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SC defers tackling ABS-CBN petition vs NTC’s cease and desist order

July 14, 2020

The Supreme Court deferred deliberation on ABS-CBN Corp.  petition seeking to set aside the cease and desist order of the National Telecommunications Commission after its franchise expired on May 5. SC spokesperson Brian Keith Hosaka on Tuesday said the High

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New COVID-19 cases below 1,000 for second day

July 14, 2020

For the second straight day, the Department of Health (DOH) reported new cases lower than 1,000. On Tuesday, DOH said new cases reached 634, bringing the total to 57, 545. Active cases, which exclude deaths and recoveries are at 35,

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Gov’t to do house-to-house search for persons positive of COVID-19, bring them to isolation facility: Año

July 14, 2020

Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año said there will be house-to-house search to bring persons who tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but are inside their home. “What we need here is cooperation. To our people if you

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Lorenzana to undergo self-quarantine once more as staff positive for COVID-19

July 14, 2020

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana will undergo self-quarantine again after one of his staff was tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Lorenzana made his announcement Tuesday after his visit in Jolo, Sulu with President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday. This will

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Lorenzana backs US position on disputed areas in South China Sea

July 14, 2020

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana supports the United States position on the maritime claims in South China Sea. “We strongly agree with the position of the international community that there should be a rules-based order in the South China Sea,” the

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20% of NCR firms did not comply with interim guidelines to control, prevent COVID-19

July 14, 2020

Twenty percent of the business establishments in the National Capital Region (NCR) have not complied with interim guidelines on workplace prevention and control of COVID-19 of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). In a statement Tuesday, DOLE NCR regional

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NEDA sees Philippine trade to recover

July 14, 2020

Trade growth is expected to gain momentum in the coming months as quarantine measures ease, the National Economic and Development Authority ( NEDA) said Tuesday. The Philippine Statistics Authority reported last July 10 that total merchandise trade registered a slower

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Duterte visits soldiers in Jolo

July 13, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte visited on Monday the government troops in Jolo, Sulu. “I confirm that PRRD (Duterte) had just left Jolo, Sulu where he addressed the troops,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a viber message to reporters. He said

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