Even after two weeks of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections continue to surge with the Department of Health (DOH) and OCTA Research Group both saying that things are still bound to get worse than better in the coming days.
Filipino motorists are about to be treated to a big-time rollback in fuel prices next week; Taal Volcano is acting up anew and just spewed steam 3,000 meters high; and there is also a report of more Filipinos getting out of Afghanistan.
These are among the top stories this Saturday afternoon, August 21, 2021.
A tarpaulin sign celebrates the life of former Senator Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino Jr. at a marker located at the departure area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 on Saturday, August 21, 2021, or 38 years since he was killed by an assassin at the tarmac of the airport. (Ariel Fernandez)
- PH COVID-19 Update: 16,694 new cases, 15,805 recoveries, 398 fatalities
MECQ Notes
- President Duterte’s Talk to the People
- Fuel price adjustments
- Taal Volcano Alert
- Filipinos in Afghanistan
- DFA passport services
- COA sides with the President
- COA findings on TESDA
- Remembering Ninoy Aquino
- Judiciary Corner
- Political Corner
- Business Corner
- Metro Roundup
- Provincial Roundup