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(Eagle News) — Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri on Tuesday, July 28, said his COVID-19 confirmatory test yielded negative results. Zubiri made the announcement a day after he said he tested positive for COVID-19 in a recent Department of Health swab test. Prior to that, he said he tested negative in three rapid tests. “I AM NEGATIVE…My confirmatory test with the Philippine Red Cross has come out and shows that I no longer have live RNA […]
By Caesar R. Vallejos, Open For Business Granting the dreams of Filipinos to showcase their talents on national television and win the biggest cash prizes in talent search competition in the Philippines, NET25’s Tagisan Ng Galing ended its Part 1 in a glitzy grand finale last July 27, 2020, with the following top winners: Grand Champion: Jonacris Bandillo 1st Runner up: Power Duo 2nd Runner up: Edrien Oclarino 3rd Runner up: Cosmic Angels 4th runner […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed two members of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ seven-member Monetary Board. The BSP said V. Bruce J. Tolentino and Anita Linda R. Aquino will serve as full-time representatives of the private sector in the BSP’s highest policy-making body. Tolentino, who first joined the board on June 18, 2018, will have a fresh term of six years after serving the unexpired balance of the term of Valentin A. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The International Monetary Fund on Monday said it had approved $4.3 billion in aid to South Africa to help it fight the coronavirus pandemic. “The IMF approved $4.3 billion in emergency financial assistance under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) to support the authorities’ efforts in addressing the challenging health situation and severe economic impact of the COVID-19 shock,” the Washington-based crisis lender said in a statement. South Africa is the […]
Building 2 of Filinvest Socialized Housing in Alabang under ELCQ (Eagle News)–The Muntinlupa government has imposed measures on two areas in the city to prevent the spread of COVID-19 there. In a Facebook post, Mayor Jimmy Fresnedi said a 24-hour curfew is in place in Planas Compound in Barangay Tunasan starting 12:01 noon today, July 28. Fresnedi said the curfew will last until 11:59 a.m. of Aug. 11. During this period, only authorized persons outside […]
HONG KONG, China A strong 6.3 magnitude quake struck early Monday in China’s Tibet region, the US Geological Survey reported. The quake struck in a sparsely populated area at 2007 GMT Monday, the USGS said. Its epicenter was nearly 600 kilometers (350 miles) northeast of Llasa at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers, according to USGS data. There were no immediate reports of casualties. © Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States and Australia on Monday opened top-level talks in which they are expected to seek a common front amid soaring tensions between Washington and Beijing. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper welcomed to Washington their Australian counterparts, Marise Payne and Linda Reynolds, for two days of talks that will include a news conference on Tuesday. The annual talks come as President Donald Trump’s […]
(Eagle News)–The Energy Regulatory Commission is temporarily closed for disinfection until July 31. In an advisory, the ERC said during the temporary closure, it will only accept transactions online. “Kindly course all your inquiries online and visit us at www.erc.gov.ph,” the ERC said. The commission said consumers may direct their complaints to the following email addresses: “We encourage consumers to use the email addresses that we have set up to receive specific consumer concerns and […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons guarantee its safety, state media reported Tuesday, signalling once again that it will not give up its arsenal. Kim was addressing a conference of veterans on the 67th anniversary of the 1953 armistice that ended Korean War hostilities, the official Korean Central News Agency said. Up to three million Koreans died in the three-year conflict, in which the armistice […]
(Eagle News)–The Customs bureau said it has seized P186.9 million worth of misdeclared cigarettes from the Manila port. In a statement, the bureau said based on documents, the seven containers contained towels, school bags, bed sheets, non-woven bags and fabrics but were found to contain 6249 cigarette cases instead. The shipment had been declared as coming from China. According to the bureau, the haul marks the biggest seizure of cigarettes by the Manila International Container […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs main building will be temporarily closed starting today, July 28, until further notice. The DFA said in an advisory the temporary closure of the office on Roxas Boulevard was to allow for the department’s “assessment of public health and safety measures currently in place.” The DFA said another announcement would be made 48 hours after the assessment. According to the department, the DFA-Consular Office in ASEANA and all other […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Catanduanes. PAGASA said because of the LPA situated 310 kilometers east of Virac as of 3 a.m., Bicol Region and Eastern Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rains and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to occasional heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Zamboanga Peninsula, and the rest of Visayas, PAGASA said, […]
