KUWTT: NCR Covid cases have yet to peak | July 23, 2022

Good day. Listed below are the tales for The Manila Occasions for Saturday, July 23, 2022.

READ: NCR Covid instances have but to peak

THE Covid-19 positivity fee within the Nationwide Capital Area (NCR) or Metro Manila continues to rise, a sign that infections haven’t but peaked within the area, based on OCTA Analysis. Based mostly on the graph proven by OCTA Analysis senior fellow, Dr. Guido David, Metro Manila’s positivity fee was at 14.6 % on July 20, up from 14 % final July 15 and 12 % final July 17. David stated it’s not but clear what’s driving the uptrend, and there’s no telling when it can peak earlier than it goes on a down curve, David stated. OCTA tasks that the each day Covid rely throughout the nation may hit 3,000 on Friday, with 1,100 instances predicted in NCR alone. David additionally famous that instances at the moment are growing in lots of components of the nation and urged the general public to watch warning as a result of the subvariants of Omicron stay immune-evasive. Division of Well being (DoH) Officer in Cost Maria Rosario Vergeire stated the DoH’s personal positivity fee is 13.9 %, barely decrease than OCTA’s. She added that the DoH’s projection is way larger than OCTA’s 3,000-case per day projection, hovering at round 11,000 instances nationwide. Vergeire stated the Nationwide Capital Area is now labeled as reasonable danger for Covid after its common each day assault fee hovered at 6.25 instances per 100,000 inhabitants.

READ: Rodriguez shoots down rumors he has resigned

EXECUTIVE Secretary Victor Rodriguez on Friday brushed apart rumors that he has resigned from his submit as a result of strain from the “internal circle” of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. He made the denial throughout his assembly with the officers of the Malacañang Press Corps (MPC). He was in a jovial temper as he talked with the reporters. Unverified studies circulated that the 48-year-old Rodriguez, who was Marcos’ marketing campaign supervisor within the final elections, provided to stop after shut associates of Marcos insist he’s not certified to be the “little President.” His selection of appointments for Malacañang positions was additionally questioned. One other report had it {that a} spiritual group informed Marcos that Rodriguez’s camp was asking for P100 million in trade for a Cupboard submit. Rodriguez refused to touch upon the rumors, saying “we can’t be held to elucidate on one thing” that’s “unverifiable or chismis (gossip).”

READ: US dedicated to face by ally PH, says envoy

NEW United States Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Loss Carlson on Friday reaffirmed America’s dedication to assist defend the Philippines’ sovereignty and independence. She stated the alliance between the 2 international locations “is a bedrock of our bond, and our Mutual Protection Treaty and different agreements are on the coronary heart of our dedication to assist defend the Philippines’ sovereignty and independence.” Carlson succeeds Sung Kim, who led the US Mission in Manila from 2016 to 2020.

READ: Marcos anticipated to again AFP modernization plan

THE Division of Nationwide Protection (DND) is assured President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will affirm his assist for the continued modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) when he delivers his first State of the Nation Handle (SONA) on Monday. DND spokesperson Arsenio Andolong informed a press briefing Friday that based mostly on the statements of Senior Undersecretary and DND Officer in Cost Jose Faustino, the President is supportive of the long-term plan to modernize the navy. Andolong stated Marcos is trying to enhance the reserve forces of the AFP as properly. The modernization program is at present underneath Horizon 2, or the second section, which runs from 2018 to 2022.

READ: ‘No extension for voter registration’

THE 18-day voter registration set by the Fee on Elections (Comelec) in reference to the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on December 5 will finish on Saturday as scheduled. Through the July 4 to 23 registration interval, functions for registration, reactivation, change/correction of entries and inclusion/reinstatement of information within the checklist of voters shall be personally filed on the Workplace of the Election Officer of town/district/municipality the place the applicant resides, throughout workplace hours, from 8 a.m. to five p.m., Mondays to Saturdays. The law-mandated system of constant registration of votes began on July 4 and can finish on July 23 or just for 18 days due to a prohibition within the legislation and in addition to permit the Comelec to adjust to different poll-related actions. Underneath Republic Act 8189 or the “Persevering with Voter’s Registration Act,” voter registration is prohibited inside 120 days previous to elections.

BUSINESS: Examine: PH profit from GSP+ restricted

Topping enterprise, the Philippines’ skill to learn economically from the Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) of the European Union is restricted. That is based on a research launched on Friday by the Philippine Institute for Improvement Research and written by Brynn Jonsson Julia, an administrative officer on the Division of Commerce and Trade, titled “Analyzing the Range and Inclusivity of Philippine Exports to the European Union Underneath the GSP+.” He stated GSP+ is a commerce deal that waives EU tariffs in return for growing nations abiding by worldwide treaties, similar to these pertaining to human and labor rights, environmental safety and good governance.

SPORTS: St. Benilde sweeps season to win title

Over to sports activities, the De La Salle-Faculty of St. Benilde Woman Blazers dethroned Arellano College with a 26- 24, 25-12, 25-9 victory in Sport Two of the Finals to finish a season sweep and seize the championship of the Nationwide Collegiate Athletic Affiliation (NCAA) Season 97 girls’s volleyball match. The Woman Blazers are the primary NCAA girls’s volleyball crew to complete the season and not using a loss for the reason that College of Perpetual Assist System Dalta in 2012.

READ: Opinion and editorial

Antonio Contreras, Yen Makabenta, and Danton Remoto are right this moment’s entrance web page columnists. Contreras tackles the nation’s language debate, Makabenta discusses “Greenflation”, and Remoto tells abroad Filipinos on going house to see the nation’s vacationer points of interest.

Immediately’s editorial believes a brand new railway system is an opportunity for the Division of Transportation to get issues proper. Learn a full model on the paper’s opinion part or take heed to the Voice of the Occasions.

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That is EJ Gomez reporting.