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(Eagle News) – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday, May 28, created a masterlist of overseas Filipinos who tested negative for COVID-19. In a statement, the PCG said that the list contains the names of 36,832 overseas Filipino workers, Filipino seafarers, and returning Filipinos who yielded negative result in the RT-PCR test conducted by the Sub-Task Group for the Repatriation of OFWs. According to the PCG, the list consolidates the names of overseas […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has formed task groups to facilitate the speedy return of overseas Filipino workers from quarantine facilities to their respective residences. In a statement, the DOLE said that Secretary Silvestre Bello III has ordered the formation of “hatid probinsya” and “balik-abroad” task groups to separately process the requirements of outbound land and sea-based workers. “Aside from facilitating the processing of inbound and outbound OFWs, the ‘hatid-probinsya’ […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported more confirmed COVID-19 cases involving overseas Filipinos, as it vowed to work “to safely repatriate” more stranded Filipinos home. On Wednesday, May 27, the DFA reported 29 new COVID cases, that brought the total number of confirmed cases to 2,664. On Thursday, May 28, the new cases spike at a high of 157 confirmed COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad – mostly from the Middle […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia has started cloud seeding to induce rain as the archipelago moves to head off annual forest fires blamed for blanketing swathes of Southeast Asia in toxic haze. Last year’s fires were the worst since 2015 due to dry weather, with some 1.6 million hectares (3.95 million acres) of land, mostly on Sumatra and Borneo islands, razed by the out-of-control blazes. Authorities deployed tens of thousands of personnel and water-bombing aircraft […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has climbed to 15,588, after the Department of Health reported 539 new cases on Thursday, May 28. According to the DOH, of the new cases, 61 percent or 330 came from Metro Manila, 10 percent or 55 cases from Region 7, 19 percent or 99 cases for other areas, and 10 percent or 55 cases are repatriates. The DOH said of the […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday pledged a humanitarian “action plan” for Hong Kongers pushing for democracy in the financial hub as an influx of activists seek sanctuary on the self-ruled democratic island. Hong Kong was upended by months of often violent pro-democracy protests last year sparked by rising fears that Beijing is chipping away at the city’s freedoms. Unrest has returned in recent days after Beijing announced plans last week […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The French government is expected to announce Thursday’s new measures to ease the coronavirus lockdown, allowing restaurants in areas where the outbreak remains contained to open as soon as next week. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will unveil the second phase of his plan to get the country back to work following a meeting with top cabinet members, a government source said, after strict stay-at-home orders were lifted on May 11. But […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea on Thursday re-imposed a series of coronavirus social distancing measures it had eased early this month, as a series of clusters threatened to challenge its success in containing the epidemic. The country has been held up as a global model in how to curb the virus, but reported its biggest spike in new infections in nearly two months as life appeared returning to normal. The new cases […]
(Eagle News)–A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck La Union on Thursday, May 28, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. According to PHIVOLCS, the earthquake, which struck at 1:17 p.m., had its epicenter 17 kilometers northwest of San Fernando. Depth of focus was 57 kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were recorded: Reported Intensities: Intensity IV – San Fernando, Caba and Balaoan, La Union; Labrador and Bolinao, Pangasinan; Dagupan City Intensity III – Urdaneta City […]
(Eagle News) — The enrollment of students in public schools from June 1 to June 30 will be done primarily remotely, the Department of Education said on Thursday, May 28. According to DepEd Undersecretary Annalyn Sevilla, students will be contacted by their previous advisers for this. “At ang atin pong ieentertain, again through remote and with strict physical distancing and minimum health standard, ay yung mga bagong dating po kagaya ng Kinder, transferees at yung […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Tropical storm Bertha formed off the coast of the southeastern United States on Wednesday, becoming the second named storm to emerge before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, US weather trackers said. Bertha was packing maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour (75 kph), but was expected to weaken into a tropical depression as it crosses into South Carolina, the National Hurricane Center said. The first named […]
(Eagle News) — Local government units have until Thursday, May 28, to liquidate and submit their encoded list of beneficiaries of the second tranche of the Social Amelioration Program. According to Interior Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya, the deadline was given by Interior Secretary Eduardo Año himself. “Only then can we proceed with the second tranche,” Malaya said, noting that only 472 out of 1634 LGUs have submitted their lists to the Department of Social […]
