Calamba UK coronavirus variant case a technician from Britain
Published January 26, 2021 9:16pm The 23-year-old male Calamba City resident who tested positive for the UK variant of the novel coronavirus was a UK radiologic technician who returned to the Philippines during the holiday season. According to Mark Salazar’s “24 Oras” report on Tuesday, the technician returned to the Philippines on December 4, weeks before the Philippines banned entry to travelers from the UK over the B.1.1.7 variant. He tested negative for COVID-19 upon his arrival in the country. Two days later, however, he began developing symptoms of the disease. On December 10, he underwent a swab test in a Manila clinic and went into home quarantine afterward.
DFA investigates personnel, deploys lawyer to probe treatment of OFWs in Syria
Published January 25, 2021 8:03pm
The dome of a mosque is seen amongst satellite dishes on the rooftops of home and apartment blocks in the Syrian capital Damascus, on June 26, 2013. Louai Beshara/AFP The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday said certain personnel were under administrative investigation while a human rights lawyer was deployed to Syria to probe allegations of trafficking and mistreatment of overseas Filipino workers. “Oh hell. I will wring the necks of those in the Philippine embassy in Damascus who failed to report this. My President will expect no less from me. Hell is coming,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said on Twitter.
Published January 25, 2021 8:44pm The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has approved the return to limited face-to-face classes for students of medicine and allied health sciences as well as universities in areas under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ). According to Ivan Mayrina’s “24 Oras” report on Monday, among the schools that have been allowed to hold limited face-to-face classes are the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila, Ateneo de Manila University, and the Our Lady of Fatima University in Valenzuela. “The president has approved my recommendation to have limited face-to-face [classes] within higher education institutions in medicine and allied health sciences in MGCQ areas and in GCQ areas where the students go into COVID-19 hospitals,” CHED Chairman Prospero De Vera III said.
Published January 20, 2021 8:30pm The Department of Chemical Engineering in the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman on Wednesday asked the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) not to make hypothetical statements “absent of any factual basis” following a controversial remark by the military spokesman. Earlier in the day, Major General Edgard Arevalo said the UP-Department of Defense (DND) accord, which prevents the military and police from freely entering campus grounds, could hamper valid operations of state forces. Paano na lamang po kung mayroong shabu laboratory, for instance, sa loob ng UP community or campus and then meron po tayong valid arrest warrant at search warrant?” he said in a news conference.
State weather bureau PAGASA on Sunday afternoon said cloudy skies with rains will prevail over the country within the next 24 hours due to a low pressure area (LPA), an Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), and the Northeast Monsoon or Amihan.