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TAIWAN TRAVEL BAN LIFTING TO BENEFIT OFWS — ABANTE

Minority Leader Rep. Benny Abante Jr. on Saturday welcomed the government’s decision to remove Taiwan from the list of areas covered by the country’s travel ban, saying the move would benefit the 120,000 overseas Filipino workers in Taiwan and help lessen the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the economy. “This is good news for […]

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RIGHT INFORMATION, CORRECT MESSAGING ARE IMPORTANT IN ANY CRISIS – ARAGONES

In a joint meeting of the Committees on Economic Affairs and Tourism recently, Economic Affairs Chair Sharon Garin (Party-list, AAMBIS-OWA) expressed confidence that the Philippine tourism industry will soon recover from the COVID-19 (formerly known as the 2019 novel coronavirus) scare. On the directive of House Speaker Alan Peter “Compañero” Cayetano, Garin and Tourism Committee […]

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HOUSE COMMENDS PH TEAM FOR BRINGING HOME FILIPINOS FROM WUHAN – ABANTE

The House of Representatives has commended the Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) emergency repatriation teams for successfully bringing home 30 Filipinos from Wuhan City in China’s Hubei Province, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak. The chamber adopted House Resolution 711 honoring the heroism, courage, and great compassion of the 10-member […]

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DTI SECURES 125,000 N-88 MASKS – LOPEZ

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) was able to get the partial supply of N-88 face masks from Medtecs, the lone local manufacturer from Bataan. With the assistance of the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC), the DTI bought 125,000 pieces of N-88 masks. Of these, 70,000 pieces were delivered and immediately donated to the […]

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DUTERTE’S BORACAY VISIT TO LIFT DOMESTIC TOURISM – ROMULO-PUYAT

Tourism in Boracay in Malay, Aklan, which has been affected by the COVID-19 threat (formerly known as the 2019-novel coronavirus or 2019-nCoV) is expected to get a much-needed boost with the scheduled visit of President Rodrigo Duterte to the island resort. Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat bared that the President is set to prove that tourist […]