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With community transmission a large contributor, along with the country’s increased testing capacity, to the growing number of positive cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country, the Philippine Red Cross has volunteered to help the Department of Health (DOH) release positive test results to patients. Senator Dick Gordon, PRC chairman and CEO, stressed […]
Senator Win Gatchalian favors the deployment of military personnel to strictly enforce quarantine measures, citing the need to support the police and barangay officials on the ground who have been falling ill due to COVID-19. Gatchalian said that if quarantine measures, especially the on-going modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has asked the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to provide companies with all necessary assistance to help them adjust to the New Normal and prevent deeper job cuts. As workers continued to be retrenched, Villanueva cited the possibility of the government helping factories […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said that the partnering of cabinet secretaries with local government unit (LGU) chiefs in Metro Manila would result in improved coordination that would boost COVID-19 containment efforts in cities like Quezon City (QC).Nograles, together with Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque, was designated to assist the QC LGU in line with […]
Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte wants state subsidies for the rentals of eligible informal settlers to encourage them to transfer from danger areas and public and privately-owned lands to permanent homes available in the formal housing market. Villafuerte said his proposed rent subsidies will likewise address the temporary relocation of families displaced by either natural or […]
Face shields are an additional requirement that provides additional protection for workers and commuters. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles stressed this in a Facebook Live session on Saturday night where he took time to explain how and why the government decided to make face shields mandatory for individuals in the workplace and those who take public […]
Senator Bong Go assured that the poor and other vulnerable sectors of society will be given free face masks by the government as it begins enforcing a stricter mask-wearing policy to combat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “Last month, I urged the government to enforce a stronger mask-wearing policy in the country. I appealed to […]
Region 10 will benefit from the implementation of the Duterte administration’s Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) initiative with the launching of the program in Cagayan de Oro City. “We just recently conducted a virtual Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Marketing Agreement (MA) Signing for EPAHP in Eastern Visayas and we now focus our […]
Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) National President and Quirino Gov. Dax Cua has urged President Rodrigo Duterte to issue a proclamation extending the country’s state of calamity in order for local government units (LGUs) to retain the capability to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter addressed to Secretary of National […]
National and local officials led by Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles formally turned over completed housing units to beneficiaries in Biliran town in Biliran province on Thursday, August 13, 2020 in fulfillment of the Duterte administration’s promise to address the needs of Typhoon Yolanda victims.In a virtual handover ceremony where 1,265 housing units of the Yolanda […]