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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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

LGUs barred from requiring voter’s ID to get aid during Luzon lockdown

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 01:14 PM

Local government units are barred from requiring their residents to present a voter’s ID to avail of relief goods during the Luzon-wide lockdown, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said Wednesday following reports that some barangay officials were asking for the tag before handing out aid. Read more »

Isko Moreno appeals for food supplies for Manila

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 12:48 PM

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno appealed to the national government Wednesday to augment food supplies in the Philippine capital as the month-long lockdown of Luzon marks its second week. Read more »