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Senator wants teachers protected against Covid
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian renewed his call for the government, including the Department of Education (DepEd), to uphold the welfare of teachers amid the continuing threat of COVID-19 to the education sector, according to a report by GMA News. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate basic education commi...
Prosecutors included in vaccination priority
Prosecutors of the Department of Justice were included in the vaccination A4 priority category for frontliners in essential sectors, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said in a report by Philippine Star. Guevarra told reporters Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious...
Estrada tests negative for Covid-19
Former President Joseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada is now recovering from COVID-19 after testing negative for the virus, his son ex-Senator Jinggoy Estrada said in a report by CNN Philippines. "We are happy to announce that my dad continues to improve and we expect that he can be transf...
Voters’ registration still suspended in MECQ areas
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said voters’ registration remains suspended in the National Capital Region Plus and other areas placed under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) for the entire month of April, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. The poll body s...
Las Pinas to start cash distribution Friday
Las Pinas City will start on April 9 the distribution of “ayudang cash” to residents affected by the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), according to a report by Manila Bulletin. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the distribution of P1,000 cash per individual or P4,000 per ...
Indigent Filipinos to receive vaccines in May
The government plans to start the vaccination of frontline personnel in essential sectors, uniformed personnel and the poor in May as more vaccines are expected to be shipped to the country, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said in a report by Manila Times. Galvez, chief implementer of the National ...
Duterte cancels public address amid spike in Covid cases
The spike in the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to postpone his scheduled talk to the people this week, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. “The Palace confirms that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will not have a Talk to the Peopl...
Priest encourages Filipinos to put faith into action
A Catholic prelate urged Filipinos to put faith into action by helping those in need amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. “Let us proclaim what faith does to us. Let us celebrate this gift by sharing it with others especi...
Pasay reports more Covid recoveries
The Pasay City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU) said that, as of 7 p.m. of April 3, a total of 10,838 (92.31 percent) patients have already recovered, with 110 classified as new recoveries, according to a report by Manila Bulletin. The city’s active cases have remained in the...
Navotas requires quarantine passes again
Residents in Navotas are required to present a home quarantine pass (HQ pass) when going out of their homes to buy essential goods during the week-long Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) from March 29 to April 4, according to a report by Manila Bulletin. Residents who lost their old HQ passes can ...
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