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Task force urges public to get used to checkpoints, curfew

May 28, 2020

Joint Task Force COVID Shield on Thursday urged the public to get used to checkpoints and curfew as it will be part of the ‘new normal’ under the government’s plan to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) until a vaccine is

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Immigration places two Chinese operating underground hospital for COVID-19 patients

May 28, 2020

Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente on Thursday has placed the two Chinese suspects caught operating an underground hospital for COVID-19 patients in Pampanga last week in their alert list to prevent them from leaving the country. “We have placed them on

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Philippines still under community quarantine after May 31, says Palace

May 28, 2020

The Philippines will remain under community quarantine after May 31 and any part of the country can go back to enhanced community quarantine if there is high-risk of coronavirus disease infections, Malacañang said on Thursday. In a virtual press briefing,

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Duterte need not explain Aquino’s removal from PDEA, Palace says

May 28, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte does not need to explain his decision to transfer former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director General Aaron Aquino to another post despite his “war on drugs,” Malacañang said on Thursday. In a virtual press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson

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DILG gives LGUs Thursday to send list of cash aid beneficiaries

May 28, 2020

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) gave local government units (LGUs) until Thursday to liquidate and submit the encoded list of beneficiaries for the second tranche to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Interior Undersecretary

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Only stranded individuals, returning Overseas Filipinos need travel authority from PNP

May 28, 2020

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Thursday reiterated that only locally-stranded individuals (LSIs) and returning Overseas Filipinos (ROFs) are required to get a travel authority from the Philippine National Police (PNP). Employees who will return to work only needs to show

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5.2 magnitude quake jolts Northern Luzon provinces

May 28, 2020

BAGUIO CITY-  A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Northern Luzon provinces Thursday afternoon, the Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology ( Phivolcs) said. San Fernando City, La Union’s capital,  felt it strongest, Phivolcs added, The earthquake, which was tectonic in origin,  was

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Troops confiscate more than P10 million worth of smuggled cigarettes

May 28, 2020

Government troops  confiscated more than P10 million worth of smuggled cigarettes  in a joint operation in Zamboanga City last Tuesday. Col. Antonio John Divinagracia, Joint Task Force Zamboanga Commander, said a warehouse of smuggled cigarettes was raided by the government’s

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