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A total of 82 purok (zone) leaders of Barangay Poblacion in Kidapawan City have been deputized as agents in the implementation of anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) measures in the area.Kidapawan City Mayor Joseph Evangelista said the purok leaders have been authorized to enforce an ordinance prohibiting certain acts to contain COVID-19 in the city. The new […]
House Minority Leader Benny Abante Jr. is urging the government to properly monitor the use of funds Congress has allocated for the country’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response, as he stressed that monitoring, and the passage of a freedom of information (FOI) measure, will help prevent the misuse and abuse of these funds. Speaking to reporters […]
The House leadership has assured tourism business leaders this week of the chamber’s unequivocal support for this once booming industry, as the chamber has set aside a considerable part of its just-approved bill on the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 for the recovery of this sector that is one of the […]
Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte has appealed to senators to help Filipinos live in a safer environment until such a time that the threat of the coronavirus pandemic subsides by passing soon enough its version of the House-approved “Better Normal’ bill that prescribes a ‘whole-of-society’ approach to strict mandatory safety and physical distancing protocols aimed at […]
Instead of printing another quarantine pass, the municipal government of Baliwag, Bulacan is using a digital version linked to the IAMSAFE application while the town is under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). The move aims to prevent manual registration in public places and commercial establishments, promoting a faster and more accurate identification of individuals […]
A 525-bed mega quarantine facility — the biggest so far in Metro Manila — will open on August 25 to accommodate coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients who have no symptoms or with mild symptoms.This was announced by National Action Plan (NAP) Against COVID-19 Deputy Chief Implementer Sec. Vince Dizon during an inspection of the facility’s ongoing […]
A measure establishing public health and safety standards to stem the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) got a unanimous vote during its third and final reading at the House of Representatives. The chamber passed House Bill 6864, otherwise known as the proposed “Better normal for the Workplace, Communities and Public Places Act”, with 242 […]
Senator Dick Gordon is calling for defined policies for local government units in responding to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Gordon made the call after the Philippine Red Cross, where he is chairman and CEO, rescued a nurse with COVID-19 who was evicted from her boarding house and was later seen roaming the streets of […]
The P5-billion supplemental budget the government released to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will go a long way in its continued effort to repatriate overseas Filipino workers displaced by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee said the latest fund release, which Labor […]
The 16.5% contraction of the economy in the second quarter of the year–the worst recorded in nearly three decades–should serve as a warning for policymakers not to rely on lockdowns alone to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country, according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Villanueva asked the government to consider implementing […]