More than 368,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been repatriated amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Labor Sec. Silvestre Bello III, it is expected that 50,000 Filipino workers will return to the country after losing their jobs due to the health crisis. To help with the crisis, the DOLE has provided one-time financial assistance of…
ILOILO CITY – Iloilo City Government officials have received criticism after allegedly violating the health protocol in conjunction with the distribution of cash assistance by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). In an exclusive interview with Jeck Conlu, spokesperson of the COVID-19 team of the Iloilo City Government, he admitted that they did…
Tony Leachon believes his social media posts and comments affected the government’s move, so he was demoted as special adviser of the National Task Force against COVID-19. In an interview, Leachon admitted that as a private citizen he could not help but comment on the Department of Health’s alleged lack of focus on what should…
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque clarified that he had nothing to do with the resignation of D. Anthony Leachon as Special Adviser to COVID-19 National Task Force. This statement by Sec. Roque after the doctor said that Sec. Roque and Health Sec. Francisco Duque III at work. Sec. Roque, they do not have the ability to…
The electoral college voting for the presidency of the United States has officially ended. Democrat President-elect Joe Biden got a total of 306 votes while US President Donald Trump garnered 234 votes. The voting by US electoral colleges from various states lasted more than seven hours. Vermont, New Hampshire, Indiana and Tennessee previously met and…
SANTIAGO CITY-The City Health Office (CHO) respects the statement made by the Department of Health (DOH) region 2 that Santiago City is among those under surveillance with community transmission cases. In an interview with Dr. Genaro Manalo, City Health Officer, said that community transmission in the City may have been recorded due to the number…
Due to new cases, the number of active cases in the province has risen to 447. Of these, 16 are from Santiago City, six from Ilagan City, two from Cabatuan, while one from San mateo, and Gamu, Isabela. Nine of the active cases are returning Overseas Filipinos, thirteen are non-APOR, 52 are Health Workers, three…
The first truck containing 184,275 vials of the COVID-19 vaccine left. The truck came from a Pfizer plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The vaccine will be distributed to various US states. It will be recalled that US President Donald Trump hastened the US Food and Drugs Administration to grant emergency authorization of the COVID-19 vaccine for…
From 1,301 yesterday, there are only 1,085 cases of new Coronavirus Disease (COVID) in the country this Sunday. According to the Department of Health (DOH) at 4:00 pm, the total number of people infected with the deadly virus in the Philippines has risen to 449,400. Most of the new COVID cases are from Quezon City…
Comedians Allan K and Wally Bayola revealed on Saturday that they both tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In a noontime show, Allan K said that he got to the point where he had to be rushed to the ICU because his case became “severe”. The comedian remained in the ICU for three days,…
