DFA repatriated nearly 20,000 OFWs

April 25, 2020

Nearly 20,000 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) have been repatriated from different countries, a Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) official said on Saturday. “As of today, we have repatriated 19,466 OFWs… when the enhanced community quarantine started,” DFA Usec. Brigido Dulay

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Army renders military honors to ex-soldier killed in checkpoint

April 25, 2020

The Philippine Army rendered military honors to Corporal  Winston Ragos, a retired soldier, who shot dead by a policeman in Quezon City quarantine checkpoint early this week. Col. Ramon Zagala, Philippine Army spokesman,  the body of Ragos arrived at the

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PNP says video of shooting is ”police drill video”

April 25, 2020

Police branded as fake news a video circulating on the internet that purportedly showed the close-range shooting of a person in a police checkpoint. PNP Spokesperson, Police Brigadier General Bernard Banac, said Saturday the scene in the video clip is

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Manila public school teachers, employees getting P5,000

April 25, 2020

Manila public school teachers and employees are set to receive P 5,000  financial assistance from the city government amid the enhanced community quarantine imposed due to coronavirus pandemic. Julius Leonen, Manila City Public Information Officer,  said on Friday Manila City

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UPDATE: NCR, Regions III, IV-A, “high-risk areas” to be under enhanced community quarantine until May 15 – Palace

April 24, 2020

By Celerina Monte The Philippine government has maintained the enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila and nearby two other regions and expanded it to other “high-risk areas” in the country until May 15. This was after the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases

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LGUs barred from declaring unilateral quarantine measures; must ask first IATF’s nod – DILG

April 24, 2020

Local government units could no longer unilaterally declare their own quarantine measures without the approval of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año said on Friday. This was after

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Duterte raises reward to P50M for any Filipino who can come up with vaccine vs COVID-19

April 24, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has raised the reward to P50 million for any Filipino who can discover a vaccine against coronavirus disease. In a meeting on Thursday in Malacanang with the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases and was aired

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Duterte’s order to “shoot” quarantine violators nothing to do with ex-soldier’s death at QC checkpoint – Palace

April 23, 2020

The shooting incident resulting in the death of a retired military personnel in a checkpoint in Quezon City had nothing to do with President Rodrigo Duterte’s earlier statement to “shoot dead” those who would violate the enhanced community quarantine amid

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