More than 1,000 Filipino seafarers in cruise ships at Manila Bay tested for COVID-19
May 8, 2020
More than 1,000 Filipino seaferers on three cruise ships at the Manila Bay anchorage area underwent Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) testing for COVID-19 on Friday. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said these were 902 Filipinos and 27 foreign crew
Five-star Marco Polo Hotel Davao to stop operations June 15: report
May 8, 2020
DAVAO CITY – Five-star Marco Polo Hotel Davao will stop operations on June 15 after the COVID-19 epidemic reduced its customers, the Mindanao Times reported. The 245-room hotel, part of a chain of hotels across Asia, ”still has some guests,
After ABS-CBN shutdown Palace to US: Philippines has free, robust press
May 8, 2020
Malacañang assured on Friday the “foreign friends and allies” that the Philippines continues to have a free and robust press despite the shutting down of giant network ABS-CBN. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque issued the statement after the US State Department
Nearly 800 gov’t employees volunteer to man mega swabbing facilities, says task force
May 8, 2020
Almost 800 employees from the different government agencies have volunteered to man the mega swabbing facilities established for coronavirus disease patients, the National Task Force Against COVID-19 said on Friday. NTF Deputy Chief Implementer and Bases Conversion and Development Authority
SC dismisses plea for Duterte to show medical records
May 8, 2020
The Supreme Court has junked a petition filed by a lawyer seeking to compel President Rodrigo Duterte to disclose his medical records. SC spokesperson Brian Hosaka said the High Tribunal in its en banc decision junked the petition but added
Sanchez won’t be part of elderly convicts to be freed: BuCor
May 8, 2020
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) on Friday assured the public that former Calauan, Laguna mayor Antonio Sanchez will not be included in the list of elderly inmates to be released. In a radio interview, BuCor spokesperson Col. Gabriele Chaclag said
Recoveries from COVID-19 hit record, cases now at 10, 463
May 8, 2020
The Department of Health ( DOH) reported a record number of patients recovering from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Friday. The 120 recoveries surpassed the 112 registered on Thursday, bringing the total to 1,734. However, the DOH reported 120
23 Filipinos die of coronavirus in Dubai
May 8, 2020
Some 23 Filipinos have died in Dubai due to the coronavirus disease, Philippine Consul-General Paul Raymund Cortes said Friday. In the “Laging Handa” press briefing, Cortes said that as of Thursday, there were around 16,000 positive COVID-19 cases in United
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