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(Eagle News) — The preparations for the distribution of relief goods for residents of Barangay New Era in Quezon City are under way as can be seen in this video report of Eagle News Service reporter Eden Santos on Friday, March 20. The repacking of goods for distribution was being done in the barangay hall. This is in view of the enhanced community quarantine due to the coronavirus disease outbreak in the whole of […]
(Eagle News) — Watch for the updated COVID-19 situation in Los Angeles, CA.
WASHINGTON DC (Eagle News)—Guamanian college student, Erin Joy de la Cruz, sits down with EBC Correspondent Irishdale Radam, to share positivity, and optimistic thoughts and ideas on how to survive the COVID-19 lockdown.
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AFP) — Kazakhstan’s two main cities of Almaty and Nur-Sultan went into lockdown on Thursday to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The army and police blocked roads leading into Almaty — the oil-rich Central Asian country’s usually bustling business hub — using armored vehicles, barriers and concrete blocks. Troops and police manned checkpoints as medics checked the temperatures of car passengers and recorded their names. The Kazakh authorities plan to block entry and exit […]
(Eagle News) – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) extended a regulatory relief package to banks and other BSP-supervised financial institutions (BSFI) to help cushion the potential impact of COVID-19 on their operations. The relief package was provided for in Memorandum No. M-2020-008, issued by the BSP shortly after its Monetary Board approved the granting of temporary relief and rediscounting relief measures to BSFIs. In a statement, the BSP said that it “recognizes the potential […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) is finalizing preparations to equip the Philippine General Hospital, Lung Center of the Philippines, and Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital as referral hospitals for COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila. In an advisory, the DOH said that it is expecting to finalize talks with the UP-PGH today, March 20. “In view of this, the UP-PGH has begun ceasing admission for non-emergency cases to free up wards and […]
(Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation on Friday, March 20, said it was looking for the sources of “fake news” online, as government called on the public to avoid sharing unverified information amid the coronavirus disease 2019 threat. The NBI said it was NBI Director Eric Distor who ordered the different units of the bureau, including the cybercrime and digital forensic divisions and the regional operations service, to investigate “all possible sources of […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian equities enjoyed some much-needed gains Friday after another volatile week on global markets as investors took solace in a blockbuster series of government and central bank measures aimed at cushioning the economic blow from the coronavirus. The dollar also eased somewhat after a lengthy rally fuelled by traders cashing out of their investments, while the embattled oil market extended Thursday’s gains. With the deadly pandemic showing no sign of […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — President Jovenel Moise announced Haiti’s first two cases of novel coronavirus on Thursday as his government adopted extraordinary measures to contain its spread. “We have found the two first cases of coronavirus in our national territory,” Moise said during an address televised on state media. Haiti is the Caribbean’s poorest and most densely populated country and the virus’ arrival spurred the government to implement a series of restrictive measures, including an […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers are expected in parts of Northern Luzon today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers are expected over the provinces of Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Abra, Benguet, Ifugao, Mt. Province, Kalinga, Apayao, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan and Aurora. PAGASA said this was due to the easterlies affecting the eastern section of the country. Light […]
WASHINGTON D.C. (Eagle News) — “The balance of having to be a mom at the same time and…working and at the same time—having to care for my five-year-old daughter has been a little bit of a challenge.” Czara Venegas is An Equal Opportunity Advisor from U.S. Department of Defense, shares with Eagle News International Washington, D.C. how the COVID-19 lockdown is affecting work life and mom life. Enter Telecommuting and Tele-schooling. “We try to maintain […]
(Eagle News) — Cavite province has confirmed its seventh confirmed case of the coronavirus disease 2019. In a Facebook post, the provincial government said the the case was a 44-year-old female resident of Dasmarinas City. She is now confined at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Muntinlupa City. According to the provincial government, nine people were also arrested for violating the order placing the province under a community quarantine. “The coming days will be […]
