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Lawmaker files P40-billion relief package for Philippines' air transport sector

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 18 05:47 PM

MANILA - A lawmaker on Tuesday filed a bill that seeks to provide a P40-billion relief package for the Philippine air transport sector as it reeled from the impact of COVID-19.   Read more »

OCTA Group recommends gradual easing of NCR quarantine, warns of surge under MGCQ

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 11:41 AM

MANILA - The OCTA Research Group on Saturday said a more gradual approach to easing quarantine restrictions is needed to prevent a possible surge in COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila, as authorities eyed a shift to the lowest restriction level.  Read more »

Nograles says PH 'back to old status quo' after ban on foreign travelers ends Jan. 31

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 30 02:36 PM

MANILA - The Philippines is reopening its doors to select foreign nationals on February 1, 2021 after imposing a travel ban on travelers from countries that have reported the COVID-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom, an official said Saturday. Read more »

Makati, Baguio, Davao City marked 'high-risk' as mobility boosts COVID-19: OCTA

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 12:52 PM

MANILA - The OCTA Research Group on Wednesday identified 4 local government units as "high risk" for the period December 1-7 as increased mobility led to a rise in COVID-19 cases as well as high hospital occupancy.  Read more »

Muntinlupa nakapagtala ng 95.83% COVID recovery rate

Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 05:53 AM

MAYNILA - Umaakyat na sa all-time record-high ang recovery rate sa sakit na COVID-19 ang lungsod ng Muntinlupa.    Read more »

DOST: VCO clinical trials complete; trials for other therapeutics underway

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 03:15 AM

Besides virgin coconut oil, trials for lagundi have begun while those for tawa-tawa were also slated to commence.    Read more »

PH daily infections, COVID-19 positivity rate in NCR steadily declining: OCTA group

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 04 01:43 PM

MANILA - The COVID-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila is declining steadily as the Philippines' daily coronavirus cases also continue to decrease, a group of analysts said early Wednesday, presenting a brighter outlook for the country. Read more »

New coronavirus cases in Metro Manila decreasing: OCTA group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 20 04:50 AM

MANILA - New COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila are decreasing as a whole, a group of academics monitoring the COVID-19 outbreak in the Philippines said, as the country continues to register lower additional infections on a daily basis. Read more »

Vergeire says COVID-19 specimen collection in PH safe

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 01:51 PM

MANILA - The health department on Saturday assured the public that COVID-19 specimen collection in the country is safe.   Read more »

Australia sends troops to help contain virus on ore ship from Manila

Reuters
Posted at Sep 29 09:55 PM

SYDNEY - Australian defense personnel are being deployed to Port Hedland, one of the world's largest iron ore loading ports, to help contain a coronavirus outbreak on a bulk carrier that last changed crews in the major seafaring city of Manila. Read more »

Halos 100 kataong nagpa-party sa bar sa QC, hinuli

Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 26 06:00 PM

MAYNILA - Huli ang halos 100 customer at empleyado ng isang bar sa Tomas Morato, Quezon City na nagpa-party umano Sabado ng madaling araw. Read more »

Polling precincts dapat dagdagan para masunod mga health protocol: Monsod

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 02:50 PM

MAYNILA - Doblehin ang bilang ng polling precincts ang suhestiyon ni dating poll chief Christian Monsod sa Commission on Elections sa halip na palawigin ang araw ng eleksiyon.   Read more »

10,000 gov't jobs up for grabs in online career fair: CSC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 09:43 AM

Some 10,000 plantilla posts in 700 government agencies nationwide are available for jobseekers in an online job fair, the Civil Service Commission said Tuesday, as the coronavirus pandemic left millions of Filipinos jobless. Read more »

Looking for work? Robredo office launches free platform for jobseekers

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 12:56 PM

The office of Vice President Leni Robredo has launched a free online platform for jobseekers and for companies in need of workers, as the coronavirus pandemic left millions of Filipinos jobless.    Read more »

DOLE out of funds to help formal workers weather pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 12:24 PM

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Tuesday his agency only had funds to help informal workers cope with the coronavirus pandemic, and none for formal workers.    Read more »

Keep guard up even as coronavirus curve flattens, UP expert tells public

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 10:20 AM

Filipinos should continue following health protocols against the coronavirus pandemic to sustain the flattening of its infection curve in the capital, a member of an interdisciplinary research group from the University of the Philippines (UP) said Monday.    Read more »

Russian official raises doubt on safety of UK, US coronavirus vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 09:39 AM

A Russian official on Monday raised doubt on the safety of potential coronavirus vaccines developed by the US and the UK, as Manila and Moscow continued talks for a clinical trial.  Read more »

Philippines on 'wrong trend' if coronavirus curve doesn't flatten next week: expert

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 01:59 PM

The Philippines' coronavirus curve will go on a "wrong trend" if it does not flatten next week, a member of an interdisciplinary research group from the University of the Philippines (UP) said Monday.    Read more »

DOH claims no more coronavirus validation backlog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 02:33 PM

The Department of Health said Monday it had cleared its backlog in the validation of coronavirus cases.    Read more »

Clinical trial does not guarantee Philippines will be first to get coronavirus vaccine: expert

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 02:06 PM

Filipinos' participation in clinical trials does not guarantee that they will be the first to get the potential vaccines against the novel coronavirus, an official said Monday.  Read more »