DOH watching COVID-19 situation in Davao City

November 19, 2020

The Department of Health (DOH) is watching the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in Davao City as cases are rising. “The rise in Davao City is continuous as of this time… Transmission in these areas were identified in communities and closed

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Military engineers deployed to help victims in Cagayan Valley

November 19, 2020

Major General Arnulfo Marcelo Burgos Jr., Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) chief, ordered  military engineers deployed to help victims of Typhoon ”Ulysses” in Cagayan Valley. Burgos said the move is in accordance with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to use all available

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Palace to study options on call for Bangsamoro transition period to be extended until 2025

November 19, 2020

Malacanang said on Thursday it will study the call of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority led by Chief Minister Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim to extend by three years the Bangsamoro transition period, which supposedly will end in 2022. “It’s the

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Duterte set to join in APEC meeting on Nov. 20

November 19, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte will join his counterparts from other 20 member-economies of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation in the 27th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting on Friday, November 20, via a video conference. The Office of the Presidential Assistant on Foreign

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PDEA arrests two, seize P3.4 million of illegal drugs

November 19, 2020

Operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) confiscated P3.4 million worth of illegal drugs during a buy-bust operation in Pasay City on Wednesday. Members of PDEA Regional Office 4A Special Enforcement Team conducted the operation in front of a

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Damage to agriculture, infra over P10 billion: NDRRMC

November 19, 2020

  The damage to agriculture and infrastructure  from Typhoon ”Ulysses” has surpassed P10 billion, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Thursday. In a press briefing, NDRRMC spokesman Peter Galvez said damage to agriculture is at

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25 policemen succumb to COVID-19

November 19, 2020

Another police officer succumbed to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) bringing total deaths to 25, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Wednesday night. Based on their latest data, the latest death is a 42-year-old assigned at the Police Regional Office 12

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DILG rebuts lawyer who claimed Año was ”missing in action” during ”Ulysses”

November 19, 2020

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Thursday assured that Secretary Eduardo Año was working before, during and after the onslaught of Typhoon ”Ulysses” after he was criticized by a lawyer for being ”missing in action”. In

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