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(Eagle News) – Malacanang has released the approved and updated “Red, Green and Yellow list” of countries that will take effect on November 1 until Nov. 15. Under the new list, only one country – Latvia – remains under the “red list.” There are 46 countries, jurisdictions or territories under the updated Green List. These are the following: Algeria, American Samoa, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, China (Mainland), Comoros, Cook Islands, Eritrea, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte called for member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to remain united in pursuing peace, stability and prosperity in the South China Sea. In his participation at the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits and Related Summits via video conference, President Duterte said the regional bloc should pursue initiatives in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the 2016 […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang announced the expansion of the alert level system in more areas of the country which will be in effect starting Wednesday, Oct. 20 until Oct 31. Under Alert Level 4 are Negros Oriental in Region 7 (Central Visayas), and Davao Occidental in Region 11 (Davao Region). Under Alert Level 3 are six areas, namely Cavite, Laguna, Rizal in Region 4-A; Siquijor in Central Visayas (Region 7); and Davao City and […]
(Eagle News) — Starting today, Thursday, Oct. 14, fully vaccinated foreign nationals from the so-called “green countries” will no longer be required to undergo facility-based quarantine upon arrival, according to Malacanang on Wednesday, Oct. 13. Instead, the fully vaccinated foreign nationals are just “enjoined to self-monitor for any symptoms until the 14th day.” They are also required to have a negative RT-PCR test “within 72 hours prior to the departure from the country of origin.” […]
Palace also announces community quarantine restrictions for the rest of the country (Eagle News) – Metro Manila will be placed under Alert Level 3 from the current alert level 4 starting Saturday, Oct. 16, Malacanang announced on Wednesday, Oct. 13. Alert level 3 in the National Capital Region will be in effect until the end of the month, Oct. 31, the Palace said citing the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF). -Community quarantine classifications […]
Roque stresses press freedom “alive and well” in PHL, quotes National Artist F Sionil Jose (Eagle News) – Malacanang congratulated Filipina journalist Maria Ressa for being the first Filipino to win a Nobel prize but insists press freedom is alive and well in the Philippines. In a Malacanang press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque also said that Ressa, CEO of the online site Rappler, would also have to face her criminal cases in the […]
Palace also announces new quarantine protocols for the rest of the country (Eagle News) – The pilot implementation of the Alert Levels System in the National Capital Region (NCR) is extended until October 15, 2021, said Malacanang as it announced the quarantine protocols for the rest of the country for this month. This was after the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF), in its meeting on September 30 meeting decided to extend the alert level in Metro […]
Herd immunity target in NCR close to being achieved as more are vaccinated (Eagle News) – Almost 70 percent of the target population in Metro Manila has already been fully vaccinated which means it is near the target of possible herd immunity for the population in the country’s capital region. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, in his regular press briefing on Thursday, Sept. 23, announced the latest data that those fully vaccinated in the National […]
Face shield together with face mask only required in 3Cs- closed, crowded areas where there is close contact (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that face shields are no longer required to be worn outside, but wearing face masks should be continued as a protection against COVID-19. In his “Talk to the People” on Wednesday night, Sept. 22, Duterte said that the use of face shields with face masks would only be required […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang congratulated Filipino billiard player Carlo Biado “for bringing pride and honor to the country by winning the 2021 US Open Pool Championship in Atlantic City.” “Carlo is indeed a world-class billiards champion,” said a Palace statement on Sunday, Sept. 19, shortly after his victory. Biado defeated Singapore’s Aloysius Yapp, 13-8 at Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City in New Jersey to win the 2021 US Open Pool Championship. With his win, Biado became […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has designated retired Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. as the new deputy director-general of the National Security Council (NSC), Malacanang said on Thursday, Sept. 9 Parlade, the former spokesperson of the controversial National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), has already retired from the military on July 26 after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56. He was serving as the Southern Luzon Command (Solcom) […]
“We both agreed only one of us will run for a nat’l position in 2022,” she says (Eagle News) – Presidential daughter and Davao City mayor Sara Duterte said she is not running for any top national post in 2022. This was after her father, President Rodrigo Duterte, accepted the nomination of the ruling party PDP-Laban to run as Vice-President next year. “I am not running for a national position as we both agreed […]
