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(Eagle News) — The number of fatalities in the Feb. 24 misencounter between members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has risen to four. Aside from the two Quezon City police officers earlier reported, two more had passed away — one PDEA agent, and another PDEA informant. This was confirmed by PDEA director general Wilkins VIllanueva. The policemen who died were identified as PCpl Lauro de Guzman and […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Friday, Feb. 26: Flight schedules may change at any given time. The government has imposed some restrictions on entry into the Philippines amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with only Filipinos and foreigners with selected visas allowed inside. President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected proposals to place the entire Philippines under a modified general community quarantine, the lowest form of community […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty-three more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 10685. Thirty-six additional cases, however, pushed the PNP total cases to 11176. Of these, 460 were active. No additional deaths were reported; the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 31. Uniformed personnel, including policemen, are among the priorities in a COVID-19 vaccination program that is slated to start this […]
(Eagle News) — Two policemen were killed in a shootout between members of the Quezon City Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in what appeared to be a “misencounter” on Wednesday night, Feb. 24. The Philippine National Police said that a “joint PNP-PDEA Board of Inquiry will be formed to determine what transpired and who should be held liable.” A PNP statement said that the joint inquiry will be done “in the […]
(Eagle News) — Forty-four more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 10662. Fifty-seven additional cases, however, also pushed the PNP COVID-19 cases to 11140. Of these, 447 are active. No additional PNP deaths due to COVID-19 were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 31. Uniformed personnel are among the priorities in a COVID-19 national vaccination program […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Wednesday, Feb. 24: Flight schedules may change at any given time. The Palace has eased restrictions imposed on over 30 countries following reports of the United Kingdom and South African COVID-19 variants there, with some foreigners with select visas allowed into the country. On Sunday, health authorities confirmed the UK variant had been detected in 18 other COVID-19 cases […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, Feb. 23: Flight schedules may change at any given time. The Palace has eased restrictions imposed on over 30 countries following reports of the United Kingdom and South African COVID-19 variants there, with some foreigners with select visas allowed into the country. On Sunday, health authorities confirmed the UK variant had been detected in 18 other COVID-19 cases […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration said it barred the entry of 17 Chinese nationals for misrepresenting their purpose of travel. In a statement, the bureau said the foreigners came from two separate flights on Wednesday. Intercepted first were 16 Chinese nationals who arrived on board a Pan Pacific Airlines flight from Zhengzhou, China at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3. According to bureau intelligence division chief Fortunato Manahan, Jr., the 16 alleged […]
(Eagle News)–Five people died in a fire in Manila on Saturday evening. The fire in the Parola Compound reached the first alarm at 11:53 p.m. The blaze reached the fourth alarm at 1:49 a.m. on Sunday, and was declared under control at 5:04 a.m. It was put out at 6:11 a.m. Authorities are probing the cause of the incident.
(Eagle News) — Seven more overseas Filipinos have recovered from COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional recoveries pushed the COVID-19 recovery tally among Filipinos abroad to 9301. Four additional COVID-19 cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos overseas to 14,791. Three additional deaths among Filipinos abroad were reported, pushing the COVID-19 death toll to 1,012. “Compared to last week’s percentages, the total number of COVID-19 fatalities and recoveries saw a slight increase […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has barred from its premises a law firm employee who was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation over extortion allegations. In a statement, the bureau said Vivan Lara was arrested on Thursday at the bureau’s main office for alleged extortion from three Chinese nationals. The BI said she was nabbed after receiving the P900,000 in marked money. “We do not tolerate fixers within our premises. This person […]
(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases among police personnel has breached the 11,000 mark, with the addition of 22 COVID-19 cases. According to Philippine National Police data, of these, 422 were active. Twenty-two additional recoveries also pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery tally to 10562. No additional deaths were reported, which means the death toll among police personnel remains at 31. The Philippines has so far reported a total of 559,288 cases so far. […]
