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Laguna, Aklan, Apayao placed under MECQ from Aug. 1 to 15 (Eagle News) — Cebu province was placed under General Community Quarantine with heightened restrictions on Sunday, Aug. 1, until Aug. 15, according to Malacanang. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to place Cebu from Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) to GCQ with heightened restrictions. The provinces of Laguna, Aklan and Apayao, on the other […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1597689 on Sunday, August 1, after the Department of Health reported 8735 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 63646 were active. Of these, percent were 94 percent were mild, 1.3 percent asymptomatic, 2.1 percent severe, 1.2 percent critical and 1.45 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1506027, including the 5930 additional ones. The death toll is now at 28016, including the additional 127 deaths. […]
NCR shifts to ECQ Aug. 6-20 Travel ban on India, 9 other nations extended to Aug. 15 Duterte, Austin renew PH-US alliance US Defense Secretary Austin says US security commitment to Philippines ‘ironclad’ Bangladesh evacuates 10,000 Rohingya from landslide-hit camps Thai hospitals short of beds as Covid cases due to Delta variant soar Cambodia imposes virus curbs along Thailand border over Delta fears Hero’s welcome for Philippines’ first Olympic gold medalist Pres. Duterte awards Hidilyn […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1,588,965 on Saturday, July 31, after the Department of Health reported 8,147 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 60,887 were active. Of these, 93.8 percent were mild, 1.3 percent asymptomatic, 2.1 percent severe, 1.3 percent critical and 1.52 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1,500,189, including the additional 9,117 ones. The death toll is now at 27,889, including the additional 167 deaths. The […]
(Eagle News) — Filipina boxer Nesthy Petecio is just one win away from an Olympic gold after beating the taller Irma Testa of Italy on Saturday, July 31, in the women’s featherweight semifinals. Because of this, Petecio is already assured of at least a silver medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for winning in the semi-final round, and advances to the championship round set on Aug. 3 On Tuesday’s championship round, Petecio has a […]
Austin is first Biden cabinet member to meet with Pres. Duterte (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte decided to continue the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States government, recalling his earlier decision to terminate or abrogate the VFA. Delfin Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced that President Duterte decided to continue the VFA after his meeting on Thursday, July 29, with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Because of this, he said that the “VFA […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police said the crime rate in the Philippines has dropped by 64 percent in the last five years. In making the announcement, PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar said crime prevention and the efficiency in solving crime serve as the barometer of the success and failure of the police in accomplishing its mandate of maintaining peace and order. He noted the PNP’s Crime Solution Efficiency increased by 85.94 percent while Crime […]
7 of new infections came from 1 family; among infected were a 6-year old, and an 11-month old child (Eagle News) – Eight new Delta variant cases were found in Cagayan de Oro City, according to the city’s local government. Seven of the eight new confirmed Delta variant infections came from one family in Bgy. Balulang. Among those that tested positive were a six-year old and an 11-month old child. The other Delta […]
More than 7.2 million already fully vaccinated, as PHL hits target of over 500k jabs/day since July 27 Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque holds a press briefing on Thursday, July 29, 2021 (Screenshot of PCOO video) (Eagle News) – The Philippines has vaccinated at least 18.7 million individuals, with more than 7.2 million already fully vaccinated. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced this on Thursday, July 29, as he expressed confidence that the country could achieve population […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines on Thursday, July 29, reported 97 additional Delta cases, pushing the total to 216. According to the Department of Health, a sequencing of 9725 samples also yielded 83 more Alpha variant cases, 127 Beta variant cases, and 22 P.3 cases. With the additional variant cases, the total detected Alpha variant cases in the Philippines climbed to 1856, total Beta variant cases to 2146, and the P.3 variant cases to 266. […]
Pres. Duterte approves P1,000 per person, P4,000 per family add’l cash assistance for those under ECQ (Eagle News) — Malacanang released the list of new community quarantine protocols for August where the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) protocol will be continued in Iloilo City and Iloilo Province in Region 6, and Cagayan de Oro City and Gingoog City in Region 10 until August 7. President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force […]
(Eagle News) – The special adviser of the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 strongly recommended the use of “localized” or granular lockdowns that target small areas where there are clustering of COVID-19 cases. Dr. Ted Herbosa said that using “localized lockdowns” is very important as COVID-19 cases rise again in the country. On Tuesday, July 27, the Philippines has in fact again recorded a high number of cases at more than 7,000 cases. […]
