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(Eagle News) — Ex-PhilHealth anti-fraud officer Thorrsson Montes Keith on Tuesday, Aug. 4, claimed PhilHealth chief Ricardo Morales asked him to iron out issues stemming from supposedly overpriced COVID-19 kits. “May pagkakataon na inutusan pa po ako ni Brig. Gen. Ricardo Morales na puntahan ko si Commissioner Greco Belgica para hilutin ang kaso ng PhilHealth sa overpriced COVID testing kits,” Keith said during a Senate hearing on alleged corruption in the state insurer. Keith was […]
(Eagle News) — PhilHealth chief Ricardo Morales on Tuesday, Aug. 4, defended the state insurer’s proposed P2.1-billion information technology project aimed at stopping fraud. In defending the proposed program which a report had tagged as “overpriced,” Morales said in a Senate inquiry on alleged corruption in PhilHealth that the amount was measly compared to the money PhilHealth stands to lose if fraud is not curbed. “If the corporation stands to lose tens of billions a […]
(Eagle News) — Health workers can still get free rides courtesy of the Department of Transportation even during the modified enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila and four other areas. In a statement, the DOTr said the Free Ride Service for Health Workers Program operates in two shifts—from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., and from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. So far, there are 20 bus routes in the Greater Metro Manila area. The DOTr […]
(Eagle News)–AirAsia has released its updated list of international and domestic flights for August. The budget carrier made the update as Metro Manila reverted to a modified enhanced community quarantine on Tuesday, Aug. 4. Under the MECQ, flights are limited. Below is the updated list: Domestic Z2 480: Clark – Davao – Clark; Starting August 1, Saturdays only Z2 481: Clark – Davao – Clark; Starting August 17, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays only Z2 […]
(Eagle News) — Quarantine passes will again be implemented in Cavite, as the province reverts to a modified enhanced community quarantine effective today, Aug. 4. Governor Jonvic Remulla said each household will have only one pass and this is non-transferable. “Ang ‘Stay-at-Home’ order ay in effect. Sino man ang walang Q-pass at nasa lansangan ay huhulihin at bibigyan ng katumbas na multa,” he said. All public transportation may operate for essential workers, including those working […]
(Eagle News)–Rains are expected in parts of the country today, Aug. 4. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Mindanao and Eastern Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the trough of a low pressure area estimated 360 kilometers east southeast of Davao City. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Ilocos Region, the Cordillera Administrative Region, Batanes, and Babuyan Group of Islands will have cloudy […]
by Paul HANDLEY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump gave popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok six weeks to sell its US operations to an American company, saying Monday it would be “out of business” otherwise, and that the government wanted a financial benefit from the deal. “It’s got to be an American company… it’s got to be owned here,” Trump said. “We don’t want to have any problem with security.” Trump said […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, Aug. 4: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. MIAA advised passengers to confirm 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. With the effectivity of the modified enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila and parts of CALABARZON starting today, domestic flights […]
by Logan Cyrus MYRTLE BEACH, United States (AFP) — Tropical Storm Isaias was set to regain hurricane strength Monday before slamming into the US eastern seaboard, bringing life-threatening storm surges to North and South Carolina. The storm, currently 60 miles (100 kilometers) southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, was packing sustained winds of 70 miles (100 kilometers) per hour, with wind speeds predicted to increase during the day. Isaias is forecast to “make landfall tonight as […]
by Maria ANTONOVA MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia said Monday it aims to launch mass production of a coronavirus vaccine next month and turn out “several million” doses per month by next year. The country is pushing ahead with several vaccine prototypes and one trialled by the Gamaleya institute in Moscow has reached advanced stages of development and is about to pass state registration, officials said. “We are very much counting on starting mass production […]
by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization warned Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for the new coronavirus, despite the rush to discover effective vaccines. The WHO urged governments and citizens to focus on doing the known basics, such as testing, contact tracing, maintaining physical distance and wearing a mask in order to suppress the pandemic, which has upended normal life around the globe […]
(Eagle News) — The COVID-19 tests in the country have reached 35,000 per day which is double the daily tests being done in Japan and South Korea, according to COVID-19 testing czar Vince Dizon. Dizon said that the Philippines has in fact one of the highest number of COVID-19 tests done daily in Asia, as he stressed how COVID-19 tests in the country had increased in the past few weeks. But he said that […]
