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OWWA says ready to help Filipino workers in UAE hit by Philippine travel ban

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Posted at May 17 08:12 PM

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said on Monday it is "ready to support" Filipinos employed in the United Arab Emirates who were affected by a travel ban that the Philippines imposed to keep out a COVID-19 variant first detected in India. Read more »

Palace: 35 pct of Filipinos may be vaccinated vs COVID-19 by August

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Updated as of May 17 08:31 PM

The Philippines aims to vaccinate about a third of its roughly 108 million people against the novel coronavirus by August, Malacañang said on Monday.    Read more »

DTI: Up to 300,000 back to work with looser NCR Plus quarantine

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Posted at May 17 05:15 PM

Up to 300,000 people got their jobs back when Metro Manila and surrounding Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal provinces—which government collectively calls NCR Plus—shifted to a looser quarantine level, the trade department said on Monday.    Read more »

Philippines administers nearly 3 million COVID-19 shots

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Posted at May 17 02:26 PM

The Philippines has administered nearly 3 million COVID-19 shots, Malacañang said on Monday, as it detailed plans on the vaccination drive.  Read more »

IATF: Mayors, governors now part of 'A 1.5' priority group for COVID-19 jabs

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 17 01:28 PM

The inter-agency task force leading the country's COVID-19 response said on Monday mayors and governors were upgraded among priority groups in the coronavirus vaccination drive.  Read more »

Puerto Princesa City needs more health workers as COVID-19 cases spike: mayor

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Posted at May 14 05:21 PM

Puerto Princesa in Palawan provinces needs more healthcare workers to tend to patients with COVID-19, cases of which recently saw an uptick, the city's mayor said on Friday.    Read more »

IATF allows sale of some lottery tickets; in-person house helper assessment OK’d, too

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Posted at May 14 01:27 AM

The IATF approved "the selling of Lotto, Keno, Scratch-It and Small Town Lottery Tickets nationwide even during MECQ," task force spokesman Harry Roque said. Read more »

Philippines extends, expands travel ban vs COVID-19 variant from India

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Posted at May 14 12:11 AM

The Philippines on Thursday extended its ban on travelers from India until the end of May, to arrest the spread of a COVID-19 first detected in the South Asian nation, and expanded the restriction to two more countries.  Read more »

Duterte slams opposition for 'raising so many issues' amid COVID-19 crisis

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 14 12:13 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday hit the opposition for "raising so many issues" including the West Philippine Sea in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis.  Read more »

Duterte thanks private sector for COVID-19 aid, says there'll be lots of money post-crisis

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Posted at May 13 11:47 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday thanked the private sector for its assistance to the government in dealing with the COVID-19 crisis.  Read more »

Duterte approves NCR Plus shift to GCQ with 'heightened restrictions'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 13 11:59 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday approved the shift of Metro Manila and nearby Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal provinces back under general community quarantine "with heightened restrictions" starting this weekend Read more »

DILG: Prevention, not contact-tracing, weakest link in COVID-19 response

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Posted at May 13 05:57 PM

The Department of the Interior and Local Government said the prevention of COVID-19, not contact-tracing was the "weakest link" in the Philippine response to the coronavirus crisis, contrary to an official's remark.    Read more »

Palace says 'big' deal that Pinoys can go to Scarborough; fisher says China still shoos them away

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 13 04:12 PM

Malacañang said on Thursday it was a "big deal" that Filipinos can earn their living at China-occupied Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea under President Rodrigo Duterte's administration—even if a fisherman said Beijing would at times shoo them away.  Read more »

Gov't traces less than a fourth of guests at Caloocan resort closed over quarantine breach

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Updated as of May 13 01:31 PM

The interior department said on Thursday authorities so far traced less than one-fourth of the quests who flocked to a resort in Caloocan City last week and violated the curb on mass gathering meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19.  Read more »

Game regulator wants frontliners prioritized over athletes for COVID-19 vaccination

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Posted at May 12 02:40 PM

The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) on Wednesday said urged government to continue prioritizing frontliners over athletes in the COVID-19 vaccination drive.  Read more »

Palace: Quarantine status for rest of May likely out on Friday

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Posted at May 11 03:00 PM

Malacañang said on Tuesday that quarantine classifications for the rest of May might be announced on May 14, the last day of the current lockdown levels in some areas.  Read more »

Research group urges 'slow exit' from NCR Plus quarantine

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Posted at May 11 01:06 AM

An independent research group on Monday urged government to order a “calibrated, slow exit,” from the second strictest quarantine level up over Metro Manila and four surrounding provinces until the middle of the month, despite a decrease in COVID-19 cases.    Read more »

Duterte says he dialed Xi for vaccine help; Chinese leader made no demand

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 10:56 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he asked his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for help to secure COVID-19 shots, and the latter made no demand that Manila abandon its maritime dispute with Beijing.    Read more »

Palace to Nayong Pilipino Foundation: Give way to vaccination site

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 10 08:31 PM

Malacañang on Monday asked the Nayong Pilipino Foundation to give way to the construction of a mega COVID-19 vaccination facility, despite concerns that it would cut down about 500 trees.  Read more »

Palace: Looser NCR Plus quarantine 'possible' mid-May

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 05:32 PM

A shift to looser quarantine restrictions is "possible" for Metro Manila and four surrounding provinces by the middle of May, Malacañang said on Monday.    Read more »