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(Eagle News) – The Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) donated 3,000 sacks of rice and at least 1,000 pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Manila City government as part of its continuing efforts to help people amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Manila City mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso personally received the INC donation for the Manila City residents at the INC Central Office in Quezon City on Friday, May 8, 2020. He […]
(Eagle News) — Sangley Point in Cavite registered a 50-degree Celsius heat index on Friday, May 8. PAGASA said this was recorded at 2 p.m. Dagupan City followed, with a 47-degree Celsius heat index at the same time. Also at 2 p.m., Ambulong, Tanauan City; Davao City; Dipolog City; and the Science City of Munoz registered a 46-degree heat index. PAGASA defines heat index as the “human discomfort index that gives the ‘apparent’ temperature, or […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported 218 new confirmed COVID-19 cases involving overseas Filipinos, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 2,140 as of Friday, May 8. The Department also reported 22 new deaths, mostly recorded in the Middle East, bringing the total number of COVID-19 related fatalities to 244. “These sudden increases compared to yesterday’s figures are due to limitations on the release of daily verified reports on foreign […]
(Eagle News) – -The low pressure area being monitored off Davao City may enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Saturday, May 9. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 3 p.m., the LPA was located 960 kilometers east of the city. The easterlies are also affecting the eastern section of Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, bringing partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers to the entire Visayas, Palawan, and […]
(Eagle News) – The raffle of newly-filed cases in areas under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), which had been suspended amid the COVID-19 emergency, will resume via videoconferencing, the Supreme Court announced via circular issued by the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) on Friday, May 8. Under OCA Circular No. 94-2020, “all courts in areas under ECQ shall henceforth resume the raffle of newly-filed cases, including “unraffled” cases through VIDEOCONFERENCING.” The circular noted that there […]
(Eagle News) – The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has issued guidelines for the adoption of alternative work arrangements (AWA) in areas under an enhanced or general community quarantine while the country is under a state of public emergency due to COVID-19. Under CSC Memorandum Circular No. 10, s. 2020, government agencies may adopt any or a combination of the following work arrangements: work-from-home, skeleton workforce, four-day or compressed workweek, and staggered working hours. An agency […]
by David MILLIKIN Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s government on Friday unveiled a three-stage plan to get the economy back to a new “COVID-safe” normal by the end of July. Federal authorities have left details of the plan’s implementation up to the country’s diverse states and territories, meaning coronavirus restrictions will remain in place for weeks or months longer in areas hardest hit by the disease. Australia has been one of […]
United Nations (AFP) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Friday for an “all-out effort” to end the “tsunami of hate and xenophobia” sparked by the novel coronavirus pandemic, without naming specific countries. “The pandemic continues to unleash a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scaremongering,” Guterres said in a statement. “Anti-foreigner sentiment has surged online and in the streets. Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have spread and COVID-19-related anti-Muslim attacks have occurred.” According to Guterres, […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking a disclosure of the medical records of President Rodrigo Duterte. SC spokesperson Brian Keith Hosaka confirmed the denial of the petition filed by lawyer Dino de Leon, who had sought for a writ of mandamus to compel the Office of the President to disclose the copies of the the President’s latest medical and psychological, and psychiatric examination results, health bulletins, and other health records […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has climbed to 10463, with the addition of 120 new cases, the Department of Health said on Friday, May 8. According to the DOH, of the new cases, 70 percent came from the National Capital Region, or 84 cases; 23 percent from Region VII or 28 cases; and 7 percent from other areas, or eight cases. Recoveries rose to 1734 after the […]
(Eagle News) – There are at least 23 provinces in the country which never had a COVID-19 case since the outbreak started, according to data from the Department of Health. The 23 provinces are part of the 41 provinces that did not record a new coronavirus case in the last two weeks, particularly from April 21 to May 4, the DOH said. The 23 provinces which never had a COVID-19 case so far are […]
China, Vietnam lead survey (Eagle News)–Filipinos are generally satisfied with the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, based on a survey conducted by a Singapore-based firm. According to the Global Crisis Perceptions index released on Wednesday by Blackbox-Toluna, the Philippines ranked eighth in the survey, which saw each country’s citizens rating their governments across four key indicators: national political leadership, corporate leadership, community and media. Approximately 12,500 people across 23 countries were surveyed between April […]
