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More than 1,000 OFWs returning from Qatar in three weeks

August 11, 2020

More than 1,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Qatar are set to be brought home by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in three weeks, starting  Wednesday. In a statement, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said 1,062 OFWs from

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Task forces accost more than 300,000 quarantine violators since March 17

August 11, 2020

Joint Task Force COVID Shield on Tuesday again appealed for public cooperation after they recorded more than 300,000 violators since the implementation of community quarantine in March. Based on their data, a total of 308,859 have been apprehended from March

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Military may be tapped to enforce quarantine if COVID-19 cases continue to surge – Duterte

August 11, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte said he could be forced to utilize the military in enforcing the quarantine measures if coronavirus disease cases continue to surge. In a televised message late Monday night, Duterte said if there would be “a runaway contagion”

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Former Comelec chairman Brillantes passes away

August 11, 2020

Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Sixto Brillantes passed away Tuesday morning at the age of 80 due to the coronavirus disease. According to Brillantes’ former chief of staff, Emil Marañon, Brillantes would’ve turned 81 on Friday. “My boss and

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Avigan clinical trials to begin on August 17

August 11, 2020

The Department of Health (DOH) said coronavius disease ( COVID-19) clinical trials for  the Japanese flu drug Avigan will start August 17. In a virtual press briefing Tuesday, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said: “We are ready. The drugs are

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42 police trainees in Calapan tested positive for COVID-19

August 11, 2020

Forty two more police trainees from the Calapan City Police Station tested positive from coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the city mayor said on Tuesday. In a statement, Mayor Arnan Panaligan said they received the results of the PCR testing from Philippine

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Duterte warns of going after corrupt PhilHealth officials

August 11, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte warned on Monday night that he would go after corrupt officials in the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. In a televised message in Davao City, Duterte said those who are innocent have nothing to worry about as they

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Morales says he ”miscalculated” time to set up IT system

August 11, 2020

Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) president Ricardo Morales said he ”miscalculated the time required to get the IT system up and running” but stressed he will continue to investigate the ”systemic” fraud in the agency. Morales made this statement virtually

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