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DOF says state-run firms remit P160 billion in dividends to Treasury

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Posted at Dec 30 07:24 PM

State-run firms remitted P160.6 billion in dividends to the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) this year to add to the country's war chest against COVID-19, the Department of Finance (DOF) said Wednesday. Read more »

Hospitals urged to allot more beds, ventilators for possible surge in COVID cases during holidays

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Updated as of Dec 17 08:11 AM

Duque also urged local government units to allot more isolation beds at their temporary treatment and monitoring facilities to quarantine suspect COVID-19 patients and their close contacts. Read more »

New coronavirus cases in Metro Manila decreasing: OCTA group

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Posted at Oct 20 04:50 AM

MANILA - New COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila are decreasing as a whole, a group of academics monitoring the COVID-19 outbreak in the Philippines said, as the country continues to register lower additional infections on a daily basis. Read more »

PH gov't defends response vs COVID-19

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Posted at Oct 03 03:39 AM

The Philippine government once again defended its response to the pandemic after the country's infection caseload became the 20th highest in the world. Read more »

Businesses need to run to support Metro Manila residents: San Juan mayor

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Posted at Jul 31 03:37 AM

San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora said Thursday that he prefers Metro Manila to remain under general community quarantine in August, as businesses need to run for the citizens' livelihood amid the coronavirus pandemic.   Read more »

'COVID nand'yan pa rin': Mutation ng SARS-CoV-2 mas nakahahawa, paalala ng eksperto

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Posted at Jul 07 02:22 PM

MAYNILA - Nagpaalala sa publiko ngayong Martes ang isang infectious disease expert sa mas nakahahawang mutated variant ng coronavirus na sanhi ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).  Read more »

Philippines logs record-high 1,150 new COVID-19 cases in a single day; raise total to 31,825

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 23 05:22 PM

The Philippines on Tuesday reported 1,150 additional COVID-19 cases, the highest in a single day, raising the country's cumulative tally of confirmed coronavirus infections to 31,825. Read more »

Duterte meeting with IATF moved to June 15

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 10 02:30 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte's meeting with the government's inter-agency task force (IATF) on pandemic response will be moved to Monday, June 15 - the same day prevailing community quarantine measures expire, Malacañang said Wednesday.   Read more »

Sotto 'confident' Supreme Court will uphold constitutionality of Bayanihan Law

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 06:21 PM

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday said he is "confident" that the Supreme Court will uphold the constitutionality of a law that allows President Rodrigo Duterte to realign funds for coronavirus-related programs, after a former law school dean questioned the measure before the high court. Read more »

Basilan logs first coronavirus case

Leizel Lacastesantos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 05:54 PM

The island province of Basilan in the southern Philippines has logged its first case of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Governor Jim Hataman Salliman said Wednesday.   Read more »

Philippines is flattening the curve: gov't special adviser on COVID-19 crisis

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Posted at May 25 01:20 PM

The Philippines is flattening the COVID-19 pandemic curve, one of the government's special advisers on the virus said Monday. Read more »

Sporting events at 50% capacity to be allowed in 'MGCQ'

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Updated as of May 24 07:55 PM

Sporting events are among the mass gatherings that can make a gradual return in areas that are under a "modified general community quarantine" or MGCQ. Read more »

Lacson says 'necessary' to extend Bayanihan law to sustain COVID-19 response

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Updated as of May 21 02:49 PM

MANILA - A lawmaker on Thursday said extending the Bayanihan Act "necessary" as it will further enable the government to continue its coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic response.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 20, 2020

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Posted at May 21 01:06 AM

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

Checking for COVID-19 in Cubao

Aaron Favila, AP
Posted at May 20 04:58 PM

A health worker wearing a protective suit arranges papers as a random rapid testing for COVID-19 is conducted inside a columbarium at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Cubao complex in Metro Manila on Wednesday. Read more »

Philippines COVID-19 tally breaches 10,000-mark

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 06 05:00 PM

The Philippines on Wednesday breached the 10,000-mark in its tally of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases with 320 new cases, bringing the total to 10,004.   Read more »

PBA to decide on fate of season in August

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Posted at May 03 09:01 AM

The PBA Board of Governors will wait until August before making a definite decision regarding the fate of the league's 45th season. Read more »

COVID-19 cases in PH climb to 7,777, with 70 new recoveries

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 27 04:50 PM

MANILA — The new coronavirus infections in the Philippines reached 7,777 on Monday as the country logged 198 new cases, the health department said. Read more »

COVID-19 lockdown cuts PH crime rate by more than half: PNP

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Posted at Apr 22 06:49 PM

MANILA - The more than a month of lockdown imposed in Luzon and in other areas affected by the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the significant decrease in the crime rate in the country, data from the Philippine National Police revealed.   Read more »

SC seeks Ombudsman, NBI comment on release plea of ex-cop in bribe scandal amid COVID-19 threat

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 09:20 AM

MANILA – The Supreme Court on Tuesday required the Office of the Ombudsman and the National Bureau of Investigation to comment on the motion of former police official Wally Sombero to be provisionally released from detention amid the threat of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »