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(Eagle News) — EBC Films’ “Guerrero Dos: Tuloy ang Laban (The Fight Continues)” bagged the Award of Excellence for Best Feature film at this year’s SoCal Film awards in the United States. This is the film’s first win in a foreign filmfest. It also came after “Guerrero Dos” became the Philippines’ official entry for Foreign Language Film at the 78th Golden Globe Awards. It also reached the official selection level at the 2020 Montreal […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 771,497 cases on Friday, April 2, after the Department of Health reported a new all-time high of 15310 additional cases. The DOH said the additional cases included the 3709 case backlog due to COVID Kaya technical issues. According to the DOH data, of the total cases, 153809 were active. Of these, 96.3 percent were mild, 2.4 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent were critical, 0.5 percent were severe, and 0.35 percent were […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 756,199 on Thursday, April 1, after the Department of Health reported 8920 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the total COVID-19 cases, 138948 were active. Of these, 95.9 percent were mild, 2.5 percent asymptomatic, 0.6 percent critical, 0.6 percent severe, and 0.36 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 603948 including the 205 additional ones. Six additional deaths pushed the COVID-19 death toll to 13,303. Over the weekend, […]
Us-PHL-China intl relations and in’t l studies expert says PHL did right in sending PHL Coast Guard to ward off Chinese militia to avoid a repeat of Scarborough incident (Eagle News) – China is using a tried and tested strategy of deploying its maritime militia in several land features such as reefs or shoals in the South China Sea, including those in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone such as the Julian Felipe Reef (Whitsun […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A Filipina who was sacked as a domestic worker in Hong Kong after being diagnosed with cancer — a case that exposed the vulnerability of low-paid foreign workers — has passed away, a friend confirmed Wednesday. Baby Jane Allas, 40, was told she had stage three cervical cancer two years ago and was promptly fired by her employer, who cited the illness as the reason for termination. The single […]
Notes Chinese militia ships also increasing presence in Kalayaan Group of Islands, other parts of West PHL Sea (Eagle News) – The Philippine government reiterated its demand for China to immediately withdraw Chinese militia ships in the country’s territorial waters, including 44 ships still moored at the Julian Felipe Reef (Whitsun Reef), and 214 more ships in other areas of the Kalayaan Island Group and the West Philippine Sea. In a statement released by […]
By Dr. Ma. Angela Leonor Aguinaldo Contributor/ columnist A few days ago the BBC made a startling revelation about the earnest efforts of developed nations such as the UK, US, and the European Union to block vaccine plans for developing countries. As reported, although these richer nations are posturing themselves to be at the forefront of pushing for global solutions to the worldwide pandemic, in truth there is a conscious and massive effort to […]
1-week ECQ not enough as NCR hospitals now filled up with COVID-19 patients (Eagle News) – The president of the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) expressed his concerns about the rising COVID-19 cases that are overwhelming hospitals in Metro Manila, saying that more and more doctors and other medical frontliners are becoming infected and even dying from coronavirus. Dr. Benito Atienza, in an interview over NET25’s Balitalakayan, said that even families of doctors hospitals in […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he is allowing the private sector to import vaccines against COVID-19 to protect their employees or members of their work force. In his Talk to the Nation on Monday night, March 29, President Duterte said that he is directing his officials, particularly vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., to immediately work on this so that private sector can import the COVID-19 vaccines that they need. “We are […]
DBM says P22.9-B funding came from various Bureau of Treasury certified sources (Eagle News) – At least 22.9 million individuals affected by the “lockdown” measures under the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) protocol in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal will be given assistance in kind to ease their difficulties at this critical stage of the pandemic. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Supplemental Amelioration Program (SAP) proposed by the Department of […]
(Eagle News) – More areas are placed under community quarantine protocols with restrictions in the country as the number of single-day cases added to the country had breached 10,000. President Rodrigo Duterte announced that while the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) protocol is to prevail over Metro Manila or the National Capital Region and the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal until April 4, it is still “subject to further review.” He also announced […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A Philippine air force jet is conducting daily patrols over Chinese fishing vessels parked near a disputed reef, the defence chief said, as Beijing refuses to pull the ships out of the area. Around 220 boats were first spotted earlier this month at the boomerang-shaped Whitsun Reef around 320 kilometres (175 nautical miles) west of Palawan Island, sparking a diplomatic row. Manila has ordered Beijing to recall the vessels, describing […]
