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Task force directs LGUs to find temporary quarantine facilities

March 28, 2020

The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) instructed local government units (LGUs) to identify government establishments which will serve as temporary quarantine or isolation facilities due to spike in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles

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PNP welcomes Galvez as chief implementor of plan vs COVID-19

March 28, 2020

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Archie Gamboa expressed support on the designation of Presidential Peace Adviser Secretary Carlito Galvez as the chief implementor of the government’ declared national policy against the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “The Philippine National Police

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Baguio will not allow non-essential travelers starting Saturday

March 28, 2020

BAGUIO CITY — Baguio City will no longer allow non-essential travellers, including stranded residents from other provinces except Benguet, to enter starting Saturday. Mayor Benjamin Magalong on Friday issued the order to prevent the spread of the 2019 coronavius disease

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Comelec extends suspension of voter registration for 2022 polls to end-April

March 28, 2020

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Friday announced the extension of the suspension of voter registration for the May 2022 national and local polls up to the end of April. In a statement, Comelec Spokesman James Jimenez announced that the Commission

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PAL to continue operating cargo flights

March 28, 2020

Philippine Airlines will said Friday it will continue to mount ‘cargo-only’ flights to transport highly-essential goods such as medical products, supplies and equipment. The government’s Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) implementing the intensified community quarantine has given carriers the green light

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Galvez: Gov’t will do everything possible to mitigate COVID-19 impact

March 28, 2020

Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito G. Galvez Jr, named as the chief implementer of the National Action Palan (NAP) against COVID-19, assured the Filipino people that the government is carrying out all necessary measures to ease the impact of disease. Galvez

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RITM apologizes to House solon for saying he is COVID-19 positive

March 28, 2020

The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) Friday night said ACT-CIS Partylist Rep. Erick Go Yap saying the lawmaker is negative of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), instead of positive as it earlier reported. In a statement, the RITM apologized

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Duterte on self-quarantine as he marks 75th birthday

March 28, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte is on self-quarantine as he marks his 75th birthday Saturday,  said Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo. Panelo, in a message late Friday, said Duterte’s ”only birthday wish is for our countrymen to stay home and the total eradication

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