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Durante assures PSG members positive for COVID-19 no exposure with Duterte

May 19, 2020

Some 160 personnel of the Presidential Security Group were tested positive for coronavirus disease using the rapid tests and one of them was confirmed positive with the use of RT-PCR test, PSG Commander Colonel Jesus P. Durante III said on

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SC denies ABS-CBN temporary restraining order vs NTC

May 19, 2020

The Supreme Court on Tuesday did not grant ABS-CBN a temporary restraining order to stop the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) from implementing its cease-and desist order that forced the broadcast firm to go off the air on May 4. In

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House to proceed with hearings granting ABS-CBN franchise

May 19, 2020

The House of Representatives will forego granting a provisional franchise to ABS-CBN and will hold hearings to discuss the renewal of the broadcast firm’s 25-year franchise. In its Twitter account on Tuesday, the House of Representatives, quoting Speaker Alan Peter

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Duterte concerned over OWWA’s slow action on stranded OFWs – Palace

May 19, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte is concerned about the apparent slow action by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)  involving stranded overseas Filipino workers in various quarantine facilities, Malacañang said on Monday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, in a virtual press briefing, said

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Palace says up to ERC to come up with guidelines amid complaints vs high Meralco bills

May 19, 2020

Malacañang said on Tuesday it would be up to the Energy Regulatory Commission to act on complaints against high bills that Manila Electric Company wants to collect from its consumers for the past two months while Metro Manila was under

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40 HPG personnel to caution motorists, drivers not allowed to leave homes

May 19, 2020

Around 40 motorcycle riders of the Philippine National Police- Highway Patrol Group will be deployed along national roads of Metro Manila to caution motorists and drivers who are not allowed to go out of their homes. In a radio interview,

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DOH releases “return-to-work” guidelines

May 19, 2020

The Department of Health has released the “return-to-work” guidelines after some sectors have been allowed to resume operations following the shifting of most parts of the country into modified enhanced community quarantine and general community quarantine, Malacañang said on Tuesday.

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Families not part of SAP list can be included in second tranche if they are qualified under DSWD

May 19, 2020

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año assured  families left out from  the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) they will be included as long as they are qualified under the guidelines of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Año directed all local

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