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Primer on BSP Memorandum No. M-2020-008

March 17, 2020

BSP Action on COVID-19 Pandemic The Bangko Sentral recognizes the potential significant impact of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) to the general public, including the individual and corporate clients and employees of BSP supervised financial institutions (BSFIs). This pandemic

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DFA temporarily suspends consular services in Luzon

March 17, 2020

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday temporarily suspended consular services in Luzon after President Rodrigo Duterte announced an enhanced community quarantine over Luzon. The DFA said this covers the Office of Consular Affairs in Aseana, Parañaque City and

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DOLE suspends all job fairs due to COVID-19 

March 17, 2020

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has ordered the postponement of all job fairs nationwide.  Based on DOLE Administrative Order No. 106-2020 Monday, there will be no job fairs to be held temporarily.  “Employment facilitation programs, which entail mass

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Ilocos Norte still free of African Swine Fever

March 17, 2020

BAGUIO CITY– Ilocos Norte is one of the few northern Luzon  which has remained free of the African Swine Fever (ASF). Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Apayao and four other provinces are still spared from ASF,  said Ilocos Norte provincial veterinarian

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Duterte inspects checkpoints hours after placing entire Luzon under “enhanced community quarantine”

March 17, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte inspected early Tuesday morning some checkpoints in Metro Manila hours after he declared an “enhanced community quarantine” in the entire Luzon. In a photo by the Presidential Security Group, which was shared by Presidential Communications Operations Office

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US allots P139 million assistance for DOH’s anti- COVID-19 measures in Philippines

March 17, 2020

The United States government has committed more than P139 million in assistance to help the Philippine government in its fight against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The US Embassy in Manila  said Tuesday  the US government through the US Agency for International

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Senators Binay, Gatchalian test negative for COVID-19: Duque

March 17, 2020

Senators Nancy Binay and Sherwin Gatchalian have been found negative of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III. This came a day after Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri said he tested positive of COVID-19. In a

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Alleged NPA official nabbed in Sultan Kudarat

March 17, 2020

An alleged high-ranking official of New People’s Amy (NPA) was nabbed in Sultan Kudarat on Monday morning. Major Arvin Encinas,  spokesman of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command,  said arrested  was Leon Tacduro alias Paeng, known

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