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(Eagle News) — Senators Manny Pacquiao and Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa greeted the Iglesia Ni Cristo on its 106th anniversary on Monday, July 27, 2020. Pacquiao also greeted the Church’s Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, and all Church members around the world, and said that he had seen how the Church had spread in various countries. Dela Rosa also greeted all members of the Church Of Christ all over the world, and the Church […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 29, ordered judges to suspend the issuance of commitment orders for the transfer of convicted persons deprived of liberty from Bureau of Jail Management and Penology facilities to those managed by the Bureau of Corrections. The SC order, which applies until Aug. 31, was contained in OCA circular no. 125-2020 signed by Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez days after he issued another circular, OCA circular no. […]
(Eagle News) — Vice-President Leni Robredo greeted the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) on its 106th anniversary on Monday, July 27, 2020, and noted how the Church had helped the nation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Robredo cited how the Church had allowed the use of the Philippine Arena to serve as treatment and isolation center for COVID-19 patients. She also noted how the Church members had continued worship services even inside their homes amid […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US biotech firm Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine induced a robust immune response and prevented the coronavirus from replicating in the noses and lungs of monkeys, a study in the New England Journal of Medicine said Tuesday. The fact that the vaccine prevented the virus from replicating in the nose is seen as particularly crucial in preventing it from being transmitted onward to others. The same outcome did not occur when […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the creation of an inter-agency committee that will study the viability of nuclear energy as part of the country’s power generation mix. In signing Executive Order No. 116 on July 24, the President noted that sustained economic development and energy security require a “reliable, secure, sustainable, quality and reasonably-priced” electricity supply, and that some countries have shown that nuclear power can be a “reliable, cost-competitive and environment-friendly […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has extended the temporary closure of its main building in Intramuros, Manila to Thursday, July 30. The bureau said the extension would allow for the rapid testing of all its 700 employees at the main office, and a disinfection of the building and its premises. So far, the bureau–which had set the temporary closure of the office from Monday to Tuesday only after three of its employees tested […]
Drive-in cinemas, specific grooming services allowed in those areas starting Aug. 1, too (Eagle News) — The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has approved the opening of gyms, review centers and Internet cafes in general community quarantine areas but subject to certain conditions starting Aug. 1, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said. In a radio interview, Lopez said drive-in cinemas and grooming services such as foot spa, facials, waxing and spot […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported “danger zone” levels for COVID-19 bed occupancy in Metro Manila and the CALABARZON region or Region 4-A, as more than half of hospital beds reserved for COVID-19 patients nationwide are being occupied. The department aired the warning call as nationwide the 52.3 percent occupancy for all COVID beds was reached as of July 26, which means the whole country entered the “warning zone” level for COVID-19 bed […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine Coast Guard members who tested positive for COVID-19 are now at 600, with the addition of 71 cases, the PCG reported on Wednesday, July 29. According to the PCG, of the 600, 297 are active cases. The PCG said they have been pulled out from their stations, and given medical assistance and “other resource support.” Over 300–or 303–recoveries have been reported, including the 45 new ones. The PCG said it continues […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200 buses under the government’s Edsa Busway System are available to commuters starting today, July 29. The Department of Transportation said the additional 90 buses that brought the total buses under the program to 284 came from the MRT-3 Bus Augmentation Program. The DOTr said the additional buses were “absorbed” by the busway system for passengers. The agency said from the fixed rate of P25, the base fare will now be […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck Eastern Samar early Wednesday, July 29. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 2:34 a.m., had its epicenter 17 kilometers southwest of Maydolong. It had a depth of 32 kilometers. An instrumental intensity I was felt in Palo, Leyte. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Rains are expected in parts of the country today, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. According to PAGASA weather specialist Samuel Duran, the cloudy skies with rain in Luzon are expected due to the low pressure area 115 kilometers east of Daet, Camarines Norte. He said the LPA has low chances of developing into a tropical depression. Bicol, MIMAROPA, Aurora and Quezon, and Visayas, he said, will have scattered to widespread […]
