Duterte to have COVID-19 injection on his buttocks – Palace

January 26, 2021

President Rodrigo Duterte will have his vaccine against coronavirus disease to be injected on his buttocks, his spokesman said on Tuesday. With this, Duterte could not have his immunization to be made public, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a

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Coast Guard deploys personnel to augment traffic enforcers in Metro Manila

January 26, 2021

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deployed its personnel to augment traffic enforcers in Metro Manila. According to the PCG, thirty nine personnel were formally turned over to the Interagency Council for Traffic (IACT) on Tuesday. The 39 PCG personnel are

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Oriental Mindoro mayor believes dead pigs thrown by cargo ship

January 26, 2021

The mayor of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on Tuesday said they believed dead pigs found floating in their town’s beach last Monday were thrown from a cargo ship. “Yesterday, I was with our municipal agriculturist and members of the provincial veterinary

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Six Metro Manila mayors favor keeping GCQ

January 26, 2021

Six Metro Manila mayors on Tuesday said they want to maintain the general community quarantine (GCQ) status due to the continuous threat from the COVID-19 pandemic. In separate radio interviews, the mayors said easing the quarantine status in the National

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Duterte hopes people to properly wear face mask, not just on edge of the nose

January 26, 2021

President Rodridgo Duterte has expressed hope that people would “religiously obey” the health protocols, including the proper wearing of face masks, which he could see were just hanging near the nose of some individuals. In his televised public message on

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Duterte says kids aged 10 to 14 have to stay home amid UK COVID-19 variant

January 26, 2021

President Rodrigo Duterte decided on Monday not to impose easing of quarantine age restrictions, saying he has to protect the people especially after the discovery of new strain of coronavirus disease in the country. “The restrictions of lifting the age

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Sinas assures families of SAF 44 are getting benefits

January 26, 2021

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Debold Sinas assures that the benefits for the families of the 44 Special Action Force (SAF) members killed in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in 2015 are being given to them. “It’s continuing, after what happened we

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Some soldiers ”admonished” as AFP probe over UP list continues

January 26, 2021

A military official said Monday some soldiers were admonished after an inaccurate list of former University of the Philippines (UP) students who allegedly joined the New People’s Army (NPA) was posted in the Facebook page of the Armed Forces of

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