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by Dmitry ZAKS ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy on Monday unveiled a record 400 billion euro ($430 billion) stimulus to help businesses hurt by a month-long national lockdown that is like to run on for many more weeks. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told the nation to be patient in the face of a pandemic that has now officially claimed 16,523 lives in the Mediterranean country and left millions at least temporarily unemployed “We will soon […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto has proposed the implementation of the national identification system. Sotto made the remark in a video message to reporters, amid the discrepancies between the national and local governments’ databases of beneficiaries of the social amelioration program. According to Sotto, he has already raised the matter to Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez. He said Dominguez has agreed with him. “This amelioration program rolls out for two months and might extend […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia extended the duration of daily curfews Monday in four governorates and five cities, including the capital, to 24 hours to combat coronavirus as confirmed deaths from the disease hit 38. The kingdom imposed round-the-clock lockdowns on the cities of Riyadh, Tabuk, Dammam, Dhahran and Hofuf, the interior ministry said on Twitter. The same measures were also imposed on the governorates of Jeddah, Taif, Qatif and Khobar, the ministry […]
by Rebecca BRYAN LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says he thinks it will be at least May before any decision can be made about the resumption of the 2019-20 season that was shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Essentially, what I’ve told my folks over the last week is that we just should just accept that, at least for the month of April, we won’t be in a position to […]
(Eagle News) — All Supreme Court circulars and orders related to the coronavirus disease 2019 shall be effective until the end of the extended enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. SC spokesperson Brian Keith Hosaka made the announcement on Tuesday, April 7, after the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases confirmed President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval of the extension of the ECQ until April 30. The ECQ was supposed to last until April […]
PORT VILA, Vanuatu (AFP) — A deadly Pacific cyclone cut off communication links to Vanuatu’s northern islands Tuesday, with aid officials saying they had grave concerns for residents in the remote areas. Tropical Cyclone Harold, which claimed 27 lives when it swept through the Solomon Islands last week, lashed Vanuatu’s northern provinces overnight as a scale-topping category five superstorm. Red Cross Vanuatu secretary general Jacqueline de Gaillande said the cyclone, packing winds of up to […]
(Eagle News)–The Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has approved the resumption of Metro Rail Transit 3 maintenance work and limited work on railroad projects amid the enhanced community quarantine. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles the resumption of the work was provided only skeletal staff would be used. On-site or near-site accommodations should also be provided for the workers, or point-to-point shuttle services, and a regular disinfection of workplaces, shuttles, and accommodations […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered his economic team to look into the proposal to include the middle-class in the government’s social amelioration program. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the President has directed the team led by Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez to look at ways to source the funds. So far, the national government’s program only includes poor households. Congress has approved P275 billion to fund the government’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, but President […]
by Frankie TAGGART Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Americans were put on notice Monday not to let up in the fight against the coronavirus, as a grim milestone of 10,000 deaths cast a pall over the first signs of optimism about the outbreak’s trajectory. The United States has emerged as one of the world’s worst-hit nations, with a steadily mounting number of fatalities and millions facing the possibility of economic ruin. […]
(Eagle News)–Quezon City residents are now required to wear face masks or other improvised ones when in public. This was announced by Mayor Joy Belmonte, after Interior Secretary Eduardo Año urged local government units to pass their own measures mandating their use to help in efforts to ensure a slowdown of the COVID-19 virus. Under Executive Order No. 25, Series of 2020, residents are required to wear “surgical masks, medical masks, industrial masks, earloop masks, […]
(Eagle News)–The Las Piñas government has confirmed 45 coronavirus disease 2019 cases. In its update on Tuesday, April 7, the local government said of the 45, one each was from Almanza Uno, Barangay Daniel Fajardo, Barangay Elias Aldana and Manuyo Uno; two each from Pamplona Tres, Pulanglupa Uno, Pulanglupa Dos and Talon Uno; three each from Pamplona Uno, Pamplona Dos, Talon Kuatro and Zapote; and four from Manuyo Dos. Five were from Pilar and six […]
(Eagle News) – The enhanced community quarantine is now in effect until April 30 in the whole of Luzon. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases for the quarantine extension, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Nograles said that after the President delivered his address to the nation on Monday night, the IATF again verified if he had indeed approved […]
