Weekly, daily COVID+ rates going up anew

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OCTA Research revealed Monday that the weekly COVID-19 positivity rate in the National Capital Region (NCR) spiked to 25.4% as of May 13.

OCTA Research Fellow Guido David, in a tweet, said the positivity rate — or the percentage of people who were found positive for COVID-19 among the total number of individuals tested — in the capital region slightly went up from the 22.7% monitored on May 6.

The daily average of new coronavirus disease cases has increased by 31 percent from May 8 to 14, the Department of Health also reported Monday.

Farmers’ groups reaching out to Sen. Marcos’s office expressed fears that the government project could put their crop yields and potential income at risk.

“Biofertilizers benefit soil ecosystems but can they duplicate past levels of rice production?” the senator asked.

Marcos noted that the El Niño phenomenon’s near certainty this year already poses a threat to rice production, with water allocated for irrigation from cent of OFWs who have sought refuge in shelters in Kuwait are household service workers.

The DMW earlier implemented a deployment ban in February for newly hired or first-time domestic workers in Kuwait following the murder of Ranara.

The country last imposed a total deployment ban to Kuwait in 2018 after OFW Joanna Demafelis was slain and discovered inside a freezer at an abandoned apartment there.

“If we close down the shelter, what will happen to the runaway Filipinos? They will end up in streets and arrested by police – that’s the effect,” De Vega said.

The shelter was one of two recurring issues in the bilateral labor agreement that the Kuwaiti government is concerned with. However, De Vega said none of these concerns have been put into writing.

A high-level Philippine delegation is scheduled to fly to Kuwait this week to discuss the ban on Filipinos entering the Gulf state for the first time and the possible review of the 2018 labor agreement between the two countries.

The upcoming high-level talks are part of the regular discussions between the Philippines and Kuwait concerning the more than 290,000 overseas Filipinos there.

According to the DFA, around 70 per- the valuable resource that is the Malampaya gas field,” Lotilla said.

Energy Undersecretary Alessandro Sales said the Malampaya service contract extension has no impact on China’s claims and potential exploration deals in the West Philippine Sea.

“[The] field was discovered in 1989. We have been producing from the Malampaya field since 2001,” Sales said. Following the President’s approval, the Malampaya Deep Water Gas to Power Project is moving full speed ahead for new exploration and development.

“This is a significant development for our national energy security and independence. The Malampaya asset will continue what it has started in operating ing price increases effective 6 a.m. on May 16: P0.35 per liter for gasoline; P1.40 per liter for diesel; and P1.20 per liter for kerosene. These reflect movements in the international oil market,” the country’s biggest oil company said. Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Chevron Philippines, Jetti Petroleum, Clean- try’s sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the country’s exclusive economic zone, the PCG said.

The move also highlights the country’s unwavering resolve to protect its maritime borders and resources and contribute to the safety of maritime trade, the Coast Guard said.

For his part, Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Monday commended the PCG for installing the buoys.

“The Coast Guard should install more buoys in the entire breadth of the WPS, from the northern part of the country in the Ilocos region to the south in the Palawan area, because that is the extent cent of the OFWs in Kuwait are household workers.

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“Biofertilizers still need to be tested on a sufficient scale to prove that rice production costs can be lowered and better harvests achieved,” she explained.

Numerical data in MO 32 “need thorough recomputation to bring biofertilizer goals closer to reality,” Marcos said.

She cited that the quoted price of P2,000 per kilo of urea was 33% to 82% more than the prevailing market price of P1,100 to P1,500.

At a hearing of the House committee on overseas workers affairs, DFA’s de Vega said repeatedly: “I have hope for the future.” this world-class installation for further exploration and utilization of the country’s remaining gas reserves, as well as open up the other potential near field areas for future production,” said Prime Infrastructure Capital, Inc. chairman Enrique K. Razon Jr. fuel, Seaoil Philippines, PetroGazz, and PTT Philippines also implemented the latest round of oil price adjustments. of Philippine territorial waters China is claiming,” he said.

The plan, he said, is to resolve the issue using “full bilateral relations” between the two countries.

“Just like the way we protect our national territory, our economic interest, our cultural values--we’ll always resolve things in diplomacy but not at the expense of the national pride and honor,” the DFA official added.

