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(Eagle News)–Light Rail Transit-2 train operations will be shortened starting Monday, July 27. The LRT-2 management said trains on both eastbound and westbound directions will operate only until 7:30 p.m. The shortened hours will last until Aug. 2. The LRT-2 said the setup would allow for the installation of new power cables between Pureza and Legarda stations. Normal LRT-2 operations will resume on Aug. 3.
(Eagle News)–Communications Secretary Martin Andanar has tested negative for COVID-19. Andanar made the announcement after confirming ten Presidential Communications Operations Office personnel at the main office tested positive for the virus. He said the negative result on his part was based on a test he took on Thursday, July 23. He said contact tracing and further tests were underway, adding that they were “fulfilling any assistance and support we can provide to our personnel and […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte may take the swab test for COVID-19 on Sunday, July 26, a day before his fifth State of the Nation Address. This is according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles who gave a radio interview on Saturday, July 25. The Palace had said the President would physically attend the SONA at the Batasang Pambansa, although the number of attendees would be limited. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said only 15 Cabinet members are […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the Philippine National Police has risen to 1796. The PNP said deaths also increased to ten, while recoveries were at 689. Suspected cases are now at 2479. Probable cases, on the other hand, have reached 720. At least three of the policemen who died came from Cebu. Most of the newly-announced cases in the country so far, however, come from Metro Manila. The Palace had said […]
(Eagle News)–Over 300 Filipinos from Malaysia returned to the Philippines on Thursday, July 23, with the assistance of the government, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The DFA said the 351 arrived on board a Cebu Pacific chartered plane that departed from Kuala Lumpur. Of the number, the DFA said majority were Overseas Filipino Workers and their family members, while the rest were tourists and students who had requested assistance after being stranded due to […]
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and the Land Transportation Office have summoned the driver and operator of a bus seen speeding along Edsa Busway and side-swiping barriers in the process. The Department of Transportation said the LTO issued the show-cause order against the Joanna Jesh Bus Transport driver, identified as Dino Mamintal, and the LTFRB against the operator on Friday, July 24, the same day the incident took place. This was after […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, July 25: MIAA said flight schedules may be subject to changes. Local flights are allowed for as long as there is approval from the local government unit. The government has reimposed the ban on international travel for non-essential purposes however in light of the fact that only one insurance company was willing to provide health and travel insurance coverage […]
by Marc Preel with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse The World Health Organization expressed concern Friday over a coronavirus resurgence in Europe as Britain joined France, Germany and Austria in announcing tighter mask requirements and greater testing. Europe accounts for a fifth of the world’s more than 15 million cases and remains the hardest hit in terms of deaths, with 207,118 out of more 630,000 globally since the pandemic emerged in China late last […]
(Eagle News)–The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, MIMAROPA, Western and Central Visayas, Northern Mindanao and Zamboanga Peninsula will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies […]
by Issam AHMED Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The top US health body has issued new guidelines on the reopening of schools, clearly weighting its recommendations in favor of having students return to their classrooms in fall. The updated advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was posted Thursday night, and came a few weeks after President Donald Trump asked the agency to change course. “We owe it […]
ROISSY-CHARLES DE GAUILLE AIRPORT, France (AFP) — France will require on-the-spot COVID-19 tests for people arriving from 16 countries where the pandemic is circulating widely, Prime Minister Jean Castex said Friday. France does not allow general travel to and from these countries — including the United States and Brazil — so the tests will be for “French citizens who live in these countries or citizens of these countries with an established residence in France” who […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China said Friday it had revoked the license for the US consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu, in retaliation for the closure of China’s Houston consulate earlier this week. The move is a “legitimate and necessary response to the unreasonable measures by the United States”, the foreign ministry said in a statement. “The current situation in China-US relations is not what China desires to see, and the US is responsible […]
