|
COVID-19
Cases
Metro Manila, 7 other areas ease to Alert Level 2 from February 1
Metro Manila is reverting back to Alert Level 2, while Baguio City stays in Alert Level 3, effective from February 1 to 15, Malacañang said on Sunday, January 30.
Rappler
PH lists 16,953 new COVID-19 cases; active tally down to 202,864
According to the DOH, 16,647 (98%) of the new infections occurred within the last 14 days. Western Visayas was the top contributing region with 2,000 cases (12%), followed by Metro Manila with 1,967 (12%), and Calabarzon with 1,871 (11%).
CNN Philippines
Department of Health
DOH defends eased protocols for arriving passengers
This was after Dr. Tony Leachon, a former adviser of the National Task Force Against Covid-19, questioned the revised quarantine rules that forego the testing requirement for arriving passengers.
PNA
IATF/NTF COVID-19
Regions
Luzon including NCR
Visayas
Mindanao
World
Russia bans more EU officials from entry
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday, Jan. 28, that an additional number of officials from some European Union (EU) member states have been barred from entering Russia for their actions against Moscow.
PTV News
Incidents and Violations
Man found shot dead in Antipolo
A man was found dead with two gunshot wounds in Barangay Bagong Nayon, Antipolo City on Saturday, Jan. 29.
Manila Bulletin
Suspect in killing of mother, 2 kids in Romblon nabbed
Police arrested on Friday, January 28, one of the suspects in the killing of a woman and her two children inside their house in San Jose town in Romblon province, according to a report from Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) police office Sunday afternoon.
Inquirer
Editorial, Analysis, Opinion and Features
Tradition vs girls’ human rights (3)
In Marawi City, after the five-month siege in 2017, a substantial number of child and forced marriages among girls was reported in evacuation sites. Thirty-one percent of the people in these sites responded to a survey conducted by Plan International that child and forced marriage, especially among young girls, is considered the most common form of sexual violence
Inquirer
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
AUDIT, GRAFT, AND CORRUPTION
BUDGET, FINANCE, and TAXATION
BUSINESS, ECONOMY AND INVESTMENT
BUILD, BUILD, BUILD and PUBLIC WORKS
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
DEFENSE AND SECURITY
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Philippine National Police
EDUCATION
ELECTION RELATED
Lacson urges Comelec to safeguard Smartmatic vs hacking
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) should make sure that its electronic systems are hack proof to ensure that the conduct of the May 2022 elections would not be compromised, presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said.
Manila Bulletin
Leody and Bello’s Laban ng Masa: Makabayan backing of Robredo ‘erroneous’
Laban ng Masa, a progressive socialist coalition backing the presidential bid of labor leader Leody de Guzman, called “erroneous” the historic endorsement of the leftist Makabayan bloc for Vice President Leni Robredo.
Rappler
Overseas Philippines posts prefer automated polls
More Philippine posts have opted to use the automated election system (AES) in the upcoming May 9 polls than the manual voting system, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday.
Philstar
Incidents
INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
JUDICIARY
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Sandiganbayan
Municipal/Regional Trial Courts
LABOR
LEGISLATIVE
Senate of the Philippines
Gordon wants Senate to probe rising cybertheft cases
Senator Richard Gordon has filed a resolution urging the Senate to investigate the rising cybertheft cases after some teachers complained about unauthorized withdrawals from their bank accounts.
CNN Philippines
House of Representatives
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
FOREIGN RELATIONS
West Philippine Sea
DND 'not asked to help’ recover crashed US fighter jet near PH waters – Lorenzana
The Department of National Defense (DND) was not officially informed about the crashed F-35C Lightning II aircraft of the United States Navy reportedly near the Philippine waters in the South China Sea last week.
Manila Bulletin
PH, US begin joint exercises to boost maritime security
The Philippines and United States have started their joint marine exercises to improve both sides’ maritime security capabilities in order to fulfill their mutual commitment to enhance the security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, the US Embassy in Manila announced.
Manila Bulletin
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
GENDER
YOUTH
HOUSING and SETTLEMENT
POVERTY
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
TRANSPORTATION
TOURISM
WATER and ENERGY
Dredging of river tributaries in Lingayen starts soon
“Water almost could no longer flow. The soil that will be removed can be used in reclaiming certain areas, enhancing mangrove plantation, and strengthening the riverbank,” Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil said in an interview on Saturday.
PNA
Malaysia’s Sabah aims to win big as world’s first green palm oil state
For Ettol Kumpilon, the switch from growing rice to oil palm on his small family farm in Malaysia’s eastern state of Sabah has enabled him to renovate his home, send his eldest child to school, and build up a healthy pot of savings.
Rappler
Water supply more prepared for dry season than in 2019 – NWRB
The country’s water supply is more prepared to face the upcoming summer or dry season this year compared to the shortage in 2019 due to the presence of supply augmentation projects, a government official declared.
CNN Philippines
|