De Vega said Kuwait’s suspension of entry visas would be its “response” to the Philippines’ own suspension of the deployment of first-time household workers in the oil-rich last February.

The Philippine government’s decision then was in light of the brutal killing of Ranara in Kuwait. She was reportedly raped, murdered, burnt, and thrown into the desert by her employer’s young adult son.

“We’re sending a team, DFA, DMW (Department of Migrant Workers), [and] OWWA (Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), to sit down with the Kuwaitis and see how we can move forward because we have to see what actually are the things they have been complaining about,” De Vega said.

The renewal agreement was signed by President Marcos and representatives of the SC 38 consortium: Prime Energy managing director and general manager Donnabel Kuizon Cruz, Prime Energy board member and senior adviser Sebastian C. Quinones, Jr, UC38 LLC president Belinda Racela and PNOC Exploration Corp. president Franz Josef George E. Alvarez. Lotilla signed the agreement as a witness.

Domestic pump prices are adjusted every Tuesday to reflect the movement of prices in the world oil market the previous week. Prices vary per station, brand, market forces, and location.

He said the markers “should serve as a warning to the Chinese and other foreign powers that those are a demarcation of our 200-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) under international law.”

“China should leave that area. They have no business occupying certain islets and sea features there,” he added.

Rodriguez said the Coast Guard should also place buoys near Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal, which is about 120 miles from Zambales and Pangasinan and a traditional fishing ground for Filipino fishermen from the

In its latest case bulletin, the DOH recorded 1,773 daily infections which is a 421-case increase from the 1,352 recorded between May 1 to 7. Additionally, there were 12,414 new cases in the recent week.

“High” positivity rates were also reported in several provinces in Luzon while Aklan province recorded a “very high” positivity rate with 56.9%.

“Seven-day positivity rates in NCR and other provinces in Luzon. In NCR it increased slightly from 22.7% to 25.4%. High positivity rates seen in Bataan, Batangas, Benguet, Bulacan, Camarines Sur, Cavite, Isabela, Laguna, Oriental Mindoro, Pampanga, Quezon, Rizal,” David, quoted by GMA News, said.

OCTA further said in the Visayas, Leyte logged a 21% COVID-19 positivity rate, slightly lower than the 21.3% registered on May 6. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the recommended threshold for the COVID-19 positivity rate is 5%.

The Department of Health (DOH) meanwhile reported that the country recorded 12,414 COVID-19 cases last week. From May 8 to 14, the daily average of COVID-19 cases has increased to 1,773, the DOH further said.

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Remulla said.

The DOJ chief said the department also had to review available records on the suspects who now refused to speak about the matter.

According to Remulla, before the appearance of the private lawyers, whose names he did not disclose, there were six persons who surrendered to the military for their alleged involvement in the killings.

He noted that those who surrendered were “brought quickly to the NBI for debriefing and questioning and were provided with counsel from the Public Attorney’s Office.”

“But when we were already pursuing the participation of Cong. Teves,” lawyers started representing those in custody, the DOJ chief said.

“Obviously, some people are interested in the statements they want to give and now they don’t want to cooperate anymore,” he also said.

“There’s a conspiracy and there’s probably people with a lot of money operating within the conspiracy to be able to afford the lawyers they are now getting,” Remulla added.

However, the DOJ chief said, “that will not stop us from filing the proper cases because the statements have been given much earlier... with CCTV (closed circuit television cameras) and cameras and in front of witnesses and PAO lawyers.” two provinces.

On May 9, the oil companies implemented a per liter decrease of P2.20 for gasoline, P2.70 for diesel, and P2.55 for kerosene. These resulted in a year-to-date net decrease for diesel at P7.05 per liter and kerosene at P7.50 per liter. Gasoline, on the other hand, has a net increase of P3.85 per liter.

“That is clearly part of our EEZ, and yet China is occupying it. The Chinese Coast Guard routinely harasses our fishermen there,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Philippine Navy announced that two of its ships, the BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151) and BRP Andres Bonifacio (PS-17), participated in the seagoing phase of the second ASEAN Multilateral Naval Exercise last May 13 to 14.

Navy spokesperson Capt. Benjo Negranza said the maneuvers took place near Grande Island, Zambales, and Lubang Island, Bataan.