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(Eagle News)–Inflation further eased to 2.5 percent in March 2020, amid the coronavirus disease 2019 crisis. The Philippine Statistics Authority said this was slower than the 2.6% recorded in February, and the 3.3% in March last year. The PSA said the slowdown was primarily due to the drop in the transport index, at an annual rate of 1.8 percent. Slower annual increments in the indices of alcoholic beverages and tobacco at 18.0 percent; and housing, […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon to April 30, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Tuesday, April 7. In a virtual press conference, Nograles said this was after the President accepted the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases for the extension of the ECQ, which was only supposed to last until April 13. The IATF had made the recommendation in a bid […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has signed Administrative Order No. 28, which grants special risk allowance (SRA) to health workers in the forefront of the fight against COVID-19. Admin Order No. 28 authorizes national government agencies, government-owned or -controlled corporations, and local government units to grant a one-time SRA to public health workers (PHWs), equivalent to 25% of their monthly basic salary. “For purposes of this Order, “PHWs” shall refer to medical, allied medical, […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has said local government units would receive an overall P30 billion in financial aid from the national government so they could sustain efforts to address the coronavirus disease 2019 crisis. The P30.8 billion grant, which was equivalent to each LGU’s Internal Revenue Allotment or share of the national government revenues for month, was set to be released by the Department of Budget and Management, the President’s second weekly report to Congress […]
(Eagle News)–The Northern Luzon Expressway Corp. has released its list of updated toll plazas on NLEx and the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway amid the enhanced community quarantine. NLEx Corp. said the list was as of Tuesday, April 7: The ECQ, which was aimed at containing COVID-19, was supposed to last until mid-April. President Rodrigo Duterte has said however he was “inclined” to extend the same to April 30.
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in Quezon City has climbed to 583. The local government said this was based on recent Department of Health data. Of the figure, 469 have been confirmed by the city’s Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit, the city government said. “Dumadaan sa validation ng CESU, health center staff at mga opisyal ng barangay ang datos na mula sa DOH para masiguro na lahat ay residente ng ating lungsod. […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights. MIAA said the list was as of Tuesday, April 7: It said flight schedules may be subjected to changes. In these cases, MIAA said passengers should coordinate with the airline concerned. MIAA has announced all flights shall be concentrated in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 in a bid to reduce the risk of exposure of airport workers to the […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Tuesday, April 7. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 3:32 a.m., had its epicenter 400 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. It had a depth of focus of 222 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and isolated rains are expected in the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Batanes and the Babuyan Group of Islands will have cloudy skies with isolated light rains due to the Northeasterly Surface Windflow. Metro Manila and the rest of the country on the other hand will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms as the easterlies affect the eastern section of the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has said he wants more funds for the country’s response against the coronavirus disease 2019, saying the P275 billion were not enough. “Hindi talaga tatagal yan,” the President said of the funds approved by Congress under the Bayanihan We Heal As One Act. The President said he has asked Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez to find government funds to add to the approved package. He said he asked officials to “explore” options […]
by Alice RITCHIE / Phil HAZLEWOOD / James PHEBY / Joe JACKSON Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in intensive care on Monday after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, prompting concern for his health and well-wishes from political friends and foes in Britain and abroad, as the country battles to control the outbreak. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab — Johnson’s de facto deputy — was immediately appointed to take […]
by Natsuko FUKUE Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s prime minister Monday proposed a state of emergency for several major regions seeing a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, as well as a stimulus package worth $1 trillion to cushion the impact on the world’s third-biggest economy. The official declaration of the state of emergency would likely come as soon as Tuesday, Shinzo Abe told reporters, as the country grapples with a recent […]
