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NCRPO says cops can enter posh subdivisions

April 28, 2020

The chief of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) on Tuesday said exclusive villages and subdivisions areas not “immune” from the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). In a virtual presser, Police Major General Debold Sinas reminded residents of private areas 

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Philippines to start opening up more sectors under modified quarantine measures – Palace

April 28, 2020

The Philippine government is likely to open up at least 30 sectors, mostly in the services, under both the enhanced and general community quarantine, while there are more sectors to be allowed to operate under the GCQ amid the coronavirus

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No violation by Santos in asking for China to buy COVID-19 medicine: Lorenzana

April 28, 2020

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Felimon Santos did “not violate any regulations nor imperiled the security of the country” when he wrote a letter to Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian seeking

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PNP to help women, especially elderly and pregnant, reach their destination

April 28, 2020

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday said they are ready to provide assistance to women, particularly stranded elderly and pregnant women who must go to their destinations. In a statement, Police Brigadier General Bernard Banac said this is in

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Año defends cop in Dasmarinas Village incident

April 28, 2020

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Tuesday said the police officer involved in a heated argument with a foreigner inside Dasmarinas Village in Makati City “did his job well”. In a TV interview, Año said as the chairman of the National

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Almost 17K OFWs repatriated amid coronavirus pandemic – Guevarra

April 28, 2020

Nearly 17,000 overseas Filipino workers have been repatriated to the Philippines as the world faces the coronavirus disease pandemic, which has displaced many workers in the country and abroad. In a taped televised meeting of President Rodrigo Duterte with some

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Fire hits office at Philippine Army finance center

April 28, 2020

A nearly two-hour fire  hit an office inside the finance center of the Philippine Army Monday night, said Army spokesman Col. Ramon Zagala. Zagala said the fire started at the Governance Strategy Management Office  inside the finance center of the

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Vaccine vs COVID-19 may take at least a year for approval: WHO official

April 28, 2020

Six vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are  being studied by different pharmaceutical firms, an official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday. At a televised press briefing of the Department of Health (DOH), acting WHO Representative to the

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