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Tue, 19 Oct 2021 16:01:00 +0800Philippines logs 4,496 new COVID-19 cases, 7 labs without data
Tuesday's new infections pushed the Philippines' total COVID count to 2,731,735.
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 15:52:00 +0800Fact check: Comelec has not disqualified Robredo from 2022 polls
Several video posts on Facebook and YouTube claimed that the Commission on Elections had confirmed the disqualification of Vice President Leni Robredo, supposedly due to a crowdfunding initiative by her team. These claims are false.
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 14:35:00 +0800More cops to be sent out to enforce pandemic protocols in public areas
"My order includes coordination with our LGUs in Metro Manila to properly implement the minimum public health safety protocols and other restrictions to be enforced in NCR," said Eleazar.
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 14:20:00 +0800Face-to-face classes to start in 30 schools on November 15 — DepEd
"The 30 schools are definitely those that will start on November 15," an education official said Tuesday.
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 13:59:00 +0800Senate panel to recommend charges over Pharmally deals
Several charges are recommended by the panel against President Rodrigo Duterte's appointees, including his former economic adviser Michael Yang and former PS-DBM chief Lloyd Christopher Lao.
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 13:17:00 +0800Pilot run of COVID-19 alert levels system to expand outside Metro Manila
The government’s pandemic task force is expanding the COVID-19 alert level system outside of Metro Manila, placing 19 areas outside of the capital region under varying alert levels from October 20 to October 31.
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 13:00:00 +0800Review of 'false positive' COVID-19 cases finds Red Cross test samples valid, reliable
"We found no evidence of contamination for the forty-eight (48) cases tested by PRC Subic that may have led to the generation of false-positive results," the report explainer reads.
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 12:40:00 +080031.34% of 123,848 inmates in BJMP facilities with complete doses vs COVID-19
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology said that 38,811 out of 123,848 Persons Deprived of Liberty under their custody, or 31.34%, have completed their doses against COVID-19.
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:44:00 +0800Metro Manila COVID-19 reproduction rate down to 0.55 — OCTA
OCTA said rate is now at 0.55. The last time it was at this level was in May this year, or at 0.56.
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:29:00 +0800SC expands on-site capacity to 30%; no personal filing in October
The Supreme Court has expanded its operational capacity reporting physically to some of its offices to 30% from 15% from October 20 to 29 as Metro Manila graduates to Alert Level 3.