Four (4) residents of Quezon City who queued in Angel Locsin’s birthday community pantry underwent COVID-19 testing. According to Dr. Rolando Cruz, head of the City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU), three of them were asymptomatic while the other one is experiencing headache, loss of sense of smell and taste. According to Cruz, the … Read more
The Philippine government will administer 5,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to minimum wage earners and OFWs on Labor Day. The Philippine government will administer 5,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to minimum wage earners and OFWs during the observance of Labor Day. In a statement on Tuesday, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said that the planned inoculation of minimum … Read more
The DOH released a statement about the COVID-19 variant first detected in India. The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday officially released a statement about the COVID-19 variant first detected in India. In a statement on Tuesday, the Department of Health clarified that based on the technical definitions set by the World Health Organization (WHO), … Read more
Fire hits a house in Sta. Cruz Manila; Mother and child were trapped inside A mother and her child died after being trapped amid a fire that hit a house in Barangay 352 in Sta. Cruz, Manila. The incident started at 6:00 a.m. at the De Leon family’s home. The victims were identified as Frencelyn … Read more
Veteran director Federico “Direk Toto” Natividad died at the age of 63. Federico “Direk Toto” Natividad, a veteran director who also served as a barangay captain in North Bay Boulevard South Kaunlaran in Navotas City, died at the age of 63. His passing was announced by Navotas City Mayor Toby Tiangco, who also paid him … Read more
Lawmakers will set up an “Ivermectin Pan-three” in Quezon City. On Tuesday, two lawmakers said that they will set up an “Ivermectin Pan-three” in Quezon City to distribute Ivermectin to “those who are in dire need”. Despite cautions from health experts and government agencies on the use of Ivermectin for COVID-19, Anakalusugan Party-list Representative Mike … Read more
Here’s why Harry Roque said that President Duterte was his “modern-day Lapulapu”. During his regular press briefing, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday said that President Rodrigo Duterte was his “modern-day Lapulapu”. April 27 this year marked the 500th anniversary of the “Victory at Mactan” in which Datu Lapulapu vanquished Ferdinand Magellan in hand-to-hand combat. … Read more
Dacera family was not surprised with the dismissal of the case against 11 respondents, a spokesperson for the family said. The family of late flight attendant Christine Dacera was not surprised with the dismissal of the case against 11 respondents, a spokesperson for the family said. The Makati Prosecutor’s Office had dismissed the complaints filed … Read more
Law dean: “PARA MALINAW LANG NA WALANG PANANAGUTAN SI ANGEL LOCSIN.” Mel Sta. Maria, the dean of the Institute of Law of Far Eastern University (FEU), said that Angel Locsin is not liable for the death of a senior citizen at a community pantry she organized on her birthday. On Facebook, the law dean explained … Read more
Updates on Philippine Air Force helicopter crash in Bohol PAF – A helicopter from the Philippine Air Force crashed on Getafe town in Bohol on Tuesday morning, April 27, 2021. According to PAF spokesman Lt. Col. Maynard Mariano, the MD-520MG was on a maintenance flight from Mactan Island when it crashed on the shoreline of … Read more