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Presidential daughter thanks supporters and calls for honest, orderly elections (Eagle News) — Davao City mayor Sara Duterte filed her certificate of candidacy to run as mayor, seeking a third term in the city. The presidential daughter filed her CoC shortly after 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2, after her father President Rodrigo Duterte decided to retire from politics and not run anymore as vice-presidential bet in next year’s elections. The 76-year old Philippine […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte endorsed Senator Christopher “Bong” Go who filed his certificate of candidacy (CoC) for the vice-presidency on Saturday, Oct. 2. Duterte, accompanied Go, his former long-time aide, when he filed his candidacy with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Pasay City. There, the President announced that he would no longer run for vice-president in the 2022 elections and would just retire from politics after his term. The 76-year old […]
Duterte announces decision as Senator Go files his candidacy for VP with Comelec (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Saturday, Oct. 2, that he will not run for vice president in 2022 anymore and will retire from politics, saying he was heeding the sentiment of Filipinos. In a brief speech as Senator Bong Go filed his certificate of candidacy with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday, Duterte said he was “was […]
5.5 million Pfizer doses arriving in coming days, says US embassy official (Eagle News) Some 2.5 million doses of government-procured Sinovac vaccines and 883,500 Pfizer doses arrived in the country on Friday, Oct. 1, further boosting vaccine supplies. The delivery of over 3.38 million doses of vaccines on Friday brought to 74.7 million doses the total COVID vaccines delivered to the country. The 2.5 million Sinovac doses arrived shortly before 6 p.m. at Ninoy Aquno […]
by Allison JACKSON Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines’ election season kicked off Friday with TV celebrities, political scions and at least one inmate expected to be among thousands of candidates vying for posts from president to town councillor. A week-long registration process launches a typically noisy and deadly seven months of campaigning for more than 18,000 positions — but the raging pandemic and economic misery caused by Covid lockdowns could […]
Says Senator Gordon’s remarks that hearings will be conducted ’til Kingdom come’ already tantamount to “grave abuse of discretion” (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte directed his cabinet members not to attend hearings being conducted by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee anymore saying its chair Senator Richard Gordon is already “overstepping” his jurisdiction and already committing “grave abuse of discretion. President Duterte during his “Talk to the People” on Sept. 30, said he has […]
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 […]
ICU bed utilization in Metro Manila, nationwide remain at high-risk (Eagle News) – The Department of Health added 14,286 new COVID-19 cases and 130 new COVID deaths on Thursday, Sept. 30. Total COVID-19 cases already reached 2,549,966, but only 5.4 percent of these remain active cases at 138,294. Most of these have already recovered, or 93.1 percent or 2,373,378. Total COVID deaths reached 38,294 or just 1.5 percent of total cases, with the addition […]
Galvez says those with comordibities, and children of health workers to be prioritized for vaccination by October (Eagle News) – At least 29 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been allotted by the Philippine government for the inoculation of adolescents, or those aged 12 to 17, that will start by October. This was according to National Task Force Against COVID-19 Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., who said that those who will be prioritized are adolescents with comorbidities […]
Total COVID vaccine doses delivered to the country as of Sept. 30 at over 71 million (Eagle News) – The country received more vaccines against COVID-19 with the delivery of over 1.23 million Moderna doses on Thursday, Sept. 30, and nearly 400,000 Pfizer doses on Wednesday night, Sept. 29. This brings to over 71.3 million doses the total number of COVID-19 vaccine supplies so far delivered to the country as the government prepares to vaccinate […]
But warns of rough seas in northern and eastern seaboards of Luzon (Eagle News) – The powerful typhoon Mindulle, with gusts of up to 215 kilometers per hour, “is no longer expected to enter PAR” or the Philippine Area of Responsibility, according to the country’s weather bureau, PAGASA. In its latest advisory, PAGASA said that “this typhoon is unlikely to directly affect the weather condition in the country,” but warned of “rough seas due […]
by Allison Jackson and Mikhail Flores Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine boxing legend and 2022 presidential hopeful Manny Pacquiao said on Wednesday that he is hanging up his gloves after a glittering decades-long career in the ring. The eight-division world champion and senator, who has his sights set on a high-stakes rumble to replace President Rodrigo Duterte, said quitting the sport that had lifted him out of poverty was the […]
