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244 new COVID-19 cases reported, total now 20, 626

June 5, 2020

Over 200 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases were reported by the Department of Health (DOH)  Friday. There were 244 new COVID-19 cases were reported, bringing the total to P20, 626. Out of the new cases, a total of 168 are

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Lorenzana assures no more delay in sending returning OFWs to their provinces; maximum 5 waiting days

June 5, 2020

Defense Secretary and National Task Force on COVID-19 chair Delfin Lorenzana has assured that returning overseas Filipino workers would have a maximum five days of staying in quarantine facilities as they would immediately be sent home once they are found

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PNP urges public not to join protests

June 5, 2020

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday urged the public not to engage in mass protests as the country is still under public health emergency. “We were alarmed at the mass action and public assembly at UP Diliman campus yesterday

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Duterte asks Duque to form team to deliver immediate aid to health workers

June 5, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to create a team that would focus on the immediate delivery of financial assistance to health workers who became severely ill or who died due to coronavirus disease. In a

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Año says 30 barangay officials probed on cash aid referred to Ombudsman

June 5, 2020

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Friday said 30 out of the 155 barangay officials they are investigating are  referred to the Office of the Ombudsman. In his report to President Rodrigo Duterte, Año said they are continuously identifying and filing

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Six alleged lawless group members killed in battle vs troops in Sultan Kudarat

June 5, 2020

Six alleged members of an armed lawless group were killed while more than a dozen were apprehended in an encounter with government troops in Sultan Kudarat on Thursday. Maj. Arvin Encinas, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command

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PDEA checking if Chinese in Bulacan shabu warehouse linked to Laguna operation

June 5, 2020

The chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said they are checking if the Chinese suspect arrested in Marilao, Bulacan for keeping an illegal drug warehouse has connections with the one they arrested in Laguna last Wednesday. Director General

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Amid “riot” in US: Duterte thankful for “law-abiding” Filipinos

June 5, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte is thankful that Filipinos are “really law-abiding,” otherwise, the government would find hard time enforcing the lockdown similar to what has been happening now in the United States. In a televised message in Davao City aired on

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