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(Eagle News) — The World Bank has allotted US$100-million fast-track loan to the Philippine government for the procurement of personal protective equipment for (PPE) for health care workers, and other equipment needed to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease in the country. The $100 million aid to the Philippines to fight COVID-19 will help the Department of Health in the procurement also of testing and laboratory materials, quarantine areas, isolation rooms and other […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned all local government units to follow all directives from the national government regarding the coronavirus disease, and not do extreme actions that are beyond what Malacanang had ordered. Duterte said this after the Palace learned of actions by some local government units which have barred essential cargoes from passing through their areas. The President also warned the LGUs not to make the quarantine more difficult for the […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine shares plunged by nearly 25 percent on Thursday only moments after the Manila stock exchange resumed trade following a two-day trading suspension prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. The Southeast Asian nation was the first in the world to indefinitely suspend trading after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered more than half of its population to stay home for the next month. Manila’s bourse had suspended operations “until further notice” in response but […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang announced an automatic price freeze nationwide on basic commodities including food, agricultural products, medicines, and the petroleum products, and warned hoarders and violators that they would be charged criminally. In a press briefing late Wednesday night, March 19, Cabinet secretary Karlo Nograles said that this nationwide price freeze is being implemented immediately amid the state of calamity declared on March 16 by President Rodrigo Duterte because of the coronavirus situation […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health announced 15 new cases of the coronavirus disease in the Philippines, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-in infections to 202. The DOH also reported three additional deaths due to the virus on Wednesday, March 18, raising the number of COVID-19 fatalities to 17. The additional 15 cases were reported only as of 12 noon today, Wednesday, March 18, amid the enhanced community quarantine in the whole […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has announced the lifting of the 72-hour travel period for departing Overseas Filipino Workers, balikbayans and foreign nationals. According to immigration commissioner Jaime Morente, foreign nationals may now leave the country any time during the community quarantine period unless their flights have been cancelled by the airlines of the Civil Aeronautics Board. “There was some confusion with other government agencies yesterday, but we discussed this with them and […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine government has now allowed financial markets to re-open amid the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine due to the coronavirus outbreak. In a joint statement, the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases had already issued an exemption for the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. (PDEX), Philippine Depository & Trust Corp., and […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health announced that one of its senior officials has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In a statement posted on Tuesday night, March 17 at 10:30 p.m., the DOH said that its “lone confirmed case is a director” and not a member of the DOH Executive Committee contrary to circulating reports. “DOH assures its employees that their safety and health is top priority. Offices have been disinfected […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a state of calamity throughout the Philippines due to the 2019 coronavirus disease. With the declaration through Proclamation No. 929 signed by the President on March 16, the national government and local government units will be given “ample latitude to utilize appropriate funds, including the Quick Response Fund, in their disaster preparedness and response efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 and to continue to provide basic […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines suspended trade on its local stock exchange Tuesday, becoming the first country to close its financial market over coronavirus fears. President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday ordered most of the 55 million people on the main island of Luzon, which includes the capital Manila, to stay at home for the next month after social distancing measures failed to keep people away from one another. Philippine Stock Exchange President Ramon Monzon […]
(Eagle News) – Only two confirmed coronavirus cases—one of them a Philippine senator- were added on Monday, March 16, the first working day of a supposed community quarantine in Metro Manila that was later updated to a stricter enhanced community quarantine for the whole of Luzon. The Department of Health said that the two new confirmed cases included Philippine senator Juan Miguel Zubiri who also went public on television Monday night to say that […]
(Eagle News) – At least 444 Filipinos from the MV Grand Princess cruise ship have been brought home and are now sent to the New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac for the required 14-day quarantine period. The repatriated Filipinos – 438 crew members and six passengers of the cruise ship – arrived at the Haribon Hangar in Clark Airbase, Pampanga, at around 2:15 a.m. on Monday, March 16. They were brought to the country […]
