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PCG sending more men to NAIA to speed up release of COVID-19 results

October 22, 2020

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deployed more personnel to address the  inconvenience caused by the return to manual encoding at the One-Stop Shops in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). “Aside from the increased number of deployed frontline personnel and

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PhilHealth waiting for DOJ opinion on deal with Red Cross before paying

October 22, 2020

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) Thursday guaranteed that it has enough funds to settle its financial obligations with the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) but it will wait for a justice department opinion before doing so. In a statement, PhilHealth

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DOTr, CHED sign deal on human resources strategies for railway sector

October 22, 2020

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) signed on Thursday a memorandum of understanding on the human resources development strategies for the Philippine railway sector. The virtual signing ceremony was led by Transportation Secretary Arthur

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Task force says not behind tarpaulins declaring CPP persona non grata in Manila

October 22, 2020

The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Wednesday denied that they are not involved in the putting up of tarpaulins declaring the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) as persona non grata in a bridge

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Pagasa lifts storm warning signals, but issues gale warning

October 21, 2020

State weather forecasters lift storm warning signals as ”Pepito”, now a severe tropical storm, traversed the West Philippine Sea on Wednesday. But the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Adminstration (Pagasa) said a “gale warning is in effect due to

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Gapay orders military not to hold Christmas parties

October 21, 2020

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief General Gilbert Gapay ordered all military units not to hold Christmas parties this year. Major General Edgard Arevalo, AFP spokesman, said in a directive issued to all unit commanders and chiefs of offices throughout

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PSEi up for third day; peso at P48.585:$1

October 21, 2020

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose for the third straight day on Wednesday as it gained 165.88 points to close at 6,278.59. In the broader market, there were 163 gainers, 49 losers and 39 unchanged. Volume reached 2 billion

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PNP may not hold Christmas parties

October 21, 2020

Amid the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic, the Philippine National Police (PNP) may not conduct their traditional Christmas parties this year. “I am actually contemplating on no Christmas party of the PNP. They will understand that. Instead of using the funds

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