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DILG tells cops: Don’t detain people raising concerns about SAP

May 10, 2020

The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Sunday said police precincts personnel should not detain individuals just because they were brought in by barangay officials. Undersecretary for Barangay Affairs Martin Diño made the statement after receiving reports that

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CAAP limits inbound int’l chartered, commercial flights at NAIA

May 10, 2020

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on Saturday said arrivals of international chartered and commercial flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) will be limited starting May 11. According to the Notice to Airman (NOTAM), inbound international

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NCRPO chief, other officers tested negative for coronavirus

May 10, 2020

The chief of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) and other high-ranking officers tested negative for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In a statement on Saturday, NCRPO said the regional director and police officers underwent nasopharyngeal swab test last May 6

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100 cops to be deployed in railways facilities to ensure social distancing – NCRPO

May 10, 2020

The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) will deploy around 100 Mobile Force Battalion (MFB) personnel in the Light Railway Transit (LRT) and Metro Railway Transit (MRT) stations to ensure proper observance of social distancing once the enhanced community quarantine

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Andanar says post on PCOO FB page vs ABS-CBN not properly vetted

May 10, 2020

The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) on Saturday said the re-sharing of a post related to ABS-CBN shutdown on its official Facebook page was not properly vetted. “We would like to state that the resharing by the PCOO Facebook Page

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5.4 quake jolts Occidental Mindoro

May 10, 2020

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit the province of Occidental Mindoro on early Sunday morning. According to Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the epicenter of the tremor was recorded at 20 kilometers east of Lubang, Occidental Mindoro around 3:18

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Metro Manila mayors recommend to IATF 3 options, including 2-week extension of ECQ, after May 15

May 10, 2020

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Saturday said the Metro Manila Council will recommend to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) three options after the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) ends on May 15

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Palace welcomes SC decision junking petition to compel Duterte to disclose health records

May 8, 2020

Malacañang said on Friday that the petition compelling President Rodrigo Duterte to disclose his health records, which the Supreme Court eventually junked, was made to distract him from his job and to undermine the Filipinos’ confidence on him in the

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