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COVID-19
Cases
DOH tallies 3,788 new COVID-19 cases, 72 deaths
Of the newly reported cases, 3,661 (97%) occurred within the past 14 days or from Jan. 29 to Feb. 11. The regions with the highest number of new infections in that period were Metro Manila (470 or 13%), Davao Region (453 or 12%) and Western Visayas (455 or 12%).
CNN Philippines
Department of Health
Doctors tell government: Don’t rush in lowering COVID-19 alert level
Dr. Maricar Limpin, president of the Philippine College of Physicians, said hospitals have been seeing a decreased number of COVID-19 patients but noted that the number of active cases is possibly “underestimated” because some people don’t get themselves tested.
Inquirer
No change yet in NCR COVID risk classification amid cases' decline: DOH
COVID-19 numbers in most parts of the Philippines continue to improve. But the Department of Health clarifies there's no change yet in the COVID-19 risk classification of Metro Manila. Raphael Bosano reports.
ABS-CBN News
DOH refutes OCTA claim Metro Manila is 'low risk' for COVID-19 cases
The capital region's average daily attack rate is still at 12.53 with a 7-day moving average of 886 per day, Health Undersecretary and spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire said.
ABS-CBN News
Areas under granular lockdown rose to 449 from 393 —PNP
Based on the PNP data as of Thursday, 290 of these areas are in Cordillera, 111 in Ilocos, 22 in Cagayan, 21 in the National Capital Region, four in Mimaropa, and one in Zamboanga.
GMA News
IATF/NTF COVID-19
Regions
Luzon including NCR
Customs employee shot dead in Manila
According to the BOC and police, the victim was parking in front of his home in Pedro Gil Ave. past 8 p.m. when the armed man, who was on a motorcycle, approached and shot him.
ABS-CBN News
Dealer ng gulay patay sa pamamaril sa Ilocos Sur
Dead-on-the-spot ang isang 62-anyos na lalaking negosyante matapos siyang pagbabarilin sa bayan ng Sinait, Ilocos Sur, Huwebes ng umaga.
ABS-CBN News
Visayas
Mindanao
11,871 workers in Davao Region lost jobs in 2021 due to pandemic
As community restrictions eased, the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-Davao region said the number of workers who lost jobs in 2021 decreased to 11,871 coming from 566 companies whose operations were severely affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Mindanews
Magnitude 5.1 earthquake rocks parts of Mindanao
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake jolted Kiamba town in Sarangani province, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Friday night.
Inquirer
World
Biden on Ukraine situation: 'Things could go crazy quickly'
US President Joe Biden on Thursday urged Americans in Ukraine to leave the country immediately, warning that "things could go crazy quickly" in the region.
CNN Philippines
Incidents and Violations
Editorial, Analysis, Opinion and Features
Make climate change the issue in Philippine presidential election
Yet, with the campaign to elect our next president officially starting yesterday, this message does not appear to have registered in Manila, where policymakers seem to view the issue of dangerous weather patterns as events that only bigger nations can cope with. To them, the main goal seems to be survival, with no apparent concern to address the issue of the enormous physical damage these storms cause.
Nikkei Asia
PCG’s welcome hijab policy
Judging from the goodwill generated by the new policy, isn’t it about time other branches of the armed forces and law enforcement adopted it as well?
Inquirer
The ‘social weather’ during martial law
Survey of Metro Manila adults, April-May 1981, comparison between now and pre-martial law: a. Graft and corruption: better now 32, worse now 49. b. Prevalence of crime: better now 31, worse now 50. c. Inflation: better now 14, worse now 75. Not all was bad news, of course, but citing “bad” portions shows proof that there was no “golden age” during martial law, either in the late ’70s or the early ’80s.
Inquirer
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ELECTION RELATED
Candid Dates 2022: Conversations between Maglana and voters set on Friday
Development worker Ma. Victoria “Mags” Maglana, one of three candidates challenging reelectionist Paolo Duterte in the first congressional district, will interact with voters in the second episode of the online forum, Candid Dates 2022, on Friday, February 11 at 2 to 4 p.m.
Mindanews
Robredo youth supporters harassed in Davao
The 15 volunteers, who stayed behind in the center after the parade to rest, mistook him for a Robredo-Pangilinan supporter and were shocked to hear him change his tone and go amok, speaking “violently and aggressively.”
Mindanews
Over 160 economists, including 5 ex-NEDA chiefs, back Robredo for president
'Robredo’s brand of good governance is the antidote this country needs in order to build back better from the twin crises plaguing our health and economy,' says the Economists for Leni
Rappler | Inquirer
Lacson mum on Marcos DQ cases dismissal, says he wants to ‘rise on merits’
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Friday opted not to comment on the dismissal of the disqualification cases against fellow presidential hopeful, former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, saying that he does not treat his rivals as enemies.
Inquirer
11 lawmakers granted police escorts
Three senators and eight congressmen were among the politicians running in this year’s elections allowed to have police escorts. Maj. Jackson Caces, Police Security and Protection Group (PSPG) spokesman, said the 11 are among 19 candidates whose application for police escorts were approved.
Philstar
Cordillera cops watching 2 'red' LGUs for polls
“They were placed under red category due to the recent incidents which are election-related,” he said. He, however, said they are now checking the details of the incidents that prompted the declaration.
PNA
Incidents
Private Armed Groups
INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY
Fact-checking initiatives gaining ground in Philippines
Rachel Khan, associate dean of the UP College of Mass Communication and coordinator of fact-checking collaborative group Tsek.ph, noted that even academic institutions and civil society organizations are now conducting fact-checking initiatives to combat disinformation.
Philstar
JUDICIARY
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Sandiganbayan
Municipal/Regional Trial Courts
LABOR
LEGISLATIVE
Senate of the Philippines
House of Representatives
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
FOREIGN RELATIONS
West Philippine Sea
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
GENDER
Hijab protests spread in India as girls refuse to be told what not to wear
On Tuesday, BJP-ruled Karnataka ordered a three-day closure of all high schools and colleges amid the growing tensions. And on Wednesday authorities in the state's capital Bengaluru banned protests outside schools for two weeks.
CNN Philippines
YOUTH
HOUSING and SETTLEMENT
DBP signs financing pact with key shelter agency
Herbosa said that DBP has an existing P115-million loan accommodation to an SHFC contractor for the construction of 223 houses for members of the Muslim-Christian Women Homeowners Association in Cagayan de Oro City who have been rendered homeless by Typhoon "Sendong," displaced during the Marawi siege, and are residing along riverbanks and danger zones in the city.
Manila Times
POVERTY
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
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TOURISM
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
UN science report to sound deafening alarm on climate
Nearly 200 nations kick off a virtual meeting Monday to finalise what promises to be a harrowing scientific overview of accelerating climate impacts that will highlight the urgent need to cut emissions — and prepare for the challenges ahead.
Inquirer
WATER and ENERGY
NGCP draws Palace’s attention to ‘critical’ power situation in 2022
NGCP officials led by Vice Chairman Robert Coyiuto Jr. and President Anthony Almeda wrote President Duterte to inform him of the updated forecasted power situation, particularly during the summer months and the May 9 elections.
Business Mirror
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