed this that those […]
