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(Eagle News)–Santa Rosa, Laguna has confirmed its second coronavirus disease 2019 case. In a Facebook post, the Santa Rosa City government said that the second case was a resident of a subdivision in Barangay Macabling. “Contact tracing is now being undertaken by the city government and health officials,” the Santa Rosa government said. It said home quarantine shall be strictly implemented.
(Eagle News)–Santa Rosa, Laguna will have its own representative in the House of Representatives soon. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act 11395 that creates the new legislative district separate from the existing first legislative district of Laguna. The law was signed on Aug. 22. The Commission on Elections has 60 days to draft the implementing rules and regulations of the measure.
(Eagle News)–The truck that plowed into several vehicles and then rammed into place a bakery and a house in Sta. Rosa, Laguna over the weekend, killing at least six people, was not registered with the Land Transportation Office, the Department of Transportation said. According to the DOTr, the truck, which had been carrying steel bars at that time, was an old model that had been registered as a private vehicle in 2016. “Hindi ito isang […]
by Julie Charpentrat Agence France-Presse SANTA ROSA, United States (AFP) — The death toll from raging California wildfires rose to 31 Thursday as body recovery teams used cadaver dogs to locate victims, making it the deadliest series of blazes in the state’s history. The fires, which began on Sunday, have swept through California’s wine country, leaving thousands of people homeless and burning over 190,000 acres (76,000 hectares) of land. Gusty winds on Thursday were hampering the efforts […]
by Julie Charpentrat with Glenn Chapman in San Francisco Agence France-Presse SANTA ROSA, United States (AFP) — More than 200 fire engines and firefighting crews from around the country were being rushed to California on Wednesday to help battle infernos which have left at least 21 people dead and thousands homeless. “This is a serious, critical, catastrophic event,” California fire chief Ken Pimlott told reporters. “We’re not going to be out of the woods for […]
