MANILA, Philippines — Cagayan de Oro City 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez is seeking to extend for three months the special powers granted to President Rodrigo Duterte under the Bayanihan Act to combat the pandemic. In a statement on Monday, the lawmaker urged Congress to extend the President’s powers until September as the country faces […]
Victims of ‘sex for pass’ scheme in checkpoints have to come out in open court — PNP
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine National Police chief Gen. Archie Gamboa on Monday said that victims of alleged “sex-for-pass” scheme in quarantine checkpoints would have to come out in open court so that complaints may be prosecuted against the perpetrators. In a interview with ABS-CBN News Channel, Gamboa said that proceedings for administrative charges against cops who […]
Drilon wants ’science-based’ decision in transition to GCQ
MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila’s possible transition to general c0mmunity quarantine (GCQ) status must be have scientific basis, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Monday, six days before the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) is set so lapse. “It is up to the IATF. But we would like to see a science-based decision,” he said […]
Poe donates protective gear, rice to frontliners, vulnerable sectors
FROM THE OFFICE OF SENATOR GRACE POE MANILA, Philippines — Senator Grace Poe’s office has donated thousands of protective gear for those on the frontlines of the COVID-19 health crisis and thousands of sacks of rice to vulnerable sectors nationwide. Since several parts of the country were placed under community quarantine, Poe’s office has donated […]
DOLE: Efforts underway to send home 24,000 quarantined OFWs in 3 days
MANILA, Philippines — Government agencies are working to send home in three days the 24,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stuck in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) quarantine facilities, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Monday. This came after President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to concerned government agencies to bring them home within […]
Selective barangay lockdowns in Metro Manila possible – DILG
Philippine Airforce personnel uses a drone to monitor the imposed total lockdown of Barangay Addition Hills in Mandaluyong City on Thursday, May 7, 2020, as the city tackles the coronavirus pandemic.-INQUIRER/GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE MANILA, Philippines — Selective barangay lockdowns may be implemented in Metro Manila starting on June 1 should the modified enhanced community quarantine […]
Duterte orders return of 24,000 OFWs to their homes in a week
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte gave three government agencies one week to ensure that all 24,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Metro Manila awaiting the results of their coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) tests are sent back to their homes, his spokesman said on Monday. Secretary Harry Roque said these are the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE), […]
Pagasa weather forecast: Hot, humid Monday with scattered rains, thunderstorms
MANILA, Philippines – Hot and humid weather conditions will prevail in most parts of the country on Monday, with some regions in Luzon expected to experience cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to a frontal system and the southwesterly windflow, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said. Pagasa, in […]
Duterte: Send home 24,000 quarantined OFWs in 1 week, expedite release of COVID test results
The Philippine Coast Guard serves returning overseas Filipino workers and Filipino tourists at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on May 14, 2020. PCG photo MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has given the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and the Department of Health (DOH) a week to send home […]
New Zealand leader carries on with TV interview during quake
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern barely skipped a beat when an earthquake struck during a live television interview Monday morning. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at a post-Cabinet media conference at Parliament House in Wellington on April 20, 2020, where she announced the Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown level 4 […]