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87% of Filipinos worried a family member may get COVID-19: SWS

May 25, 2020

Eighty-seven percent of Filipinos are worried that anyone from their family will get infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to a latest report of Social Weather Stations survey. on In their latest report, SWS said worry on COVID-19 in the

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Police says suspect in teener’s death committed suicide in Cebu jail

May 25, 2020

The suspect in the death of a teenager in Cebu last year was found dead inside Lapu-Lapu City jail Sunday morning. Central Visayas police said Renato Llenes, 44, allegedly committed suicide inside the infirmary cell’s comfort room. Initial report said

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Stranded persons in Metro Manila can return to province even if they have no quarantine pass

May 25, 2020

The chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday assured that locally stranded individuals (LSIs) who are processing their requirements to go home will not be arrested even if they don’t have quarantine passes. In a TV interview, Police

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Año says Pasay mayor will decide on fate of councilor shouting at health workers doing COVID-19 tests

May 25, 2020

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Monday said it is up to the Pasay City government to impose sanctions on a councilor who was caught in a video allegedly shouting at health workers conducting rapid testing for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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Majority of Filipinos took steps to prevent COVID-19 spread: SWS

May 25, 2020

Majority of Filipinos have taken steps to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) since the beginning of the pandemic crisis, a Social Weather Station( SWS) survey said on Monday. Based on their latest report, seventy-seven percent of working-age Filipinos,

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Lorenzana holds phone meetings with counterparts from Japan, China and Australia

May 25, 2020

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana continues to strengthen bilateral relations with his counterparts from Japan, China and Australia. Arsenio Andolong, Department of National Defense (DND) public affairs service chief said Lorenzana held meetings by teleconference with his

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Returning OFWs can be picked up by a relative: PNP

May 25, 2020

The chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday said Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) can now be picked up a relativeif they have authorized identifications and can answer  questions of police officers manning checkpoints. “They can now be fetched

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Duterte giving concerned agencies one week to bring home stranded 24,000 OFWs – Palace

May 25, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered concerned government agencies to send home in one week’s time some 24,000 overseas Filipinos workers who have long been staying in the quarantine facilities and ships anchored at Manila Bay. In radio interviews, Presidential Spokesperson

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