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Duterte orders DOJ to form panel to probe PhilHealth, conduct lifestyle checks of officials, staff

August 7, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has directed the Department of Justice to form a panel to investigate the alleged widespread corruption and anomalies in the Philippine Health Insurance Corp., including lifestyle checks of its officials and employees. In a memorandum to Justice

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On surpassing Indonesia’s COVID-19 cases: Palace says Philippines doing more tests

August 7, 2020

The Philippines is doing more tests for coronavirus disease infection why it could have recorded more cases than Indonesia, Malacañang said on Friday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said while the Philippines has already surpassed the COVID-19 cases of Indonesia and

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Angkas riders to bring medical frontliners to work and home for free

August 7, 2020

Around 1,000 Angkas riders were assigned to transport medical frontliners to work and back home for free, the Joint Task Force COVID Shield said on Friday. Police Lt General Guillermo Eleazar, JTF commander, said the Angkas group took the initiative

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PCG personnel help mother deliver baby at airport

August 7, 2020

Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel assisted a pregnant Overseas Filipino Worker who give birth at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). “On 05 August 2020, PCG frontline personnel deployed at the NAIA Terminal 2 ensured the safe childbirth of a

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Authorities confiscate more than P200,000 of illegally-cut lumber in Cagayan

August 7, 2020

Authorities confiscated more than P200 thousand worth of illegally-cut lumber in a law enforcement operation in Cagayan province on Wednesday, a military official said on Friday. Maj. Noriel Tabayan, public affairs chief of the 5th Infantry Division, said joint elements

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31 Filipinos injured, 4 dead in Beirut blasts: DFA update

August 7, 2020

The number of Filipinos injured in the Beirut, Lebanon blasts has risen to 31 while those killed in the incident remain at four, the Department of Foreign Affairs reported Friday. In a statement, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Sarah Lou Y. Arriola

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Locsin, Pompeo hold talks on South China Sea issue

August 7, 2020

Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo held talks on the South China issue as both countries reaffirm their “strong” alliance amid China’s increased military presence in the disputed waters. Pompeo, in a readout of

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Japan provides Avigan tablets to Philippines for trial vs COVID-19

August 7, 2020

Japan has provided anti-viral flu drug Avigan to the Philippines for possible coronavirus treatment, its embassy said Thursday. Avigan tablets will be tested on 100 patients, saying its donation of the drug is part of its emergency grant aid to

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