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Mobile checkpoints to be set up after more private cars seen in roads

April 15, 2020

The commander of Joint Task Force (JTF) COVID Shield on Wednesday said he directed the Philippine National Police- Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) to put up mobile checkpoints along EDSA and other major thoroughfares to run after violators on board private

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Five arrested, 200 boxes of smuggled cigarettes confiscated in Zamboanga City

April 15, 2020

Government forces apprehended five individuals and confiscated smuggled cigarettes while conducting maritime patrol operation off the waters of Zamboanga City on Tuesday. Major Arvin Encinas, spokesman of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command, said troops of

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Marikina COVID-19 testing facility must meet DOH requirements: Año

April 15, 2020

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said there is nothing wrong with the decision of Marikina City Mayor Marcelino Teodoro to open their testing center but advised him to get approval from the Department of Health (DOH). “If he really needs it badly. 

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Año orders LGUs, PNP to close non-essential business establishments

April 15, 2020

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Wednesday ordered local government units (LGUs) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to enforce closure non-essential business establishments while the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is still being implemented until April 30 in Luzon amid  the

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DILG issues show cause orders to three governors, two mayors

April 15, 2020

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Wednesday said he issued show cause orders against three provincial governors and two mayors for violating the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) guidelines issued by the national government. He did not name the officials. Interior Undersecretary

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Military, MILF recover two homemade bombs in Maguindanao

April 15, 2020

The military and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) recovered two improvised explosive devices in a clearing operation in Maguindanao on Monday. Maj. Arvin Encinas,  spokesman of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command,  said the joint

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Philippines ready to join in clinical trials, including use of Japanese drug Avigan, says Duterte

April 15, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that the Philippines is ready to participate in the clinical trials and medical studies, including the use of Japanese manufactured anti-drug flu Avigan, to fight coronavirus disease. In his intervention during the video conference

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Duterte to lift lockdown once there’s treatment for COVID-19; orders use of rapid test sans FDA approval

April 14, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte said he would lift the lockdown, particularly in Luzon, including Metro Manila, once there is already treatment for the coronavirus disease. Duterte made the statement as he shared during his taped televised public message on Monday night

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