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Philippines crosses the 27k mark for the confirmed coronavirus cases

June 18, 2020
Philippines crosses the 27k mark for the confirmed coronavirus cases

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 more updates regarding the COVID-19 Situation in the Philippines, you can watch the Department of Health (DOH) Virtual Presscon – June 17.

Philippines now have 12,718 of confirmed cases of COVID-19, 2,729 recovered and 831 deaths

May 18, 2020

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 ease the country from lockdown.

Some details about Republic Act 11223 or popularly known as the Universal Health Care Law

May 4, 2020
Some details about Republic Act 11223 or popularly known as the Universal Health Care Law

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 Bill 1896;

Here are the Authors/contributors of House Bill 5784;

Signed and approved on February 20, 2019 by the following individuals;

  • Speaker of the House of Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
  • Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III
  • Acting Secretary General of House of Representative Dante Roberto P. Maling
  • Secretary of the Senate, Myra Marie D. Villarica
  • President Rodrigo Roa Duterte

Just in case you missed them here are the links for each bills;

Photos of Boracay since being placed under enhanced community quarantine since March 23, 2020

April 22, 2020
Photos of Boracay since being placed under enhanced community quarantine since March 23, 2020

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, he simple said;

Paradise 🌴 is healing.
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#boracay #boracayisland #boracayphilippines #asia #beach #island #nature #naturephotography #beachlover #blue #bluewater #bluesky #islandvibes #quarantine #quarantinelife #beautiful @ Boracay Island

Here are the photos;

Source: Fritz Mendez

CNN Philippines: There are now 230 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Philippines

March 20, 2020
CNN Philippines: There are now 230 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Philippines

In a report by CNN Philippines, there are now 230 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country, with 18 deaths connected to the virus, while the number of those who recovered stayed at 8.

You can read the full report from the embedded tweet below;

Featured image from CNN Philippines.

From Rappler: There are now a total of 52 confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Philippines

March 12, 2020
From Rappler: There are now a total of 52 confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Philippines

From the latest report from Rappler, there are now 52 confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Philippines, three more asof today, Thursday, March 12, 2020.

You can read the full report from Rappler from the embedded tweet below;

Featured image from Rappler.

Philippines now included in Saudi Arabia Travel Restriction

March 12, 2020

If you are coming from the Philippines, you won’t be able enter Saudi Arabia, since the Kingdom just included Philippines in their travel restriction list.

You are exempted from the travel ban if you are a health workers in as long as you take the necessary precautions and cleared enter the country.

Here are the list of countries as reported by Arab News;

Region

1. Bahrain
2. Egypt
3. Iraq
4. Kuwait
5. Lebanon
6. Oman
Syria
7. Turkey
8. UAE
ASIA

1. China
2. India
3. Pakistan
4. Philippines
5. South Korea
6. Sri Lanka

AFRICA

1. Djibouti
2. Eritrea
3. Ethiopia
4. Kenya
5. Somalia
6. South Sudan
7. Sudan

EUROPE

1. Austria
2. Belgium
3. Bulgaria
4. Croatia
5. Cyprus
6. Czech Republic
7. Denmark
8. Estonia
9. Finland
10. France
11. Germany
12. Greece
13. Hungary
14. Ireland
15. Italy
16. Latvia
17. Lithuania
18. Luxembourg
19. Malta
20. Netherlands
21. Poland
22. Portugal
23. Romania
24. Slovakia
25. Slovenia
26. Spain
27. Sweden
28. Switzerland (non-EU member)

There are now 10 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Philippines

March 9, 2020
There are now 10 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Philippines

via Philstar.com;

MANILA, Philippines (2nd update at 1:20 a.m.) — The Department of Health confirmed four additional cases of the novel coronavirus disease, namely two Filipinos and two foreign nationals who are being treated in undisclosed private hospitals.

The report released shortly before midnight on Monday brings the confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines to 10.

