The Philippines now has 342,816 confirmed cases with 6,332 deaths and 293,152 have recovered from the virus.
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The new Motorola Razr 5G is now available for pre-order in Saudi Arabia.
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The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will soon implement a cashless transaction system using beep cards on public utility buses (PUBs) of the EDSA Busway System.
If you are on the Xbox faction, this is where you can pre-order Microsoft’s next gaming console. Jarir – https://www.jarir.com/sa-en/microsoft-xbox-series-x-s Extra – https://www.extra.com/en-sa/xbox-series-x-/c/8083 Xcite – https://www.xcite.com.sa/gaming/consoles/xbox.html Both the Xbox Series X and Series S are available with the following retail price; Xbox Series X 1 TB – SAR 2,299.00 Xbox Series S 512 GB – SAR 1,349 (at Extra, it mentioned that the storage is 1 TB). The pre-order period starts on September 22nd, 2020…
This is where you can preorder the PS5.
An interesting experiment by Microsoft, wherein they drop an entire data center (864 servers) to the bottom (117 feet deep) of the Scottish sea, aways from human's physical interaction and away from the daily elements.
Senador Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. was rushed to the hospital due to pneumonia, a complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
If you’re a user of Souq, you probably received an email from Amazon that “Souq is now Amazon.sa,” which of course have been a long time coming, since Amazon completed its acquisition of Souq in March 2017 for $580 million in cash.
As of July 17, 2020, Metro Manila and areas listed below will remain under general community quarantine (GCQ) until June 30. It is still unclear if they will automatically be downgraded to modified general community quarantine (MGCQ). Cebu City was reverted back to enhanced community quarantine (ECQ),the strictest level of lockdown, last June 16. The rest of the country has been downgraded to modified general community quarantine (MGCQ). Provinces that will be under GCQ until…
There are now more than 27 thousands confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines, this was confirmed by the Department of Health (DoH) on Wednesday, June 17. DoH reports that there were 457 new cases on Wednesday, making the total confirmed cases to 27,238. Out of those 27K, 268 recovered on Wednesday, raising the total number of recoveries to 6,820. Then there were 5 new deaths on Wednesday, making the total death toll to 1,108. For…
Here’s the latest regarding the COVID-19 situation in the Philippines.
Even though it was reported that President Duterte directs PhilHealth to make the payment of premiums voluntary for OFWs, it appears that this only true during the COVID-19 pandemic but R.A. 11223 a.k.a. Universal Health Care Act of 2019 will still be enforced once the country is in the clear. PhilHealth did reiterates that the Universal Health Care Act of 2019 is “pending amendments of the Law, if any, by the Congress of the Republic…
In their latest meeting, President Duterte reiterates that classes will remain suspended in the country unless there is an available vaccine against COVID-19. Here’s what President Duterte said in the meeting; I will not allow the opening of classes na magdikit dikit ‘yang mga bata. Bahala nang hindi na makatapos. For this generation walang makatapos na doktor pati engineer. Wala nang aral, laro na lang unless I am sure that they are really safe. It’s…
Watch the meeting of President Duterte and IATF-EID on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (5/25/2020).
