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PhilHealth doesn’t need P2.1 billion IT system: PACC

August 11, 2020

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) does not need a P2.1 billion infotech system to weed out corruption, the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) told a Senate hearing Tuedsay. ”PhilHealth doesn’t need a P2.1 billion IT system” said Commissioner Greco Belgica.

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Duterte willing to be “injected” first with coronavirus vaccine from Russia

August 11, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed confidence on the coronavirus vaccine now being developed by Russia as he offered himself to be the first to be “experimented on” once it reaches the Philippines. In a televised message in Davao City, Duterte

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UPDATE Daily COVID-19 cases reach new record 6,958

August 10, 2020

The Department of Health ( DOH) said Monday new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases reached a new record high of 6,958. The previous record high was 6,352 on August 4. The National Capital Region accounted for 4, 163 of the new

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House passes Bayanihan 2 bill

August 10, 2020

With a vote of 242 against six and zero abstention, the House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading the proposed P162 billion coronavirus disease  (COVID-19) roadmap for economic recovery, improving the health care system, provide financial

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Echanis’ wife said victim is her husband: ex-Anakpawis solon

August 10, 2020

It was Randall Echanis’ wife who identified the cadaver of the victim in the stabbing incident in Novaliches early Monday morning, according to former Anakpawis Partylist Rep. Ariel Casilao. In a message to The Daily Manila Shimbun, Casilao said Echanis’

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Anakpawis chairman not killed, says QC police director

August 10, 2020

Contrary to the claims of militant groups, the director of Quezon City Police District (QCPD) on Monday insisted that it was not Randall Echanis, chairman of Anakpawis partylist group, who was killed in the city early morning. In a press

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Navy chief says Chinese ship is surveying Recto Bank, seeks diplomatic protest

August 10, 2020

Philippine Navy chief Vice Adm. Giovanni Carlo Bacordo expressed belief that the Chinese surveillance vessel near the Recto Bank in West Philippine Sea is really conducting survey in the area. “We’d like to conclude that indeed they are conducting surveys

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NTF adviser hopes July-August COVID-19 cases peak, to decelerate after

August 10, 2020

An adviser of the National Task Force Against COVID-19 expressed hope on Monday that July and August would be the peak of coronavirus disease cases as infections would soon decelerate. Teodoro Herbosa, also the executive vice president of the University

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