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(Eagle News) – The Philippine government has added a new metric before an area such as the National Capital Region (NCR) could be deescalated to Alert Level 1. Secretary Francisco Duque III of the Department of Health (DOH) said that aside from decreasing number of new cases, declining Covid positivity rate, and low-risk health care utilization rates, 80 percent of the senior citizens and other vulnerable groups such as those with comorbidities should have […]
DOH: Only Regions 11,12, 6 and CAR at moderate risk (Eagle News) – The Philippines’ Covid-19 cases continued its downtrend, with the two-week growth rate for the whole country hitting a low of negative 74 percent, the Department of Health said. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that this is a good sign as this means a continuing drop in cases and the whole country is now classified under low-risk. This also means there […]
Says trend of rising cases characteristic of Omicron variant; PHL still in critical risk (Eagle News) – Severe and critical cases are on a plateau while mild cases are increasing as the Department of Health noted an epidemic curve that is characteristic of the Omicron variant. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III also noted a decrease in the percentage of the rise in cases in the last few weeks, and hopefully would plateau soon, he […]
Lowest case numbers of around 500 a day being recorded in PHL with lowest hospitalization numbers, even as more Filipinos are moving around (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte expressed satisfaction that the country’s is experiencing the lowest number of COVID-19 cases, averaging about 500 in the last few days, as experts noted that the Philippines has already achieved “substantial population immunity. “I have always invoked the intervention of God to pull us out […]
President Rodrigo Duterte holds his Talk to the People on Sept 10, 2021, aired the following day, Sept 11, where several Cabinet members discussed developments in their various departments including updates on Typhoon Kiko, COVID-19 response, education, among others. During his public address, he again answered accusations of some senators regarding the government’s COVID-19 response. He also hit Senators Franklin Drilon and Richard Gordon — Drilon for his alleged links to Janet Lim Napoles and […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte again addressed the nation on Aug. 30, 2021, together with his cabinet members, to answer the various controversies and issues raised by critics. He also hit those who are using the pandemic to raise their political mileage. His address to the Filipino people taped late night of Aug. 30, 2021 is streamed on Tuesday morning, Aug. 31, 2021. (Eagle News Service)
“Who’s auditing COA?” he asks; tells COA to give enough “elbow room” for gov’t amid pandemic (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte called on the Commission on Audit (COA) to release only its final audit reports and to allow government departments and units “elbow room” to finish audit requirement amid the pandemic. In his “Talk to the People” on Thursday night, Aug. 26, President Duterte also saw the need to audit the COA, saying he […]
Says COA’s explanation about no finding of corruption on DOH came “very late” (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte lamented how the Commission on Audit (COA) has already damaged the reputation of the Department of Health (DOH) and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III when it released its initial report on P67.3 billion funds it had initially flagged. In his “Talk to the People” on Tuesday night, Aug. 25, Duterte said that COA had already […]
