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Palace renews call to observe minimum health standards amid WHO’s acknowledgement COVID-19 can be airborne indoors

July 10, 2020

Malacañang reiterated on Friday its call to the public to continue observing minimum public health standards amid the World Health Organization’s acknowledgement that coronavirus may be airborne indoors. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the acknowledgment of the

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Palace admits gov’t became slow initially in addressing pandemic

July 9, 2020

Malacañang admitted on Thursday the government had become slow in conducting expanded testing for possible coronavirus cases. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the admission when asked in a virtual press briefing of the government’s possible lapses in addressing the health

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Cebu City vice mayor says Duterte’s sentiment vs Cebuanos a “challenge” to them

July 9, 2020

Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama said on Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte’s sentiment against the Cebuanos for the surge in the number of coronavirus cases in the city served as a “challenge” for them. In a virtual press briefing,

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Duterte names new Philippine Commission on Women chair

July 9, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a new Philippine Commission on Women head. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte named Sandra Montano as the new chairperson of the agency, replacing Rhodora Bucoy. Asked why Bucoy was replaced, Roque, in a virtual

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Vietnam ambassador pays courtesy call to Navy chief

July 9, 2020

Vietnamese Ambassador Hoang Huy Chung paid a courtesy call to Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo, Flag Officer in Command of the Philippine Navy  in Manila on Thursday. Lt. Commander Maria Christina Roxas, acting Philippine Navy public affairs chief said  Chung

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Task force preparing guidelines for back riding couples

July 9, 2020

Joint Task Force COVID Shield on Thursday said they are crafting guidelines that would be observed in allowing back riding couples to pass the Quarantine Control Points (QCPs). Police Lt. General Guillermo Eleazar, JTF commander, said the focus of the

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Palace says Philippine borders still closed amid bubonic plague in China

July 9, 2020

Malacañang assuaged on Friday concern about the possible spread of bubonic plague, saying the Philippines has not yet fully opened its borders. In an online press briefing from Davao City, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the government is taking “seriously”

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No deaths, but total COVID-19 cases at 51,754

July 9, 2020

No deaths were recorded from the coronavirus disease(COVID-19) on Thursday, even as daily new cases fell from a record high the previous day, the Department of Health ( DOH) said. New cases reached 1,395, raising the total number of cases

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