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(Eagle News) – The country’s COVID-19 cases reached 336,926 on Saturday, Oct. 10, as virus-related fatalities hit 6,238 as the Philippines maintained its 19th place among countries with high coronavirus cases. The Department of Health reported 2,249 new cases on Saturday, which was lower than Friday’s 2,996 new cases. The good news too is that Metro Manila only had 651 new cases, which was much less than Friday’s 1,094 new cases for the Philippine […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Nine inmates were killed Friday when members of rival gangs in an overcrowded Philippine prison attacked each other using improvised knives, an official said, in one of the deadliest jail clashes in years. The pre-dawn fight broke out in suburban Manila’s New Bilibid Prison, the country’s largest, which holds more than 28,000 convicts in a complex designed for around 6,000. “We counted nine bodies,” said Gabriel Chaclag, spokesman for the Bureau […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said that the new record-high of 30.7 percent hunger incidence among Filipino families from July to September this year was a sad development, but is only temporary. Palace spokesperson Harry Roque attributed this new record high of hunger incidence in the country was due to the lockdown and community quarantine protocols implemented by the government to prevent further spread of the COVID-19 virus in the past few months. He said […]
(Eagle News) – The number of families experiencing hunger reached a record high of 30.7 percent or an estimated 7.6 million households in the past three months of the virus pandemic, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. The SWS explained that the proportion of families experiencing hunger, or hunger due to lack of food to eat at least once in the past three months, reached this new record high based on […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Finance has met with the outgoing Russian ambassador H.E. Igor Khovaev to discuss the continued strengthened economic cooperation between the Philippines and Russia, including a possible agreement on cooperation regarding customs and help in setting up a more efficient tax collection system. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III met last week with Ambassador Khovaev when the diplomat made a farewell courtesy call to the DOF. The ambassador also discussed […]
Honiara, Solomon Islands (AFP) — The Solomon Islands announced they have lost the battle to stay free of the coronavirus, leaving just nine small, remote territories that have not reported a single case. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare told the Pacific island nation in a televised address that a student who recently arrived from the Philippines on a repatriation flight carrying 96 passengers had returned a positive test. “It pains me to say that we have […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines is now the 20th country in the world with the most COVID-19 cases based on the virus dashboard of the Johns Hopkins University. This was after the coronavirus cases in the country reached 314,079 as of Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. The Philippines came after Italy which was in the 19th place. Italy had 317,409 cases. The Philippines overtook Pakistan (at 21st place) and Germany which was ranked 22nd. Indonesia […]
(Eagle News) — Various airlines are already preparing for the re-opening to local tourists of Boracay island this October. Air Asia has already started disinfecting their cabins, and has even offered P8 seat sale to encourage more passengers to book flights. “To celebrate Boracay’s reopening, AirAsia is offering base fares from as low as P8*, SNAP (Flight + Hotel) deals up to 30% off on flights, and 8% off on Boracay Activities using the Promo […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte urged telephone companies or telcos to improve their services with the start of the school year this October 5, and the start of mostly online classes in the country. He noted that online learning is crucial amid the COVID-19 pandemic where face-to-face interaction is very limited. “Iyon lang po. Iyong telco, it’s school time. About a good percentage of our students — studentry are really dependent already on […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he had offered to resign from the presidency because he is already exhausted and had realized that he cannot stop corruption. “Ewan ko kung sabihin ko ito sa inyo, I offered to resign as president. Kasi nagsasawa na ako. In my years of government, wala ng katapusang ito,” President Duterte said in his address to the nation on Monday night, Sept. 28. He however did not give […]
Notes rising geopolitical tensions amid COVID pandemic (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned about the use of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, which he said would put “all mortals at risk.” During his address at the High-Level General Debate of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the Philippine leader said that such weapons are a concern for mankind, especially if it falls in the […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang annonced that cheaper swab testing can now be availed of in 15 automated PCR testing centers in select hospitals nationwide. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the cheaper swab tests would costs from P1,700 to P2,000 as the machines for COVID-19 PCR tests in these facilities have been donated. The following PCR Testing Centers in Metro Manila include Philippine Children Medical Center, Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital, Jose B. […]
