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Robredo winds down donation drive for COVID-19 relief

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Updated as of Apr 28 02:33 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday said her donation drive for the COVID-19 pandemic was down to its last 3 days after raising some P57.2 million so far.  Read more »

Robredo tells lockdown enforcers: COVID-19 is the enemy, not Filipinos

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Updated as of Apr 28 02:09 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday urged authorities to stay calm and humane during the lockdown of millions of Filipinos to snuff the COVID-19 pandemic, after some law enforcers figured in altercations with those they are tasked to watch over. Read more »

Subdivisions cannot make their own COVID-19 lockdown rules: DILG

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Posted at Apr 28 10:11 AM

Subdivisions should follow guidelines of the inter-agency task force leading the fight against COVID-19, the interior department said Tuesday, following incidents of police altercation with some residents of these areas. Read more »

Oxygen tank para sa naghihingalong pasyente, hinarang sa checkpoint: supplier

Lyza Aquino, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 28 08:47 PM

Inireklamo ng mag-asawang supplier ngayong Martes ang umano'y pagharang ng isang purok leader sa 2 oxygen tank na para sana sa isang naghihingalong pasyente sa Quezon City. Read more »

As classes shift online, some students may be left behind: PTA

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Updated as of Apr 28 10:38 AM

Poor students and those in provinces and far-flung areas could be left behind as classes move online while schools are shuttered to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the Parents-Teachers Association Federation said Tuesday. Read more »

Coronavirus crisis may spell permanent closure for some private schools

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Posted at Apr 28 07:29 AM

Some private schools could close permanently due to income losses during the months-long shutdown of vast swaths of the country to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, a sector leader said Tuesday. Read more »

Graduation rites postponed until lockdown ends, not cancelled: DepEd

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Posted at Apr 13 04:57 PM

Graduation rites will push through after the lockdown of half of the country's population to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Education said Monday. Read more »

Cash aid first tranche out in 2 weeks as Luzon lockdown nears 1-month mark

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Posted at Apr 13 10:21 AM

Authorities next week will complete the distribution of the first tranche of cash aid for 18 million families, the social welfare department said Monday, nearly a month into the lockdown of half of the country's population to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »

'Bawal epal': DILG bars local officials from putting names, photos on lockdown aid

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Updated as of Apr 03 10:31 AM

The interior department said Friday it banned local officials from plastering their photos and names onto relief aid for indigent families during a Luzon-wide lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »

Lawmaker wants longer Luzon lockdown to beat coronavirus disease

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Updated as of Apr 01 01:46 PM

A lawmaker on Wednesday urged the government to extend the month-long lockdown of Metro Manila and Luzon, home to about half of the country's 100 million people, to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

With TikTok, Filipino millennials 'create freedom' from lockdown while staying at home

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 26 02:15 PM

Dressed in all black to impress his virtual audience with hiphop moves, human resources officer Michael Tangca, films a TikTok video, finding a respite from the coronavirus pandemic that locked down millions in the Philippines and heeding authorities' stern advice: stay at home. Read more »

‘Whatever it takes’: PhilHealth says to shoulder COVID-19 hospitalization

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 12:10 PM

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will shoulder the medical expenses of Filipinos who will get hospitalized because of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), its president said Thursday. Read more »

DILG urges LGUs to remove window hours for grocery shopping during lockdown

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 09:17 PM

The Department of the Interior and Local Government urged local government units on Wednesday to lift policies on window hours for market and grocery trips since such a rule tends to gather more people at the same time. Read more »

Philippines releases funeral guidelines for COVID-19 fatalities

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 26 10:31 AM

Local government units are tasked to designate funeral service facilities that could handle the remains of COVID-19 fatalities, and to provide financial aid to families of the deceased, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said. Read more »

Philippines welcomes help from foreign frontliners in COVID-19 fight

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 09:13 PM

The Philippines will welcome help from foreign health professionals in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, one of President Rodrigo Duterte’s top officials said Wednesday with local frontliners overwhelmed with the increasing number of patients. Read more »

'We're always ahead of others': Government justifies 'draconian' measures vs COVID-19

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Posted at Mar 25 05:29 PM

The Philippine government defended Wednesday its "draconian" steps to contain the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country. Read more »

‘Draconian measures’: Philippines rolls out pandemic fighting plan

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 10:31 PM

The Philippines rolled out Wednesday its ‘draconian’ war chest against COVID-19 pandemic, seeking to contain the pandemic that claimed thousands of lives worldwide and threatened to sink economies into recession. Read more »

18 million families to get cash aid under Philippines' coronavirus stimulus

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 03:56 PM

Some 18 million poor Filipino families will receive cash aid for 2 months to help them rebuild their lives from the coronavirus pandemic, based on a stimulus law that President Rodrigo Duterte signed late Tuesday. Read more »

Philippines allots P275 billion to aid LGUs during COVID-19 outbreak, prioritizes poor

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 01:42 PM

MANILA- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Wednesday it would allocate P275 billion to help local government units (LGUs) provide aid to poor families amid the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon and lockdowns in cities and provinces in other parts of the country, as it appealed for public understanding over relief efforts. Read more »

Manila eyes Santa Ana Hospital as COVID-19 facility in 'worst case scenario'

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 01:26 PM

The Philippines' capital city is eyeing Santa Ana Hospital as its exclusive facility for coronavirus disease cases in a "worst case scenario," Mayor Isko Moreno said Wednesday. Read more »