Metro Manila other areas to remain under GCQ to stop possible Covid-19 surge during holidays – Duque
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III explained that placing Metro Manila and other areas under general community quarantine (GCQ) is the government’s way to prevent the potential spike of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases during the Christmas season.
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“So sa tingin ko po wala pa ring malaking improvement—para nga pong wala pang improvement,” Roque said.
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Aside from Metro Manila, Duterte’s hometown of Davao City, Iloilo City, Tacloban City, Lanao del Sur and Iligan City will also be under GCQ until Dec. 31.
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City of Manila Mayor Isko Moreno has recently approved and signed an ordinance giving P5,000 financial assistance to contractual workers of the city government amidst the current onslaught of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
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Año: Family reunions are mass gatherings
“Iyon pong family reunion ay isang considered na mass gathering,” Año said.
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How close are we to midnight?
We remain locked down in our homes while the Executive and Congress run berserk to railroad all sorts of laws that deprive us of our basic rights and liberties, and our basic dignity as human beings. This goes against the natural order of things.
Nuclear power: Matching rhetoric with actions
Rodrigo Duterte has called on developed countries to take “deep and drastic cuts” in carbon emissions to avoid global warming, blaming wealthier states for the series of natural disasters that left a trail of death and destruction in the Philippines.
SHIT in the time of COVID
The following was forwarded to me, and instead of trashing it because of its title and its unknown origin (although its references are mostly Christian), I gave it a chance—and I am thankful I did.
Again, the issue on the Separation of Church and State
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) came out with A Pastoral Letter and A Call to Prayer on July 16 appealing to the Filipinos to pray for the country because of the threat of abuses to freedom due to the signing of the Anti-Terrorism Law on July 3.
Monetary Board shutters San Fernando Rural Bank, Inc.
San Fernando Rural Bank, Inc. is the fourth bank ordered closed by the Monetary Board for this year.
House approves bill raising statutory rape age from 12 to 16 years old
With 207 affirmative votes against 3 negative votes, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a measure pushing to increase the age of statutory rape from the current 12 years old to 16 years old, regardless of the sexual orientation of the victims or the offenders.
Roque: ‘I’m looking forward to retirement’
“After what I’ve seen with the kind of media reporting and the kind of trolls that the opposition has, I’m looking forward to retirement from government service,” Roque told reporters.
Metro Manila under GCQ for remainder of 2020
Aside from Metro Manila, Duterte’s hometown of Davao City, Iloilo City, Tacloban City, Lanao del Sur and Iligan City will also be under GCQ until Dec. 31.
Manila offers P5k financial assistance to contractual workers
City of Manila Mayor Isko Moreno has recently approved and signed an ordinance giving P5,000 financial assistance to contractual workers of the city government amidst the current onslaught of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
Maynilad announces water interruption from Nov. 28 to Dec. 2
The water service interruption will affect residents in the cities of Las Pinas, Muntinlupa, Paranaque, Pasay in Metro Manila, as well as Bacoor and Imus in Cavite.
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