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Manila barangay under 24-hour total lockdown

Czar Dancel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 09:39 AM

Residents look out a window as a police mobile passes by at Barangay 20 in Manila, which was placed under a 24-hour total lockdown in Manila on Monday evening.  Read more »

Pasig to give P1 billion cash aid to residents: Vico Sotto

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 15 10:27 AM

Pasig City will shell out P1 billion to help its residents rebuild their lives, nearly a month into the lockdown of the entire Luzon to slow the spread of COVID-19, Mayor Vico Sotto said Wednesday.  Read more »

'A sort of complacency': 100,000 Filipinos apprehended for quarantine breach - DILG

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 09:14 AM

Police apprehended some 100,000 Filipinos nationwide for violating curfew hours and quarantine on households aimed at halting the spread of the novel coronavirus, the interior department said Wednesday.  Read more »

21 Tondo residents transferred to quarantine facility due to probable coronavirus infection

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 08:29 AM

Some 21 residents of Barangay 20 in Tondo, Manila are set to be transferred Wednesday to a quarantine facility for suspected infection of the coronavirus, an official said. Read more »

'Walang tulog': Ilang tsuper ng PUV magdamag nakapila sa QC para sa ayuda

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 07:53 AM

Umaasang makakatanggap ng ayudang nagkakahalaga mula P5,000 hanggang P8,000 mula sa Social Amelioration Program ang mga tsuper. Read more »

Mga mamimili dagsa sa Blumentritt; pag-iingat sa COVID-19 hinigpitan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 15 07:52 AM

Hinigpitan ng mga awtoridad ang mga pag-iingat kontra sa pagkalat ng COVID-19 kasabay ng pagdagsa ng mga mamimili sa Blumentritt, Maynila sa kabila ng lockdown ng buong Luzon para pigilin ang naturang pandemic.  Read more »

99-year-old WWII vet beats coronavirus in Brazil

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 15 06:40 AM

A 99-year-old World War II veteran in Brazil was released from hospital with military honors Tuesday after recovering from COVID-19. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 14, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 12:20 AM

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

Pizza delivery boy, namimigay ng tinapay sa street dwellers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 06:31 PM

Iniipon niya ang mga natatanggap na tip para ipambili ng tinapay na ipamimigay niya. Read more »

DOJ summons Koko Pimentel over ‘quarantine breach’

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 14 06:11 PM

MANILA - The Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to issue a subpoena Tuesday for Sen. Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III over his alleged breach of quarantine protocol for showing up at a hospital despite experiencing coronavirus symptoms, Prosecutor General Benedicto Malcontento told reporters in a text message.   Read more »

QC lockdown violators held

Maria Tan, AFP
Posted at Apr 14 04:32 PM

Members of the public, detained for roaming the streets without a home quarantine pass during the Luzon lockdown, squat at a distance from one another as they are processed outside a police station at Quezon City in Manila on Tuesday. Read more »

Luzon lockdown slowed COVID-19 spread: UP institute

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 04:07 PM

A nearly month-long lockdown of the Philippines' main island of Luzon slowed the spread of COVID-19, an institute of the University of the Philippines said Monday as it identified areas that might need to prolong their quarantine beyond April. Read more »

Gov't looking at localized reopening of economy after April 30 lockdown lapse: Leachon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 14 03:53 PM

MANILA - An adviser to the Inter-Agency Task Force on COVID-19 said on Tuesday that the government is studying the possibility of easing or lifting lockdowns in some areas to restart the economy while addressing the pandemic. Read more »

DFA extends closure of Luzon consular offices until April 30

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 14 03:01 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday it extended the closure of its consular offices in Luzon until April 30 following the prolonged region-wide lockdown. Read more »

DSWD should 'own up' error in cash aid slots for Iloilo: mayor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 14 01:14 PM

The Department of Social Welfare and Development should "own up" to a mistake that is delaying the distribution of cash aid to thousands of poor families in Iloilo province, where some areas are under lockdown to halt the spread of COVID-19, a mayor said Tuesday.  Read more »

How cancellation of Panagbenga festival, other tourism events helped Baguio in COVID-19 fight

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 12:16 PM

Baguio City has tallied zero cases of COVID-19 for 13 days due to contact tracing and strict implementation of infection prevention measures, its mayor said Tuesday. Read more »

Taguig doubles pay of health workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 11:58 AM

The Taguig city government said Tuesday it doubled the monthly salary of its health workers, nearly a month into the lockdown of the entire Luzon to halt the spread of COVID-19. Read more »

A user’s guide to face masks

Tara Parker-Pope, The New York Times
Posted at Apr 14 11:39 AM

By now, you've figured out that wearing a mask is not as simple as all those TV doctors made it look. Here's a guide to the wear and care of your new mask.    Read more »

Mga pribadong sasakyan naglipana sa EDSA sa kabila ng lockdown: MMDA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 14 03:38 PM

Dumami ang mga pribadong sasakyan na nakaparada at bumibyahe sa EDSA sa kabila ng lockdown ng buong Luzon para mapigil ang pagkalat ng COVID-19, puna ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Martes.    Read more »

Against all odds

Aaron Favila, AP
Posted at Apr 14 10:44 AM

Filipino men play basketball amid an enhanced community quarantine to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Manila on Monday. Read more »