Two of the four new cases are foreigner and two Filipinos

  1. A 38-year-old Taiwanese man who did not recently travel outside the country. However, he was in contact with another Taiwanese national while in the Philippines who was later diagnosed with COVID-19 in Taiwan. His symptoms started manifesting on March 3.
  2. A 32-year-old Filipino man who returned from a trip to Japan within the last 14 days. The onset of his symptoms was on March 5.
  3. An 86-year-old American man who traveled to the United States and South Korea. He has preexisting hypertension. His symptoms began on March 1.
  4. A 57-year-old Filipino man who was reported to have had contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case in the Philippines. He has no history of travel.

Honda to close its Sta. Rosa Manufacturing Plant

February 24, 2020

Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. (HCPI) just announced that they will close its Sta. Rosa Manufacturing Plant, effective March 2020. In their official announcement, Honda said “To meet Honda’s customer needs in the Philippines for reasonably priced and good quality products, Honda considered efficient allocation and distribution of resources. As such, after consideration of optimization efforts in the production operations in Asia and Oceania region, Honda decided to close the manufacturing operations of HCPI.”

HCPI will still continue its automobile sales and after-sales service operation in the Philippines, through the utilization of Honda’s Asia and Oceania regional network. To date, Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. (HCPI) employs 650 associates.

The Honda Sta. Rosa plant was established in November 1990 wit a capital investment of Php 1.9 billion and began its its operations in 1992.

Philippines routs Kazakhstan, in the Men’s Basketball of 2018 Asian Games (96-59)

August 16, 2018

Even without Jordan Clarkson, Philippines Men’s Basketball Team defeated Kazakhstan, in their first outing in the 2018 Asian Games, Thursday, August 16 at the GBK Basketball Hall in Jakarta, Indonesia.

It was Stanley Pringle who did most of the damage, with his 18 points , 4 rebounds and 2 assists, of course with the help veteran James Yap with his 12 points, 5 boards, a steal and a block; and SMB rookie Christian Standhardinger, 15 points, 4 boards and a steal.

Rappler Sports;

The Scores

Philippines 96 – Pringle 18, Standhardinger 15, Yap 12, Lee 10, Tiu 9, Norwood 7, Almazan 6, Erram 5, Belga 5, Taulava 5, Ahanmisi 4.

Kazakhstan 59 – Bykov 13, Gavrilov 9, Yergali 8, Zhigulin 7, Kuanov 6, Bazhin 6, Chsherbak 6, Maidekin 2, Marchuk 2, Yagodkin 0, Murzagaliyev 0, Satkeyev 0.

Quarters: 16-9, 41-20, 61-43, 96-59.

Philippines’ next assignment will be against China on Tuesday, August 21 at 4 pm (5 pm in Manila), where the 26-year-old Clarkson is expected to join the team.

Image: 2018 Asian Games

Philippines will not send a basketball team to the 18th Asian Games

July 27, 2018

Here’s the official statement from the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP);

SBP did not state any reason other than “to allow our National team and our organization to regroup, prepare for the process of appealing the FIBA Disciplinary Panel..”

In this ESPN 5 article, PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said that the Rain or Shine (RoS) management remains willing to send its team to the Asian Games.

If PBA players are not available, why not just send selection of college players which is what the Philippines have been doing before they started sending pros in 1990.

China advances to the U16 Asia Finals at the expense of Philippines’ Batang Gilas

April 7, 2018
China advances to the U16 Asia Finals at the expense of Philippines’ Batang Gilas
Screenshot from Fiba

Fiba;

China had to muster all the strength they had to survive Kai Sotto’s monster production and prevail over the Philippines in today’s last Semi-Finals match.

Kai Sotto tallied his second straight outrageous stat-line, putting up 26 points, 21 rebounds and 6 blocked shots, but even that was not enough to upend the hosts, who leaned on their offensive rebounding and the clutch shooting of Sun Haoqin to win the contest and earn their place at tomorrow’s Final.

It was a monster from Sotto but he got a big help from Terrence John Fortea, despite the absence of RC Calimag, who was nursing a sore knee. Fortea contributed 18 points and started the started the Gilas run with his two-consecutive 3-points that cut China’s lead to just 2-points.

Batang Gilas will face New Zealand, to decide who will take the 3rd place.

Here are the highlights of the game;

The scores:

Philippines 54: Sotto 26, Fortea 18, Guadana 4, Cortez 4, Andrada 2, Chiu 0, Padrigao 0, Balaga 0, Bautista 0.

