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Villar statistically tied with Noynoy in new SWS survey

Senators Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III and Manuel Villar Jr. continued to engage in a neck and neck race for the country’s top post, and were statistically tied two months before the May 10 elections, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed. The SWS poll, commissioned by BusinessWorld, showed that while Aquino remained the top pick among presidential aspirants, Villar appeared to be catching up.   It noted that while both Aquino and Villar had lost ground, ...

Arroyo bares new round of Cabinet shuffle before polls

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday announced a new Cabinet reshuffle affecting two departments, two months before the May 10 elections. Education Secretary Jesli Lapus will be heading the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), while Trade Secretary Peter Favila will become a member of the central bank’s Monetary Board (MB), Mrs. Arroyo said in her speech during the celebration of International Women’s Day at the World Trade Center in Pasay City. Lapus will be replaced by Pres...

Zamboanga City's 1st A(H1N1) case from Ateneo

Zamboanga City's first confirmed case of influenza A(H1N1) virus case is a nine-year-old male pupil of Ateneo de Zamboanga University, a health official announced Thursday. Dr. Norvie Taruc, head of the regional epidemiology surveillance unit, said in a press conference that the boy had contact with a relative, who also tested positive for the new influenza virus in Manila last month. University president Father Antonio Moreno said the boy has already recovered from the infection and is ...

H1N1 cases in RP hit 1,709; 1,485 recover

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 1,709 confirmed cases of Influenza A(H1N1) in the country as of June 27, but the good news is that 1,485 of them are now free of the virus. “The remaining 224 or 14 percent are still under treatment at present, most of them under home management,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said in a statement yesterday. The DOH, according to the health chief, is anticipating more cases in the coming months, so it would “institute...

DOH: Prepare for 2nd wave of flu

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday underscored the need to prepare for a second wave of the Influenza A(H1N1) pandemic even if the virus presently appears to be mild in nature. Dr. Lyndon Leesuy, program manager of the DOH for emerging and re-emerging diseases, said that historically, all pandemics have had second waves that were deadlier. “It may not happen but there is a possibility of mutation. The virus may become more virulent then,” he said in an intervi...