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Año says condo owners cannot make rules on implementing ECQ

April 21, 2020

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Tuesday said condominium owners cannot make their own rules on how they will implement the enhanced community quarantine (EQC). In a TV interview, Año said said the city government of Taguig under Mayor Lino Cayetano

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Duterte offers up to P10 million reward for any Filipino who can discover vaccine vs COVID-19

April 21, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte is offering up to P10-million reward for any Filipino who could discover a vaccine against the coronavirus disease, Malacanang said on Tuesday. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the government would also provide grant

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DOH reports 140 new cases, raising total to 6,599

April 21, 2020

The Department of Health ( DOH) reported 140 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday even as the number of recoveries continued to rise. The total number of COVID-19 cases is now at 6,599. Forty-one patients recovered, raising the tally to

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Zubiri donates plasma to PGH

April 21, 2020

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel  Zubiri has donated his plasma to the Philippine General Hospital, in aid of the medical community’s continuing search for COVID-19 treatment. After being the first public official to disclose his positive diagnosis for the disease,

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Duterte orders new NEDA chief to fully implement national ID system

April 21, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered new Acting National Economic and Development Authority Director General and Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua to immediately implement the national identification system. Chua, who was the Finance undersecretary, formally assumed his new post on

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ECQ violators will be arrested, PNP chief says

April 21, 2020

The chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday said  violators of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) will not be warned but arrested and undergo inquest proceedings. In a virtual press conference, Police General Archie Francisco Gamboa made the

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Trump offers additional assistance to Philippines for COVID-19

April 21, 2020

US President Donald Trump has offered additional assistance to the Philippines as it battles the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Embassy said Tuesday. Trump made the offer during his phone conversation with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on April 19, according to

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Manila imposing 48-hour ”hard lockdown” on Sampaloc starting Thursday 8 pm

April 21, 2020

Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso will place the Sampaloc district under a two-day “hard lockdown” in an executive order he signed on Tuesday. Based on Domagoso’s executive order, the 48-hour ”hard lockdown” of Sampaloc district starts at 8

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