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Gov’t urged to defer measures removing incentives in order to attract more investors amid COVID-19 crisis

April 20, 2020

A local business group urged on Monday the government to defer the passage of new tax bills, including those which remove incentives for businesses, in order to attract investors, particularly those leaving China, in the wake of the coronavirus disease

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Taguig prohibits use of common areas in condos

April 20, 2020

Authorities on Monday said the city government of Taguig has an existing guideline prohibiting  use of common areas in condominiums as enhanced community quarantine continues. In a statement, Police Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar, Joint Task Force COVID Shield commander, said

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Metro Manila, anti-discrimination zone, says Nograles

April 20, 2020

Metro Manila is now an anti-discrimination zone for frontliners, particularly healthcare workers who have been engaged in handling coronavirus disease patients, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases said on Monday. “I’m happy to report that

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Duterte, Trump agree to cooperate vs COVID-19, says Palace

April 20, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte and US President Donald Trump have agreed to cooperate in the effort to fight the coronavirus disease. Upon the initiative of the US, the two leaders had an 18-minute phone conversation on Sunday night, Presidential Spokesperson Harry

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Sulu clash fatality now 12 as sergeant dies

April 20, 2020

The death toll due to the  April 17  clash in Sulu reached to 12 after a critically wounded soldier died in a hospital in Zamboanga City on Monday morning. Major Arvin Encinas, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao

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Cop shot senior officer dead in Taguig

April 20, 2020

The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) on Monday said a personnel from the Regional Mobile Force Batallion (RMFB) was shot dead by his colleague in Taguig City last week. Police Major General Debold Sinas, NCRPO director, said the victim,

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More soldiers to conduct foot patrols, reservists may be tapped under “martial law-like” ECQ – AFP

April 20, 2020

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is prepared to deploy more troops to conduct foot patrols and to use loud speakers to remind the people to strictly follow the law  once a “martial law-like” lockdown is implemented  to prevent

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Alleged NPA leader killed in clash with military in Samar

April 20, 2020

An alleged New People’s Army (NPA) leader was killed in a clash with government troops in Samar province last Saturday. Capt. Reynaldo Aragones Jr., spokesman of the 8th Infantry Division,   said the troops encountered around five reported rebels at the

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