If you missed the live broadcast, then you can rewatch the meeting between President Duterte and IATF-EID, as they talked about the next course of action on how to tackle the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the Philippines. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to his ‘kababayans’ after presiding over the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) meeting where they discussed the latest updates on the government’s efforts and programs…
We just got a new update from Department of Health (DOH) regarding the stats of COVID-19 in the Philippines. The Health department announced an additional 205 coronavirus cases have been recorded today, making the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country to 12,718, wherein 2,729 have recovered and 831 deaths, that’s a 6.53% mortality rate for the Philippines. The number of cases is expected to rise as the government starts to slowly…
President Duterte directs PhilHealth to make the payment of premiums voluntary for OFWs via ABS-CBN News
This is great news for OFWs. JUST IN: President Duterte directs PhilHealth to make the payment of premiums voluntary for OFWs, his spokesman Harry Roque says. | via @arianne_merez pic.twitter.com/RJXuTcQyYD — ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) May 4, 2020 Roque: Inanunsyo na po ni Sec Duque ng DOH na sinususpinde po n'ya ang item sa IRR ng Universal Health Care na nagpapataw ng mas mataas na kontribusyon habang meron tayong problema sa #COVID19 | via @pia_gutierrez —…
DOTr and IATF releases Road, Aviation, Maritime and Railways transport guidelines for areas under GCQ
Now that the Philippines is slowly easing the lockdown, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) release the set guidelines for Road Transport, Aviation, Maritime and Railways for areas under GCQ or General Community Quarantine. @DOTrPH; AVIATION The following flights are allowed to operate for areas under GCQ: 1) Government and military flights; 2) International flights subject to existing IATF-EID/BOQ protocols; 3) Air ambulance…
Since Republic Act 11223 or the Universal Health Care Law is the talk of the town, I decided to dig a little deeper to find somethings about the controversial law that are not being covered the media. From 2.75%, “Premium Contributors” will need to contribute up to 5% of their monthly salary by 2024. The Republic Act 11223 is the consolidation of Senate Bill 1896 at House Bill 5784. Here are the Authors/contributors of Senate…
Supreme Court of the Philippines just release the result of the 2019 Bar Exam, and out of the 7,685 examinees, a total of 2,103 takers passed the 2019 Bar, making for a 27.36% passing rate, which is 5% higher than 2018 exam. This year’s topnotcher is Mae Diane M. Azores, a graduate of University of Santo Tomas-Legaspi (formerly Aquinas University) topped this year’s Bar Examinations with the highest over-all rating of 91.049%. Here are the…
We can all agree that if there’s on positive thing that the Coronavirus or COVID-19 has given us, is that it has helped our planet to heal or at least recover from all the man-made damages it has received. One proof of this is these photos uploaded by Fritz Mendez, who is a bank teller at Banco de Oro Unibank, Inc., Boracay Branh. In his post, accompanied with 5 stunning photos of the Boracay island,…
If you missed President Duterte’s public address earlier, then you can rewatch the full video below. In the video, President Duterte addressed a number of concern regarding Government’s action in helping the slowdown of spread of the virus, how to help our Frontliners and what needs to be done to help those who are affected by current crisis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQZe1Us2iDc
The number of confirmed COVID-19 in the Philippines is now at 1,418, this was confirmed by Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire. There have been 71 deaths and 42 have recovered from the virus, the Undersecretary added. Globally, there have been a total of 571,678 of confirmed cases, 26,494 deaths with a 4.63% mortality rate. The United States now have the most number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 at 125,443, surpassing Italy and China. Italy still…
Three days after imposing a curfew, Saudi government announced that the curfew will now extend to 3:00 Pm in the afternoon from the previous time of 7:00 PM. The new curfew time took effect today, March 26, 2020, as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 1,012. There were also reports that a curfew violators have been apprehended in the Eastern region of the country. The new curfew time will not affect the previously reported…
Angkas, the ride-sharing motorcycle company, just introduced Angkas Food, a food delivery service wherein the riders will keep 100% of the delivery fees. Angkas said that this is their way of helping their drivers earn a living in this time of COVID-19. The delivery fee will be Php60 on the first KM and Php10 in the succeeding kilometer up to 5 km. The service will initially be available in Metro Manila area and will deliver…
With the recent announcement of the nation-wide curfew, the Philippine Embassy in Saudi Arabia also released an advisory for the OFW in the country. The advisory provided additional information on the imposed curfew and encourages OFW in the Kingdom to stay at home to prevent the further spreading of COVID-19. The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh also deleted the advisory that they released yesterday regarding “the new rule from Saudi Government that all shops except supermarket…
In an effort to slowdown the spread of the highly contagious novel coronavirus or COVID-19, the Saudi Arabian government has mpose a kingdom-wide curfew for 21 days, which started today, Monday, March 23, 2020. The curfew will be for the “health and safety of citizens and expatriates” within the Kingdom. Exempted from the curfew “are the employees of the security, military and media sectors, and workers in the sensitive health and service sectors.” The Saudi…
Philippine Embassy in Riyadh just release a statement regarding “the new rule from Saudi Government that all shops except supermarket and medical store will only be open from 6 am to 8 pm.”, which is circulating in different social media platform and being shared to OFW within the Kingdom. Here’s their official statement; This is fake news and if ever someone sent this to you, just inform them and stop spreading the news.
There are now 511 confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In a report by Arab News, “Saudi Health Ministry spokesman Mohammed Abdelali said that 72 of the newly diagnosed people were Turkish nationals under quarantine in the holy city of Makkah after interacting with an infected compatriot.” You can go to Arab News to read the full report. #UPDATE: #SaudiArabia’s Health Ministry reported a jump in #Coronavirus cases on Sunday of 119,…