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(Eagle News) — The Office of the Solicitor General in Makati will be on lockdown “until further notice” after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. In an advisory, the OSG said the employee tested positive during a swab test conducted on July 12. Only personnel from the Facility Management System and the sanitation and disinfection team will be allowed in the OSG premises. “Likewise, no documents will be received or sent out until further notice,” […]
Third floor of the Resiliency Building also closed until July 14 (Eagle News)–The Hall of Justice in Muntinlupa will be closed starting Monday, July 13, after a court employee tested positive for COVID-19. A memo from the Office of the Executive Judge of both the Metropolitan and Regional Trial Courts of the city said the third floor of the nearby Resiliency Building will also be closed until July 14 for the sanitation procedure as a […]
(Eagle News)—The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Monday, July 13: All flight schedules may be subject to changes. MIAA said domestic flights are allowed for as long as there is approval from the local government unit concerned. Non-essential foreign travel by Filipinos is allowed subject to certain conditions. The Department of Foreign Affairs has released its list of travel bans and restrictions across countries.
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Customs has intercepted from a Pasay warehouse over $15,000 misdeclared as personal documents. In a statement, the bureau said the $15700 were discovered on July 10 through an X-ray scan and a physical examination of the package, which arrived at the FedEx warehouse from Durham, United States. The bureau did not say who sent the package and to whom it was addressed. The bureau said, however, that the foreign currency shall […]
(Eagle News)–The Metro Rail Transit 3 will resume limited operations on Monday, July 13. In a statement, the MRT-3 said this was after it after the line’s management was able to assemble a sufficient number of employees who have not been infected by the COVID-19 virus. So far, 281 MRT-3 personnel have tested positive for the virus, which has infected over 54000 in the country as of Saturday, July 11. They have been isolated in […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, July 12: MIAA said flight schedules.may be subject to changes. Domestic flight operations are allowed for as long as there is approval from the local government unit concerned. Non-essential foreign travel by Filipinos is allowed subject to certain conditions. The Department of Foreign Affairs has released its updated list of travel bans and restrictions across countries for reference.
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board central office will be temporarily closed starting Monday, July 13. The LTFRB said the temporary closure, of the office on East Ave., Quezon City, which will last until Friday, July 17, was after five of its employees tested positive for COVID-19. The LTFRB said this was based on the swab tests conducted by the Philippine Red Cross and the Philippine Coast Guard. The lockdown would pave the […]
(Eagle News)–The Muntinlupa government has imposed an extreme localized lockdown in a community in Barangay Alabang. Mayor Jimmy Fresnedi said the lockdown on Buildings 1 and 7 of the Filinvest socialized housing, which was in effect on July 7, will last until July 22. He said the lockdown was necessary due to the continued increase of COVID-19 cases there, with 18 already testing positive. He said the City Health Office was monitoring the status of […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police has filed charges against the wife of a deceased policeman after she supposedly continued to collect his monthly pension even after his death. In a statement, the PNP said the charges against Lucila de Mesa, wife of PSgt Fortunato Gomez De Mesa who died on February 18, 2019, were filed before the Quezon City Prosecutors Office. De Mesa, who is at large, had managed to collect over P500,000 even after his […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, July 11: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. Domestic flight operations are allowed for as long as there is approval from the local government unit concerned. Non-essential foreign travel by Filipinos is now allowed but subject to certain conditions. The Department of Foreign Affairs earlier released its updated list of travel bans and restrictions across countries for Filipino […]
(Eagle News) — The Quezon City Hall of Justice building and its annex are temporarily closed after four court officers and employees tested positive for COVID-19. Mayor Joy Belmonte made the announcement of the temporary closure in a July 7 letter to Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert and Metropolitan Trial Court Executive Judge Ace Alagar. Belmonte earlier said she tested positive for COVID-19. Disinfection of the venues started on Thursday and will last […]
(Eagle News)–Misdeclared cigarettes worth over P32 million were intercepted at a Manila port recently, the Bureau of Customs said. According to the BOC, the shipment of 1092 cigarettes estimated at P32.7 million was intercepted by Enforcement and Security Service personnel at the Manila International Container Port on July 2. This was after receiving information it had not undergone the proper examination, the bureau said. The shipment had been declared as non-woven bags instead. According to […]
