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Instrumental intensities reported as far as Leyte; no tsunami threat from quake (Eagle News) – A strong magnitude 7.3 quake rocked waters off the coast of Davao Oriental province at 1:46 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 12, PHIVOLCS said. In a bulletin, PHIVOLCS said the strong tectonic quake, with its epicenter 67 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso town, had a depth of focus of 69 kilometers. Its epicenter was in waters off the coast of […]
(Eagle News) – In view of the Delta variant transmission in the country, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has temporarily suspended the shortened quarantine protocol in the Philippines for fully vaccinated persons who are identified as close contacts of probable and confirmed COVID-19 cases. Because of this, fully vaccinated close contacts would also be placed under a 14-day quarantine period, the same as other close contacts. “The decision to temporarily suspend said protocol is part […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Manny Pacquiao’s anticipated showdown with Errol Spence is off after the unbeaten American suffered a torn retina in his left eye, organizers said Tuesday. World Boxing Association welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas will replace Spence and defend his title against the 42-year-old Filipino southpaw, an eight-division world champion, on August 21 in Las Vegas. Ugas had been scheduled to defend his title on the undercard. “I’m very disappointed that […]
Duterte gives add’l cash rewards for medalists; other Tokyo athletes to get P200k (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte awarded additional cash incentives to all the Filipino athletes who competed in the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics, and said that the Olympic medalists would also be receiving the “Order of Lapu-Lapu” for bringing honor to the country. In his virtual meeting on Monday, Aug. 9, with the four Filipino boxers who represented the country in […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1,667,714 after the Department of Health reported 8,900 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 78480 were active. Of these, 94 percent were mild, 2.1 percent asymptomatic, 1 percent critical, 1.7 percent severe, and 1.18 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1560106 including the additional 7937 ones. The death toll is now at 29128 including the additional six deaths. The DOH has […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang placed the province of Bataan under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) starting Sunday, Aug. 8 until Aug. 22. This was the recommendation from the Inter-Agency Task Force which President Rodrigo Duterte has approved. Bataan is initially placed under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) until August 15, 2021. Because of this, the areas under ECQ are currently the following: Metro Manila, Laguna, Iloilo City, Cagayan de Oro and Bataan. The ECQ in Metro […]
(Eagle News) – At least 11,021 more COVID-19 cases were reported by the Department of Health on Saturday, Aug. 7, higher than Friday’s count of 10,623 new cases. This makes it a new record for highest single-day number of new virus infections since the April 2021 surge. This is the second straight day that the new virus cases were more than 10,000 since the COVID surge in April. Active COVID cases also rose to […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported 10,623 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, Aug. 6, the highest number of daily cases so far since the last major surge in cases last April. Because of this, the number of active COVID-19 cases jumped to 74,297 while total confirmed cases reached 1,638,345. The DOH also reported an increase in deaths. On Friday, 247 new COVID-19 fatalities were recorded, higher than the previous day’s 196 deaths. […]
22.5 million Filipinos already given jabs, with 10.2 million fully vaccinated (Eagle News) – The country has set a new high record of COVID-19 vaccines administered in a day at 710,482 on Thursday, Aug. 5. This surpassed the 702,013 jabs in one day recorded on Aug. 3 that was the previous record high for daily jabs. “710,482. This was the number of jabs administered last August 5, 2021, a new record high in our […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang again reminded local government units (LGUs) not to allow COVID-19 vaccination events, especially during the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) period in Metro Manila, to become “super spreader events.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said vaccination events in the communities “should not endanger lives” of those who want to be vaccinated. This was amid reports of gatherings of people in Manila, Las Pinas and Antipolo City where social distancing protocols were disregarded. Roque […]
(Eagle News) – Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial gave the country its Olympic bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics after his fight in the men’s middleweight division with Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khyzhniak. With Marcial’s bronze, the Philippines now has three medals – 1 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze – at the Tokyo Olympics. A fourth medal is assured for the country as fellow boxer Carlos Paalam advanced to the finals after an earlier win over […]
Intercity checkpoints to be set up within NCR; Only “worker APORs” can cross city borders- (Eagle News) – Once again, Metro Manila will be placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) starting Friday, Aug. 6 until Aug. 20. Malacanang again reminded residents in the National Capital Region to follow the guidelines under ECQ. Here are the things to expect once ECQ takes effect in Metro Manila starting tomorrow, Friday, Aug. 6 until Aug. 20: -strict curfew […]
