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(Eagle News)–Stay where you are. This was the appeal of the Department of the Interior and Local Government to workers trying to return to their provinces, amid the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon and other areas. “Huwag nang magmatigas na umuwi sa probinsiya. Any person is a potential carrier. Gugustuhin mo ba na magdala ng sakit sa inyong lugar?” Interior Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said in a radio interview on Saturday, March 28. He said the […]
(Eagle News)–Laguna province has recorded 17 coronavirus disease 2019 cases so far. Gov. Ramil Hernandez said of the 17, seven were from Santa Rosa, three from Biñan, two from Calamba and San Pedro, and one each from Cabuyao, Los Baños and Lumban. Hernandez said 687 persons are under investigation, while 8859 are under monitoring. Over 1000 persons under monitoring have been cleared, he said.
(Eagle News)–Metropolitan Manila Development Authority general manager Jojo Garcia has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. “I wish to inform everyone that I will have to work from home as I have been found positive for COVID-19,” Garcia said in a statement. According to Garcia, “my work puts me under a lot of risk, and this is part of it.” He said he “embrace(s) the challenge” and has faith he will overcome this. In […]
(Eagle News) – The United States has more than 104,000 confirmed coronavirus cases with more than 1,600 people dying from the disease, according to a COVID-19 dashboard on global cases of the John Hopkins University. As of Saturday morning, March 28, Philippine time, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the US has reached 104,007 while deaths reached 1,689. The most number of deaths so far is in New York City with 450 deaths, […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental today. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 8:12 a.m., had its epicenter 120 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos. Depth of focus was 52 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and isolated rainshowers are expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said South Cotabato and Sarangani will have cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to the trough of the low pressure area affecting Southern Mindanao. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers. PAGASA said this was due to the easterlies and […]
(Eagle News)–Two more individuals who work at the Senate have tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. Senate Secretary Myra Marie Villarica on Friday, March 27, said one was a consultant of Senator Pia Cayetano. She said the consultant was not required to report to the office daily, and last reported for work on March 11. She was not present in the plenary hall during the last session day nor was she present during the […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday that he is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19. “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus,” he said on Twitter, posting a video message. “I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government’s response via video-conference as we fight this virus,” he wrote. “Be in no doubt that I can […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational flights starting Saturday, March 28. Below is a list: MIAA said the flight schedules may change at any given time. “In such cases, please contact your airline for confirmation,” MIAA said. Earlier, MIAA said flight operations will be concentrated in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport terminal 1 starting March 28 to reduce the risk of exposure of airport personnel to COVID-19.
(Eagle News) – ACTS-CIS Partylist Rep. Eric Yap had tested negative for COVID-19, the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine clarified Friday night, March 27, as it apologized for the “encoding error” done by an augmentation staff. “We wish to publicly apologize to Hon. Erick Go Yap of ACTS-CIS Partylist for forwarding a report of his COVID-19 results that displayed a clerical oversight,” a statement from the RITM said. RITM said that this was an […]
Money from PPA, MIAA, CAAP to be used to fund other gov’t projects, too, DOTr says (Eagle News)–Three Department of Transportation agencies have remitted in advance over P10 billion in dividends to the national government to help the country fight the coronavirus disease 2019. In a statement, the DOTr said the over P10 billion, which shall be used in other government projects, represents the total dividends of the Philippine Ports Authority, Civil Aviation Authority of […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia’s most active volcano Mount Merapi erupted Friday, shooting a column of ash some 5,000 metres (16,000 feet) into the air in its second major eruption this month. Ash and sand covered areas several kilometres (miles) away from the peak of the rumbling crater near Indonesia’s cultural capital Yogyakarta. But authorities did not raise Merapi’s alert level. “There has been no reports of damage from the eruption. We urge people […]
