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No need for additional cops from Visayas, Mindanao for Luzon lockdown: Eleazar

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Posted at Apr 08 11:54 AM

MANILA - The head of Joint Task Force Corona Virus Shield believes there are enough police personnel operating during the Luzon lockdown without the need for an augmenting force from Visayas and Mindanao. Read more »

Around 72 laboratories for COVID-19 still up for assessment: DOH

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Updated as of Apr 08 11:52 AM

MANILA - The Department of Health on Wednesday said 72 laboratories around the Philippines are still up for assessment if it can be used to test patients for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection.  Read more »

'Stable' supply of food, essentials as Luzon braces for longer lockdown

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Updated as of Apr 08 10:48 AM

The Philippines' supply of food and essentials is "stable" as half the population braced for 3 weeks more under lockdown to beat the coronavirus disease pandemic, the country's trade chief said Wednesday. Read more »

Local execs may appeal number of cash aid beneficiaries during lockdown: DILG

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Updated as of Apr 08 09:52 AM

Local officials may appeal the number of poor families in their areas who are eligible to receive cash aid from government, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said Wednesday. Read more »

Bike shops double sales in the time of lockdown

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Posted at Apr 08 08:44 AM

Bike shops at the Port Area in Manila are seeing higher sales even in the time of the enhanced community quarantine to fight the COVID-19 spread. Read more »

Cash aid data to be 'resolved' as Philippines lockdown nears 1-month mark

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Updated as of Apr 08 08:47 AM

The Philippines will resolve varying numbers on beneficiaries for cash aid, the head of the country's COVID-19 pandemic response said Thursday, nearly a month into the lockdown of millions in Luzon. Read more »

Release of cargoes from Manila port to slow on Holy Week, authorities say

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Posted at Apr 08 08:30 AM

The release of container vans in Manila ports is expected to slow down during the Holy Week but cargo unloading will continue, its operator said Wednesday. Read more »

Rizal Memorial Sports Complex now ready to house COVID-19 patients: pandemic plan chief

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Updated as of Apr 08 07:50 AM

Authorities have finished converting the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila into a quarantine facility for patients with COVID-19, a leader of the county's pandemic plan said Wednesday.  Read more »

COVID-19 bayanihan: OFWs namigay ng karne sa mga ka-barangay sa Quezon

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Posted at Apr 06 01:19 PM

Sa tulong ng kanilang mga kamag-anak at mga lokal na opisyal sa Tayabas, Quezon, namahagi ng karneng baboy ang ilang OFWs sa kanilang mga ka-barangay habang naka-lockdown ang buong Luzon dahil sa COVID-19.  Read more »

Metro Manila residents to get lockdown cash aid before Maundy Thursday: DSWD

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Posted at Apr 06 11:45 AM

The Philippines will distribute cash aid for the poorest residents of Metro Manila before Maundy Thursday, 4 weeks into the month-long lockdown of the entire Luzon to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the social welfare department said Monday.  Read more »

Locally-made COVID-19 test kits to cost less: health official

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Posted at Apr 06 10:58 AM

The locally-made COVID-19 test kits will cost patients around P1,250, a health official said Monday. Read more »

Cash aid for COVID-19 lockdown: Labor dept seeks patience for 'slight delay'

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Updated as of Apr 06 10:58 AM

The Department of Labor and Employment on Monday appealed for patience from hundreds of thousands who applied for cash aid to get them through the COVID-19 lockdown, saying it was working to overcome delays. Read more »

23,000 more Filipino seafarers expected to come home as cruise ships halt operations

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Updated as of Apr 06 09:46 AM

Some 23,000 more Filipino seafarers are expected to return home this month up to early May as the new coronavirus halted operations of cruise ships worldwide, a labor agency said Monday. Read more »

Philippines yet to flatten 'COVID-19 curve': gov't adviser

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Updated as of Apr 06 09:22 AM

The Philippines has yet to see a decrease in its daily new cases of COVID-19 as its largest island Luzon, home to 50 million, entered the last week of its monthlong lockdown, a government adviser said Monday.  Read more »

'Funds sufficient but not unlimited': PhilHealth says staying home a 'patriotic duty'

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Updated as of Apr 06 08:30 AM

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said Monday it prepared some P30 billion fund to cover the cost of treatment of all Filipinos who acquires COVID-19 until April 14.   Read more »

‘Huwag niyo kaming pandirian,’ Nurse who recovered from COVID-19 pleads to Pinoys

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Updated as of Apr 05 07:57 PM

A nurse working for an intensive care unit of a local hospital who has recovered from the coronavirus has a plea for Filipinos.  Read more »

Air pollution sa Maynila, nabawasan dahil sa lockdown

Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 10:27 AM

MAYNILA - Malaki ang ibinawas ng air pollution sa Maynila dahil nabawasan ang mga tao at sasakyan sa mga lansangan dulot ng lockdown. Read more »

Gov't task force adviser's new paradigm vs COVID-19: Turn public into frontliners

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Updated as of Apr 04 10:18 AM

MANILA - Making the public as frontliners in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will greatly help unburden the already swamped hospitals and reduce the number of healthcare workers being exposed to the virus, an adviser of the inter-agency task force on COVID-19 said Saturday. Read more »

Kadamay pinagtanggol ang paglabas ng residente ng Sitio San Roque

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Updated as of Apr 03 10:52 AM

Dadagsa palabas mula sa kani-kanilang bahay ang mga mahihirap na pamilya tuwing makakarinig ng mga "tsismis" na may mamimigay ng relief goods, depensa ng grupong Kadamay, Biyernes, ilang araw matapos arestuhin ang ilan nilang miyembro dahil sa paglabag sa quarantine protocol sa Quezon City. Read more »

Gamboa seek prayers for 2 generals still in ICU after chopper crash

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Posted at Apr 03 10:12 AM

MANILA - The chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday appealed for more prayers for the fast healing of two colleagues who were among those in the helicopter that crashed in Laguna last March.   Read more »