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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte asked Congress on Monday, July 27, to fast-track the passage of several economic measures to help the country recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Three of these are the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act which will supplement funds for the recovery and response against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Corporate Recovery and the Tax Incentives for Enterprises or CREATE Act, and the Financial Institutions Strategic Transfer […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 83,000 mark on Tuesday, July 28, after the Department of Health reported 1678 cases on the same day. The DOH said of the 83673 total cases, 55,109 were active cases. Of these active cases, 90.2 percent were mild, 8.9 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent severe, and 0.4 percent critical. The 1678 newly-announced cases were from tests done by 81 out of 91 labs. According to the […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A new coronavirus cluster in a port city in northeast China has spread to other provinces and prompted fresh restrictions, authorities said Tuesday, as Beijing scrambles to prevent a second wave of infections. China had largely brought the virus under control since it first emerged in the country late last year, through a series of strict lockdowns and travel restrictions. But in recent months a number of small outbreaks have given […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri on Tuesday, July 28, said his COVID-19 confirmatory test yielded negative results. Zubiri made the announcement a day after he said he tested positive for COVID-19 in a recent Department of Health swab test. Prior to that, he said he tested negative in three rapid tests. “I AM NEGATIVE…My confirmatory test with the Philippine Red Cross has come out and shows that I no longer have live RNA […]
(Eagle News)–The Energy Regulatory Commission is temporarily closed for disinfection until July 31. In an advisory, the ERC said during the temporary closure, it will only accept transactions online. “Kindly course all your inquiries online and visit us at www.erc.gov.ph,” the ERC said. The commission said consumers may direct their complaints to the following email addresses: “We encourage consumers to use the email addresses that we have set up to receive specific consumer concerns and […]
(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases in the country on Monday, July 27, breached the 82000 mark after the Department of Health reported 1657 cases on the same day. The DOH said of the 82,040 total cases, 53649 were active cases. Of this, 90 percent were mild, 9.1 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent severe, and 0.4 percent critical. Of the 1657 newly-announced cases from tests done by 59 out of 90 labs, the DOH […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday, July 27, said he tested positive for COVID-19 anew. Zubiri said the results were based on a swab test he took ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte’s fifth State of the Nation Address. The Palace had said all attendees at the Batasang Pambansa will have to undergo COVID-19 tests and test negative for them. Zubiri was supposed to be among the attendees at the Batasang Pambansa but […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, July 27, called on Congress to pass the proposed Bayanihan to Recover As One Act. The President made the call in his fifth State of the Nation Address, as he thanked Congress for passing the Bayanihan We Heal as One Act at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bayanihan We Heal as One Act, also known as the first Bayanihan law, granted President Duterte additional powers […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China recorded 61 new coronavirus cases on Monday — the highest daily figure since April — propelled by clusters in three separate regions that have sparked fears of a fresh wave. The bulk of 57 new domestic cases were found in the far northwestern Xinjiang region, according to the National Health Commission, where a sudden outbreak in the regional capital of Urumqi occurred in mid-July. Fourteen domestic cases were also […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s fifth State of the Nation Address today, July 27, won’t go beyond 1 hour and 20 minutes. But Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said in an interview that that was assuming the chief executive would not make ad-libs in between. According to Andanar, it was the President’s “prerogative” to do the same. “It will begin at 4 p.m.,” Andanar said, noting that the House and the Senate would open the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Coronavirus cases in Latin America and the Caribbean surged on Sunday, briefly overtaking the total in North America, an AFP tally showed. As the worldwide case count passed 16 million, Latin America and the Caribbean recorded the highest number of infections, taking its total caseload to more than 4.34 million, according to an AFP tally at 2100 GMT, based on official sources. It was the first time the total number […]
(Eagle News) — Amid various crises that the world is facing, the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) vowed to continue helping those in need worldwide. INC General Auditor Glicerio Santos Jr., explains why the Church led by Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo continues to help communities afflicted by poverty and calamity worldwide through its continuous Aid to Humanity projects, as it tries to gives hope to people amid troubled times, especially amid the […]
