PACC to submit partial report on Philhealth corruption to Duterte Monday

August 1, 2020

The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) is set to submit its partial report about the corruption in PhilHealth to President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday. In a public interview on Saturday, PACC Commissioner Greco Belgica said they  finished their partial report on

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Duterte orders IATF to act on medical community’s plea to place NCR under ECQ for two weeks

August 1, 2020

The Inter-Agency Task Force for Emergency Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) will discuss a plea by the medical community to reimpose enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila for two weeks. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque, in a statement, said President Rodrigo Duterte ”

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Doctors’ group urge gov’t to reimpose ECQ

August 1, 2020

The Philippine College of Physicians on Saturday urged the government to return Metro Manila to the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). ”We have witnessed a consistent rise in the number of infections and this, according to other scenarios, prompts us to

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Alleged woman NPA killed in Sorsogon

August 1, 2020

A woman who was an alleged New People’s Army ( NPA) member was killed in a clash with government troops in Sorsogon Thursday afternoon, a military official said on late Friday night. Capt. John Paul Belleza, public affairs officer of

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Six Chinese arrested for drug possession in Subic

August 1, 2020

Six Chinese were arrested by anti-drug agents in Subic Thursday evening after they were found to have 1,000 grams of shabu worth P6.8 million. In an initial report late Friday, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said arrested were Jiang

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Six alleged Abu Sayyaf, three soldiers killed in Sulu clash

August 1, 2020

Six alleged Abu Sayyaf  members and three soldiers were killed while three soldiers were wounded in a clash in Sulu on Friday morning. Maj. Arvin Encinas, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command spokesman. said the clash occurred

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Duterte hopes COVID-19 vaccine available by December; at least 20 million Filipinos to get free shots

July 31, 2020

By Celerina Monte President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed hope that by December this year, there is already a vaccine for coronavirus disease, particularly from China. If this happens,Duterte assured that the poorest of the poor Filipinos, the sick or dying

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Duterte places Metro Manila, Cebu City under GCQ; most parts of Philippines under MGCQ

July 31, 2020

By Celerina Monte President Rodrigo Duterte is placing Cebu City, similar to Metro Manila and a few other places in the country, under the general community quarantine starting August 1 to arrest the spread of coronavirus disease. In a taped

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