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CIDG arrests three for alleged profiteering on medical supplies

April 2, 2020

The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested three suspects, including an Indian, for allegedly profiteering on medical supplies in separate operations in Manila and Oriental Mindoro. In a report, the Manila Police District- CIDG arrested Mukesh Chandwani, 31 for

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After protest, QC ”working overtime” to help constituents: DILG

April 2, 2020

The local government of Quezon City is now ”working overtime” in providing assistance to their constituents, especially in Barangay Pagasa where residents held a protest in EDSA last Wednesday appealing for help, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)

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Duterte ”overemphasized on implementing the law”in warning troublemakers: PNP

April 2, 2020

The chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday assured the public that they will not shoot leftist and violators of the enhanced community quarantine, saying President Rodrigo Duterte is overemphasizing the implementation of law when he made his

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Navy gets emergency quarantine facility from architecture firm

April 2, 2020

The military formally received one of the first COVID-19 emergency quarantine facility (EQF) in a ceremony in Taguig City on Wednesday afternoon. Lt. Commander Maria Christina Roxas, Philippine Navy spokesperson, said the ceremony was led by Fleet-Marine Ready Force Commander,

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DILG says NBI invitation to Sotto ” useless political distraction”

April 2, 2020

The Department of Interior and Local Government(DILG) on Thursday said the invitation given by the National Bureau of Investigation to Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto is a “useless political distraction”  as the government is battling the spread of coronavirus disease

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Gov’t structures converted into quarantine facilities to be functional before mid-April – Nograles

April 2, 2020

Government establishments, which could accommodate up to nearly 2,000 individuals, in Metro Manila will be fully functional as quarantine facilities before the middle of this month, an official said on Thursday. Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious

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IATF OKs 30-day grace period for SMEs’ rents; urges stores to operate up to 12 hours daily

April 2, 2020

Micro, small and medium enterprises have been given a minimum of 30-day grace period to pay their rent without any penalties amid the enhanced community quarantine being enforced in Luzon and other parts of the country, the Inter-Agency Task Force

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Alleged NPA member killed in encounter with military in Quezon

April 2, 2020

An alleged member of New People’s Army (NPA) was killed while a soldier was wounded in another encounter in Quezon province on Wednesday afternoon. Capt. Jayrald Ternio, public affairs chief of the 2nd Infantry Division, said the clash happened in

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