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(Eagle News) — Caloocan Mayor Oscar Malapitan has tested positive for COVID-19. Malapitan made the announcement in a Facebook post on Wednesday, Aug. 25. According to Malapitan, he was so far “in good condition” and was currently “recovering.” He urged all his close contacts to self-quarantine and undergo swab testing. The Caloocan government, he said, will continue its operations. “Umasa po kayo na ang inyong lingkod ay patuloy na nakaantabay sa mga nagaganap at pangyayari […]
Says bgy. captain in Norzagaray Bulacan also in hot water for violating protocols, charging P20 per head entrance fee for Bakas River super spreader (Eagle News) – Barangay officials in areas where there had been super spreader events have been already charged, according to Interior and Local government Secretary Eduardo Año. He also warned that barangay officials who cannot implement health protocols, particularly if the areas under their jurisdiction have been found to have […]
(Eagle News) — Barangay 142 in Caloocan City will be under a total lockdown, while Caloocan City Medical Center-South will be temporarily closed again starting August 1. Mayor Oscar Malapitan said the lockdown in the barangay and the temporary closure of the hospital, including the emergency room, which will start at 12:01 a.m., was due to the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases there. So far, Malapitan said 28 people in the barangay while […]
(Eagle News) — The Caloocan City government has placed Barangay 38 under total lockdown. The local government said the lockdown, which started on July 14, was to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the area following the increase in COVID-19 cases there. At present, the number stands at 42, with two deaths. The local government said the lockdown will end on July 20, at 11:59 p.m. During this period, the local government said it will […]
(Eagle News)–One barangay in Caloocan is now under a total lockdown due to what the local government said was the rising number of cases there. Mayor Oscar Malapitan said the lockdown in Barangay 93, which started at 12:01, past midnight, today, was after 28 residents tested positive for COVID-19. During the lockdown, which will last until July 18, the local government shall conduct contact tracing and mass testing of residents. Malapitan said the local government […]
(Eagle News)–The lockdown of Barangay 12 in Caloocan City has been extended to May 30. In a Facebook post, Caloocan Mayor Oscar Malapitan said the extension was due to the continued rise in the number of COVID-19 cases there. Based on latest data, the barangay has 49 cases, which means it has the most cases in the city so far. The lockdown, which was imposed on May 17, was supposed to be lifted on May […]
(Eagle News) — The head of the Caloocan health department has tested positive for COVID-19. Mayor Oscar Malapitan made the announcement without naming the city’s health chief in a Facebook post on Thursday, April 16. He said the result was based on a test the doctor took on April 9, under the Department of Health’s Memorandum No. 2020-0151. “Base sa nasabing Department Memorandum, lahat ng healthcare workers, kahit walang sintomas, na may posibleng exposure sa […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government has issued show-cause orders against barangay officials for allegedly violating enhanced community quarantine guidelines. In a statement on Tuesday, April 14, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the DILG has asked Barangay Libis, Quezon City chairperson Leny Leticia Glivano; and Caloocan City, Barangay 129 chairman Brix John Reyes and councilmen Romualdo Reyes and John Cris Domingo to explain in 72 hours why they should not […]
(Eagle News)–Some of the Caloocan barangay officials, including the chair, who were allegedly behind an illegal cockfighting activity in a cemetery amid the enhanced community quarantine, have surrendered. The Caloocan government said Barangay 129 chair Brix John Rolly Reyes surrendered to Mayor Oscar Malapitan a day after he urged them to give up for allegedly holding the illegal activity in the Manila North Cemetery. Malapitan transferred custody of the officials to the local police which […]
(Eagle News)–Six people were killed and another was critically hurt in a fire that hit a house in Caloocan on Sunday, June 23. Senior Insp. Michael Jacinto, chief of the intelligence and investigation unit of the Bureau of Fire Protection-Caloocan, identified the fatalities in the fire in Phase 8-b package 5, Block 59, Lot 6 as Eduardo Roxas, 8; Robert Basas, 10; Langguy Basas, 4; JP Basas, 2; Niño Basas, 3 monts old; and Maricel […]
(Eagle News) — A vote counting machine in one precinct in Caloocan City, particularly at the Tandang Sora Integrated School, reportedly stopped working as of 7 a.m. after a ballot with a reported overvoting of senators was fed into the machine. The IT person of the Commission on Elections who reportedly went to check on the VCM, advised voters to just wait as they try to resolve the problem. An Eagle News correspondent said that […]
https://youtu.be/PP4bbBq2K5s (Eagle News) – Philippine National Police National Capital Region chief major general Guillermo Eleazar was livid with rage as he scolded a Caloocan City police cop who killed a six-year old boy and intentionally shot the boy’s grandmother on Sunday. Eleazar said that the policeman, Cpl. Rocky delos Reyes, will face the full force of the law and will be removed from the police service as he did not deserve to be in […]
