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Pres. Duterte to announce decision today on what areas to remain under ECQ, GCQ (Eagle News) — Quezon City and Manila remain to be in the red zone or critical areas with high COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila, while Davao is also listed among the critical areas outside Metro Manila, according to Malacanang. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque identified Quezon City and Manila as the highly critical areas with the most number of COVID-19 cases […]
Palace also announces “Hatid Estudyante Program” to help stranded students (Eagle Newa) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed Executive Order No. 114 or the “Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa Program” that will help Filipinos in various parts of the country to be able to go back to their home provinces during the quarantine period Presidential Spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque, Jr., said that the Philippine government will now implement this by the giving of financial as […]
(Eagle News) — More than 4000 Filipino seafarers are expected to disembark from vessels quarantined off a Manila port by May 17, the Bureau of Immigration said on Tuesday, May 5. According to Commissioner Jaime Morente, the 4559 seafarers were working in 14 cruise ships coming from Australia, Indonesia, Singapore and Japan. The BI said that it expects eight other cruise ships and three maritime vessels to arrive within the week. He said the 14 […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Finance extended the deadlines for the the payment of “taxes, fees, and charges of local government units (LGUs) to June 25. The DOF said that this was in line with the provisions of Republic Act (RA) No. 11469, or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, which seeks to provide relief to Filipinos impacted by the severe disruption of economic activities brought about by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). […]
(Eagle News) – At least 87 overseas Filipino workers repatriated from Italy and Spain were the first to use the quarantine facilities of the Philippine Arena Complex in Ciudad Victoria in Bocaue, Bulacan which were turned over to the Philippine government today, Thursday, April 30. There were 82 OFWs from Italy who arrived in the country on a chartered Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight Wednesday night, April 29. They included 71 OFWs from Milan and […]
Mass gatherings, leisure, gambling activities banned nationwide under new IATF rules (Eagle News) — Malacanang detailed the kinds of businesses and activities that would be allowed and not allowed under the General Community Quarantine (GCQ) or the so-called “new normal” where most of the country would be classified starting May 1. Starting Friday, in all parts of the country, leisure activities, mass gatherings will no longer be allowed in the country as per resolution […]
(Eagle News) – The total patient recoveries in the country continued to increase far more than the COVID-19 deaths as recoveries reached almost a thousand, or 975 to be exact. Forty-three patients recovered in the past 24 hours, according to the Department of Health while new deaths reached 19, bringing the total to 530. This came about as total COVID-19 cases reached 7,958 as of 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 28. -More patients recovering than succumbing […]
Eagle News) – The “We Heal as One Center” at the Philippine Arena complex in Ciudad de Victoria, Bocaue, Bulacan is on “advanced stage of completion,” according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). In its Facebook and Twitter posts on Sunday night, April 26, the DPWH said that the quarantine facilities for COVID-19 at the Ciudad de Victoria are near completion. It also showed a video of the work done so […]
by Ammar Karim Agence France Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — “More morphine!” Malak’s mother cried, her 20-year-old daughter hospitalized after a marital dispute left her severely burned — the latest victim of domestic violence exacerbated by confinement in Iraq. The nationwide lockdown since mid-March is meant to keep coronavirus cases down in the country, but it has led to a spike in another sad statistic: domestic violence. The head of Iraq’s community police, Brigadier General […]
(Eagle News) – What is the “new normal” under the so-called GCQ or General Community Quarantine where almost all areas in the country are classified? Unlike the ECQ or enhanced community quarantine which employ stricter protocols, areas under GCQ (those with zero to few COVID-19 cases) in the Philippines allow the so-called “essential services and work”, as are certain businesses and establishments, essential construction work, and public transport — but all with strict social […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that the doubling time of the coronavirus cases, meaning the time it takes for the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to double, has further slowed down. From three days, the doubling time has now slowed down to five days on the average, according to experts. This is one of two “good news” that the DOH announced on Tuesday, April 21, more than a month after the […]
(Eagle News) – There are now more than 3,000 quarantine facilities that have been set up in the country, as the government further ramped up efforts to increase isolation centers for mild and suspect cases of COVID-19. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said that at least 3.052 quarantine facilities with 211,474 beds have been established nationwide as of April 18. “This does not include the mega quarantine facilities or We Heal as One Centers such […]
