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Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles welcomed the Supreme Court’s order to judges to release persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) who fall under a 2014 guidelines on decongesting jails amid the COVID-19 outbreak. “While this is not yet the decision on the petition to release low-risk and vulnerable inmates, we welcome the SC’s move, which […]
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri has confirmed that he tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In a statement, Zubiri said it was Health Secretary Francisco Duque III who informed him about the positive test results for COVID-19, noting that his case was asymptomatic or showing no symptoms. The veteran legislator was among the […]
To further protect the public from the deadly Wuhan coronavirus or the novel Coronavirus (nCov), a former Quezon City solon is urging shopping malls in the city to install thermal scanners that can detect symptoms in people already infected. Thermal scanners are useful in areas where people converge such as malls prone to nCov carriers, […]
The Philippines remains a safe travel destination for foreign tourists amid the threat of the novel coronavirus the Department of Tourism (DOT) said. “The safety of our tourists is number one (as well as the) safety of those in the tourism industry, it’s always safe. We will never make our tourists come if we don’t think […]