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Duterte not asking Congress for emergency powers amid COVID-19 pandemic – Panelo

March 22, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte is not seeking additional powers from Congress to address issues related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, his spokesman said on Sunday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, who is also the chief presidential legal counsel, made the

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DA seeks for P1-B supplemental budget from Malacañang

March 22, 2020

The Department of Agriculture has urged Malacañang for P1-billion additional budget to ensure food security and price stabilization amid the implementation of enhanced community quarantine in Luzon, including Metro Manila, because of the coronavirus disease. “We respectfully request for a

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Duque tested negative for COVID-19 – DOH

March 22, 2020

The Department of Health said on Sunday that Health Secretary Francisco Duque III is negative for coronavirus disease. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that they have already received the results of Duque’s laboratory test. “We have already received the

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IATF reiterates unimpeded delivery of food, other basic needs

March 22, 2020

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) on Sunday reminded the local government units (LGUs) on ensuring unhampered delivery of food and other basic necessities. IATF-EID spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles reiterated that all

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ECQ, not martial law, says PNP

March 22, 2020

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has clarified that the enhanced community quarantine or lockdown being implemented in the whole of Luzon due to the spread of coronavirus disease is not an indication of martial law. “What we have now is

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OWWA tasked to aid OFWs displaced by COVID-19

March 22, 2020

The Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration has been authorized to provide assistance to distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFW) amid the increasing cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) around the globe. Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases

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Duterte declares 4th week of March as “National Week of Prayer”amid rising COVID-19 cases

March 22, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has issued a proclamation declaring the fourth week of March 2020 as a “National Week of Prayer.” Duterte issued Proclamation No. 934, which he signed on March 21, in the wake of the coronavirus disease pandemic around

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NCR, Central Luzon crime rates down since enforcement of “lockdown” – PNP

March 22, 2020

Crime rates in Metro Manila and Central Luzon have significantly declined since the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine or the “lockdown” in the whole of Luzon because of the spread of coronavirus disease, the Philippine National Police said. Based

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