China 60: Sun 22, Saimaiti 10, Aizimaiti 8, Lu 8, Chen 4, Li 3, Qu 3, Yang 2, Jiao 0.

Per Quarter scores: 16-15; 32-29; 48-36; 60-54.

Batang Gilas bounced back on a 42-points win against Hong Kong

April 5, 2018

After absorbing a 31-pts loss in the hands of the Australians, Batang Gilas bounce back and defeated Hong Kong in the quarter finals of Fiba Under-16 Asian Championship, in Foshan, China.

The game was actually decided in the first half, where Batang Gilas are enjoying a 25-points lead. You can watch the reply from the video above.

King Balaga lead Batang Gilas is scoring by contributing 12 points, while Kai Sotto grabbed 12 rebounds, 9 of those rebounds are on the defensive end, this is in addition to his 11-points. Rence Keith Sean Padrigao dished 6 assists to help the team.

Batang Gilas next assignment will be Japan this Friday.

From Spin.ph;

The scores:

Philippines 103 – Balaga 12, Calimag 12, Padrigao 11, Sotto 11, Chiu 11, Guadana 10, Bautista 6, Go 6, Lazaro 5, Cortez 3.

Hong Kong 61 – Lung T.K. 18, Cheung M.T. 12, Lam M.K.A. 7, Leung P.T. 6, Siu W.Y. 6, Kwok H. 4, Lo K.H. 4, Siu K.W. 2, Chan T.H. 2, Lee C.K. 0, Chan P.L. 0, Chiu T.H. 0

Quarterscores: 31-18; 59-36; 86-52; 103-61.

Second game between Philippines and Japan for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian will be in MOA Arena

January 11, 2018
Second game between Philippines and Japan for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian will be in MOA Arena

FIBA just confirmed it, the second game between Philippines and Japan for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers will happen on the 23rd of February at the Mall Of Asia (MOA) Arena.

Gilas Pilipinas won the first game against the pesky Japan, wherein Jayson Castro was the best player with 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 1 steal in just 29 minutes.

Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) plan to use the Philippine Arena, as the third venue for the Asian Qualifiers, where the Gilas Boys will face Australians who currently holds a 2-0 win-loss record.

Top Google Search in the Philippines for 2017

December 15, 2017

As always, Google release the “Year in Search 2017” and for the Philippines, these are the top search term for 2017.

Google categorized each search into 10 groups; Overall Searches, News, Female Personalities, Male Personalities, Events, Movies, TV Shows, Songs and Lyrics, Apps and Phones.

Here’s the complete list below;










Philippines, Japan and Indonesia will host the FIBA Basketball World Cup in 2023

December 9, 2017

FIBA announced that FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 will be hosted by Philippines, Japan and Indonesia, the first-ever multiple hosts for said contest.

At total of sixteen (16) games will be played among the 32 countries participating in the tournament at the Araneta Coliseum and the Mall of Asia Arena. Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan will be used as the venue for the semifinals and the finals.

Japan and Indonesia will host the other 16 matches.

Gilas fends off pesky Japanese in their first win for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers

November 26, 2017

If not for their great start, the result of the game could have gone the other way.

Most of the heavy lifting were done by Jayson Castro who filed the stat sheet with 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 1 steal in just 29 minutes, and Andray Blatche who finished with 13 points, where 6 of those points are from the three-point line, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 3 shot blocks.

Gilas next assignment will be the visiting Chinese Taipei on Monday at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum at 7:00 in the evening.

The scores:
PHILIPPINES 77 – Castro William 20, Blatche 13, Wright 12, Norwood 10, Fajardo 6, Aguilar 5, Abueva 5, Pogoy 5, Ravena 1, Alas 0, Rosario 0

JAPAN 71 – Hiejima 20, Brown 10, Tanaka 10, Togashi 8, Baba 7, Harimoto 7, Shinoyama 4, J. Takeuchi 3, Ota 2, Furukawa 0, Uto 0

Per quarter scores: 1st: 18-10, 2nd:37-28, 3rd: 59-55, 4th: 77-71