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Pepito nears PAR exit, may intensify as it heads for Vietnam: PAGASA

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Updated as of Oct 22 08:23 AM

Severe tropical storm Pepito slowed down while maintaining strength, as it nears its departure from the Philippine area of responsibility, state weather bureau PAGASA said Wednesday night. Read more »

TESDA launches free contact tracing training program

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 19 01:46 PM

MANILA - Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is offering a free contact tracing training program to help the government build manpower to boost efforts to identify close contacts of COVID-19 patients. Read more »

PH gov't plans to use antigen tests for screening arriving travelers

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Posted at Sep 11 12:14 AM

Some doctors doubt it will be an effective screening tool. Read more »

Testing without tracing: PH contact tracing czar spots gaps in COVID-19 response

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Posted at Aug 07 11:34 AM

MANILA – The country’s contact tracing czar on Friday said that they are so far at 30 percent in terms of helping organize and boost the contact tracing efforts of local government units to stem the further spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).    Read more »

6 local terrorists, 3 soldiers killed in Sulu encounter

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Posted at Jul 31 11:36 PM

Six bandits and 3 soldiers were killed in an encounter between the military and members of an unidentified local terrorist group in conflict-torn Patikul town Friday morning. Read more »

Korean embassy’s consular office in Taguig to close for 3 days for disinfection

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Posted at Jul 18 04:41 PM

According to the embassy’s Facebook post, a security staff tested positive on July 17. Read more »

IATF to discuss church guidelines under GCQ with religious sector, LGUs - justice chief

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Posted at May 30 04:39 PM

MANILA - The Inter-Agency Task Force on COVID-19 response will be holding a dialogue with religious sector and representatives of the local government units on Monday regarding he guidelines on religious gatherings under a general community quarantine, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said. Read more »

Virus vigilance: Expert says keep away from crowds during GCQ

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Updated as of May 29 11:40 AM

MANILA - A public health expert on Friday said Metro Manila is ready to transition to general quarantine after a 2-month lockdown, but urged people to exercise vigilance and presence of mind to prevent the spread of the virus.   Read more »

UP study recommends extending ECQ for NCR and other areas

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Updated as of May 12 12:09 PM

MANILA - Lifting or easing the enhanced community quarantine for the National Capital Region and in some provinces may defeat the gains that the national government has made in the past few months in its fight against the spread of COVID-19, a study conducted by a team from the University of the Philippines said. Read more »