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OPINION: Duterte’s excruciating Monday midnight report

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Apr 01 12:19 AM

Only a person with a warped mind would call the death of healthcare workers because of Covid-19 “swerte.” Read more »

Gov't yet to release cash aid for poor families, health workers as agencies finalize databases

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 02:19 PM

The executive department has yet to disburse the P5,000 to P8,000 cash assistances for indigent families affected by the coronavirus crisis as agencies are still finalizing databases, according to President Rodrigo Duterte's first report to Congress submitted on Tuesday. Read more »

READ: Duterte's first report on COVID-19 response

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 01:06 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte submitted to Congress on Monday his first weekly report on the government's COVID-19 response. Read more »

A week after 'Bayanihan Act', Senate expects Duterte to report on COVID-19 expenditures

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 12:12 PM

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday said his chamber expects to receive President Rodrigo Duterte's first report on how the executive department made use of additional funds and powers approved by Congress to boost the government's response to the coronavirus crisis. Read more »

Gov't agencies to sign joint circular on emergency subsidy for low income families

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 08:40 PM

The measure seeks to help defray the expenses of low income families amid the enhanced community quarantine implemented by the government to contain the fast spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 25, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 12:44 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Waiting for remittance

Jimmy Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 05:52 PM

People fall in line as they wait for a money remittance center to open in Sauyo, Quezon City on Wednesday, while the whole of Luzon island remains under enhanced community quarantine. Read more »

Indigent families not under CCT may still qualify for coronavirus cash aid: Go

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 03:18 PM

Poor families who are not under the government's conditional cash transfer program may still receive cash aid from the government during the coronavirus crisis as long as local government units identify them as indigent families, a senator said Wednesday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 24, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 01:15 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Audit rules 'not waived' in Senate's COVID-19 special powers, cash aid bill: Drilon

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 04:31 PM

The executive branch will still be subjected to state auditing even if Congress has authorized President Rodrigo Duterte to realign funds to better respond to the coronavirus crisis, a Senate leader said Tuesday. Read more »

Senate approves ‘Bayanihan to Heal as One’ Act

Henzberg Austria, Senate PRIB
Posted at Mar 24 02:55 PM

Senators led by Senate President Vicente Sotto III and some government officials work past midnight on Tuesday to deliberate Senate Bill 1418 or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act. Read more »