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Public transport can partially operate if IATF allows it

April 22, 2020

If the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) allows public transportation to partially operate, only 30 percent of its capacity will be allowed to do so, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said on Wednesday. In a

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PNP intelligence chief conscious after March chopper crash

April 22, 2020

The chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday said one of the generals confined in the hospital following a helicopter crash last March 5 is conscious. In a radio interview, Police General Archie Francisco Gamboa said Police Major General Mariel

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Chinese, five others arrested for selling overpriced face masks, vitamins

April 22, 2020

A Chinese and five others were arrested in an entrapment operation for allegedly selling overpriced face masks and vitamins not authorized by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA). According to the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), the suspects were

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Navy ships to pick up PPEs from India on way home from Middle East

April 22, 2020

The Philippine Navy (PN) vessels deployed to assist the repatriation of Filipinos in Middle East were tasked to pick up personal protective equipment  (PPE) against the coronavirus disease 2019 in India as they began their journey back to the country.

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PNP investigating cop selling guns

April 22, 2020

The Philippine National Police- Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (PNP-IMEG) is investigating a policeman allegedly involved in gun trafficking after two were arrested with a Uzi machine pistol and a firearm in Sta. Cruz, Manila last Monday. Police Brigadier General

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Navy ship sails for China to get boxes of PPE

April 22, 2020

The Philippine Navy’s logistic support vessel, BRP Bacolod City left to pick up 23, 385 boxes of personal protective equipment (PPEs) against the coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) in Xiamen, China. Lt. Commander Maria Christina Roxas, acting Navy public affairs

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DOH starting to see slowdown in new COVID-19 cases

April 22, 2020

The Department of Health (DOH) said they have begun seeing a slowdown in the number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country. In a televised press briefing Tuesday, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said ”according to our experts,

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Duterte no decision yet; no recommendation for total lockdown or total lifting of ECQ after April 30 – Palace

April 21, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has not made up his mind on the action to be taken after April 30, the expiration of the extended enhanced community quarantine in Luzon, including Metro Manila, the epicenter of coronavirus disease in the country. This

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