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Duterte tells LGUs to accept OFWs who are cleared from coronavirus infection

May 5, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has asked the local government units to allow the entry of repatriated overseas Filipino workers who have been cleared of coronavirus disease infection. Duterte, in a televised message late Monday night, raised concern that some LGUs were

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Duterte apologizes to Ayalas, Pangilinan, saying COVID-19 ”humbled” him

May 5, 2020

Saying that he was humbled by the coronavirus disease crisis, President Rodrigo Duterte has apologized to the Ayalas and Manuel Pangilinan whom he threatened to slap and send to jail over the alleged onerous water concession agreements with the government

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DepEd won’t object if Congress will approve use of SEF

May 5, 2020

Education Secretary Leonor Briones on Tuesday said there will be no objection on their part if the Congress, as well as the Department of Budget Management (DBM), will approve the use of the Special Education Fund (SEF). During Laging Handa

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DILG commends 826 LGUs that paid SAP assistance

May 5, 2020

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Tuesday commended the 828 local government units (LGUs) nationwide that completed the payout and met the deadline for the distribution of the first tranche of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP)

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No talks in the military about martial law: AFP spokesman

May 5, 2020

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)said there is no discussion yet about the declaration of martial law. “The declaration of martial law and the bases thereof depend upon the wise determination and prudent discretion of the President,” said AFP

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Duterte says gov’t has to look into migration of health workers amid pandemic

May 5, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte said he wants to look into the possibility of preventing health workers from going abroad amid the coronavirus disease pandemic. In a televised message on Monday night, Duterte said he would consult with Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra

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Año orders PNP to investigate officials who commit anomalies in giving SAP

May 5, 2020

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Tuesday ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to immediately investigate local government officials who will be reported committing anomalies in distributing the Social Amelioration Program (SAP). Año made the order following the arrest and detention

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Police seize P61.2 million worth of shabu, nab suspect in Taguig

May 5, 2020

Authorities confiscated P61.2 million worth of illegal drugs during a buy-bust operation in Taguig City last Monday night. According to the Southern Police District (SPD), the Taguig City Police Station arrested a 26- year old suspect, Gezel Wesley Oliveros, who

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