Tag: philippines

Pres. Duterte calls on ASEAN to help Myanmar attain peace; says PHL ready to accept Myanmar refugees

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte urged member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to help Myanmar in resolving its domestic issues, and expressed the country’s commitment to accept refugees from Myanmar. The 76-year old Philippine leader, participated in his last ASEAN Summit, and said that the ASEAN should collectively address the Myanmar issue “as a responsible community”. “The lack of progress in Myanmar has put ASEAN’s credibility into question. How […]

PHL to start nationwide vaccination of the rest of minors on Nov. 3

  (Eagle News) – The Philippine government will start vaccinating the rest of the country’s minors – aged 12 to 17 – on Wednesday, Nov. 3. Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., who is also the National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer, announced this amid the second phase of the vaccination for pediatric A3, or adolescents with comorbidities in Metro Manila. The first phase started on Oct. 15, and the second phase on Oct. […]

Pres. Duterte calls for ASEAN unity in pressing South China Sea stability

  (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 […]

‘Nowhere is safe’: Philippine typhoon victims live in fear

by Allison JACKSON GUINOBATAN, Philippines (AFP) — A year after a powerful storm sent an avalanche of volcanic rock and sand crashing down, burying her house, Philippine food vendor Florivic Baldoza still lives in an evacuation centre. As global warming brings increasingly extreme weather, she now fears “nowhere is safe”. Hundreds of families from poor villages around Mayon volcano in Albay province on the country’s most populous island of Luzon are waiting for new homes […]

PHL records 5,807 new cases; total active cases down to 2.3 percent

  (Eagle News) — The Philippines recorded 5,807 new COVID-19 cases and 9,578 new recoveries on Saturday, Oct. 23. This brought the number of active cases down to 63,501, much lower than Friday’s 66,838. Because of this, the percentage of active cases has gone down to just 2.3 percent while total recoveries increased to 2,647,031 or 96.2 percent of the total Covid cases. Total Covid infections reported since the pandemic reached 2,751,667. New deaths reported […]

Mayor Sara flies to Cebu on same day that Bongbong Marcos is also in the province

  Cebu visit, “Sara All 2022” shirt, fuel speculation that presidential daughter might run for a nat’l post in 2022   (Eagle News) — Davao City mayor Sara Duterte flew to Cebu on Friday, Oct. 22, after recovering from COVID-19, on the same day that presidential candidate former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos was also in the province for a scheduled visit. The presidential daughter posted photos on her official page showing her alighting from a […]

New COVID cases, deaths rise for the 2nd straight day: 5,823 new infections, 283 deaths

Highest percentage of COVID-19 deaths recorded for the month (Eagle News) — The Department of Health reported 5,823 new COVID cases and 283 deaths on Friday, Oct, 22, the second straight day that new cases and deaths are increasing. On Thursday, there were 4,806 new COVID-19 cases, which is higher than the previous day’s record of 3,656. New COVID fatalities reported then were 260, after Wednesday’s record of only five due to technical problems with […]

President Duterte welcomes eight new ambassadors

  President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed eight new ambassadors to the Philippines, hoping to forge stronger cooperation on COVID-19 response, trade and investment, defense and security, and climate change with the states they represent. Among those who presented their credentials to President Duterte in Malacañang on Wednesday were the new ambassadors of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Belgium, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Arab Emirates, Italy, Kingdom of Sweden, Israel […]

PHL private hospital assn head raises alert as more nurses resign to work abroad

PHAPI pres. says many hospitals still complaining about unpaid Philhealth claims https://youtu.be/8tXM1LHux-A   (Eagle News) — The head of the association of private hospitals in the country sounded the alarm on increasing resignation of health workers, particularly nurses, to look for better opportunities abroad amid the pandemic Dr. Jose Rene De Grano, president of the Private Hospital Association of the Philippines Inc., (PHAPI) said that more and more registered nurses in the country are filing […]

Interview: DOT Sec. Puyat on increased tourism, business opportunities as Covid restrictions ease

https://youtu.be/rh0ptjRBJHg   (Eagle News) — Balitalakayan interviews Tourism Sec. Bernadette Romulo-Puyat on the country’s tourism situation as COVID-19 restrictions slowly ease. In Metro Manila, which is under Alert Level 3, museums and other indoor tourist attractions start operations, albeit at limited capacity. Puyat said that staycations are also allowed now in the Philippine’s capital region, with Metro Manila being under COVID-19 alert level 3. Even dine-in establishments could have more allowed capacity, she said, as […]

Duque: I want to be remembered as having led the response in beating COVID pandemic in PHL

  (Eagle News) — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said he wants to be remembered as the health secretary who helped the country beat the COVID-19 pandemic. In an interview with the NET25-Radyo Agila program “Ano Sa Palagay N’yo?”, Duque said this is the second time that he was called to head the Department of Health, but this time, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this was the most challenging so far. “For one, I am […]

Palace: 81.4 percent in NCR, over 32 percent nationwide already fully vaccinated

  (Eagle News) — At least 81.4 percent of the residents in Metro Manila have been already fully vaccinated or almost 8 million individuals, according to Malacanang citing data as Wednesday, Oct. 20. Nationwide, those fully vaccinated are already 32.25 percent of the population. This means 24,876,889 have already been fully vaccinated all over the country. In a press briefing on Thursday, Oct. 21, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Metro Manila residents who received the first […]