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Tells DepEd to proceed with plan if it can, nonetheless (Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte believes the country is not ready to shift to blended learning to teach students. The President made the comment in a briefing aired on Friday, June 5, even as he instructed Education Secretary Leonor Briones to proceed with the “noble idea that the children continue their education” if she could afford the necessary equipment. “We have to wait for the vaccine. […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to form a new team that will be in charge of the compensation due to COVID-19-positive health workers and to the kin of those who die due to the virus. In a briefing aired on Friday, the President said the Health chief should tap “persons of honesty” for this. “P**** i**, dalawang buwan itong lecheng ito. Just imagine two months, tapos ang Secretary ang […]
Spike in cases noted across 3 major geographic regions (Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported 96 new confirmed COVID-19 cases involving overseas Filipinos, with the total number of confirmed cases at 5,355 as of Thursday, June 4. “With a spike in confirmed COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad today at 96 across three major geographic regions, the total number of COVID-19 infections involving our nationals abroad went over the 5,300 mark,” the […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine National Police (PNP) reported a “consistently high” COVID-19 recovery rate among PNP personnel, crediting it to mass testing and early detection. In a statement, PNP Health Service (PNPHS) Director Herminio Tadeo Jr. said the PNP’s current recovery rate is 50.86 percent, with 176 recoveries out of 346 confirmed cases as of Wednesday, June 3. “We attribute this high recovery rate to our intensified mass testing among our police personnel including […]
(Eagle News)–Over 200, or 222, persons deprived of liberty have been infected with the COVID-19 virus, the Department of Justice said on Thursday, June 4. According to Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete, apart from the infected PDLs based on a report from the Bureau of Corrections as of June 2, 48 Bucor personnel tested positive for the virus. Perete said of the penal farms and colonies managed by the BuCor, the New Bilibid Prison has the most […]
(Eagle News) — Government officials have until June 9 to release the compensation to COVID-19-positive health workers and to the kin of those who died in the line of duty. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said President Rodrigo Duterte himself gave the deadline, upon learning the P100,000 for each public and private health worker infected with the virus, and the P1 million for each family of the health worker deceased due to COVID-19 had not yet […]
(Eagle News)–The Cavite government will implement a modified quarantine pass system starting June 7. Cavite Gov. Jonvic Remulla said this means that starting 5 a.m., while quarantine passes are still required for those who wish to go out, these are already transferable within the household as long as the person is allowed to go out according to Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases guidelines. “Magdala na lang ng ID na patunay […]
(Eagle News) – The liquor ban imposed over the city of Manila is still in place despite transition to general community quarantine, and business owners caught selling alcoholic beverages will face closure, the city’s mayor announced on Tuesday, June 2. “[A] liquor ban is still being implemented despite the city’s transition to General Community Quarantine”, Manila mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said in the statement. Domagoso reminded owners of convenience stores, groceries, and other establishments […]
(Eagle News)–Senate President Tito Sotto on Wednesday, June 3, urged Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to grant compensation to health workers infected by the COVID-19 virus and to the families of those who died as stipulated in the Bayanihan To Heal As One Act. In asking Duque to implement section 4, paragraph I of Republic Act 11469 in a letter, Sotto noted “no health worker and his or her family has received their supposed remuneration […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases involving overseas Filipinos, with the total number of confirmed cases at 5,230 as of Tuesday, June 2. Of this number, more than half, or 2,717, are still undergoing treatment. Most of the OFW COVID cases are also in the Middle East/Africa region and in Europe, according to the DFA. Middle East/Africa has a total of 3,258 cases, and 1,835 of […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has repatriated six Filipinos from Bahrain. The DFA said apart from the six working in Bahrain, the Philippine Embassy in Manama also assisted five seafarers transiting in Bahrain from the United Kingdom by securing their transit permits with the Bahraini government. The repatriates boarded Gulf Air Flight 154 which left Bahrain in the evening of May 30. They arrived in Manila on May 31. “The Embassy remains committed […]
(Eagle News) – Local government units have been directed to establish bicycle lanes in their areas, to support cyclists amid the reduced capacity of public transportation due to the general community quarantine (GCQ). In a statement, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año directed provincial governors, city and municipal mayors to coordinate with neighboring LGUs to connect bicycle lanes and establish a bicycle road network. “Siguraduhin po nating walang nakahambalang sa mga dadaanan ng bisikleta sa inyong […]
