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Baliatakayan interviews Filipino Nurses United Secretary General Jocelyn Andamo on Monday, June 21, 2021, about the Philippine government’s move to increase the deployment cap on nurses and other health care workers who want to work abroad. Andamo said that the increase of the cap by 1,500 is not enough, and appealed for this to be further raised to accommodate the number of newly hired heath care workers abroad who could not leave the […]
Balitalakayan interviews Integrated Bar of the Philippines Atty. Domingo Cayosa on Monday, June 21, 2021, on the move by retired International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to press the ICC to formally investigate Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte on alleged crimes against humanity committed in the country’s war against illegal drugs. (Eagle News Service)
(Eagle News) – The Philippines detected 39 more COVID-19 variant cases in the country, including four cases of the Delta variant, the highly infection double mutation variant first found in India. This brings the total Delta variant cases in the country to 17. The Department of Health (DOH), the University of the Philippines – Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the University of the Philippines – National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) also reported on […]
(Eagle News) — Balitalakayan interviews Inter-Agency Task Force against COVID-19 spokesperson Ret. Gen. Restituto Padilla on Monday, June 21, 2021, on the activities being done by the government to control and prevent the entry of persons with the highly infectious Delta variant from entering the country. Padilla also talks about the other pressing issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the wearing of face shields together with face masks. He said that President Rodrigo […]
(Eagle News) — Fully-vaccinated passengers still need to present proof of booking accommodation at a government-accredited facility to be allowed entry into the country. According to Immigration chief Jaime Morente, fully vaccinated passengers are not exempted from quarantine protocols. Individuals vaccinated abroad, he said, are required to present booking accommodation for ten days. Meanwhile, those arriving passengers who were vaccinated in the Philippines are required to undergo a seven-day facility-based quarantine upon arrival, with the […]
(Eagle News) – Magsasagawa ng isang international webinar ang New Era University kaunay sa paggunita sa ika-160 na kaarawan ni Dr. Jose Rizal na may premiere ngayon Hunyo 21 hanggang sa Hunyo 22, 2021. Ang nasabing webinar ay isasagawa sa pamamagitan ng YouTube streaming (Hudyat YouTube channel). Ito ay mananatiling uploaded hanggang Hunyo 25, 2021. Ito rin ay accredited ng National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP). Kasama sa mga inimbitahang tagapagsalita ay mga […]
(Eagle News) — Know more about Heidelberg and Wilhemsfeld in Germany, and how these places were an important part of the life of Dr. Jose Rizal, the Philippine national hero. Wilhelmsfeld is where Rizal wrote the last chapters of his novel, “Noli Me Tangere” from April to June 1886. Heidelberg is a university town in Germany which was also close to the heart of our national hero. Both belong to the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg. […]
(Eagle News) — Balitalakayan interviews Dean Amado Valdez on the request for a full investigation of the former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda on the alleged “crimes against humanity” on the war on drugs campaign of the Duterte administration. In the interview on Friday, June 18, 2021, Valdez said that the ICC has no jurisdiction to investigate President Rodrigo Duterte since the Philippines officially withdrew from the ICC in March […]
Total Sinovac doses delivered since Feb. 28 reach 9M, comprising bulk of PHL vaccine supplies (Eagle News) — Some 1.5 million doses of Sinovac vaccines arrived in the country on Thursday, June 17, bringing to some 14.2 million doses the total vaccines delivered so far to the country. The Sinovac vaccines were delivered as scheduled, and included the 500,000 doses purchased by the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FFCCCI). National Task […]
(Eagle News) — The number of vaccinated Filipinos have breached seven million, with close to 2 million already fully vaccinated. This is according to vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr, in a recent Senate hearing on the vaccine procurement of the Philippine government. As of June 14, the number of those who received vaccines were 7,087,256 doses. Those who are fully vaccinated already reached 1,922,447, while those who received the first dose of the […]
https://youtu.be/_7AnDK1bOpo (Eagle News) — Japan will be donating AstraZeneca vaccine doses to the Philippines, according to the Japan’s ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko. In his twitter post, the Ambassador said that the Japanese government will deliver the vaccine donations “at the soonest possible time.” “Glad to be the bearer of good news today! Japan will donate AstraZeneca vaccines to the Philippines, and we’ll make sure to deliver them at the soonest possible time […]
Bulk of vaccine purchases coming in by 3rd and 4th quarter of the year (Eagle News) – The vaccination of chlldren — those aged 12 to 15 years old – could start by the fourth quarter of this year, according to vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. During the Senate hearing on the vaccine procurement, Galvez said that the vaccination of children against COVID-19 can only happen when there are already enough vaccine supplies, […]
