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SBMA warns closure of container terminal
By Mar T. Supnad SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has ordered the Subic Bay International Terminal Corp. (SBITC), operator of the new container terminal here, to have all their employees tested for new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) after an outbreak of cases last week. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma…
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Duterte abroad? That’s fake news – Palace
By Fernan Angeles MALACAÑANG categorically branded reports claiming President Rodrigo Duterte has left the country over the weekend, as no more than fake news. The president’s spokesperson Harry Roque said that the Malacañang chief executive is not the kind of person who would abandon a sinking ship. “There is no truth that President Rodrigo Roa…
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Red Cross to suspend COVID-19 testing over PhilHealth’s unpaid balance
By Fernan Angeles CITING failure to collect from the embattled Philippine Health Insurance Agency, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is serious considering a halt in its COVID-19 testing. PRC Chairman and CEO Senator Richard Gordon said in a radio interview that the PRC will discontinue conducting COVID-19 tests to those whose payments will be charged…
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CHED scholars to lose scholarships on pass-all policy
By John Clifford Lintao WITH criteria in place, some 424 recipients of the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) Merit Scholarship Program (CMSP) could lose their scholarships, unless colleges and universities give numerical grades for the second semester of the previous academic year. CHED also called on the 17 higher educational institutions (HEIs) that supposedly implemented…
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Robert Trump, brother of President Trump, dead at 71
President Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, died Saturday night after being hospitalized in New York, the president said in a statement. He was 71. The president visited his brother at a New York City hospital on Friday after White House officials said he had become seriously ill. Officials did not immediately release a cause…
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DILG boss tests positive for COVID-19, again
By Fernan Angeles Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año – for the second time – fell for the same ailment that he suffered back in March: COVID-19. Año recalls having flu-like symptoms such as sore throat and body pains on Thursday. This compelled him to submit himself to swab test and go into self-quarantine.…
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Alert on for contaminated frozen chicken from Brazil
By John Clifford Lintao THE government has placed a heightened alert on frozen products coming from Brazil. Taking cue from the directive issued by the Department of Agriculture, the Bureau of Customs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport immediately pushed their alert button for poultry products from Brazil that may be brought into the country.…
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Gov’t to trace over 20,000 potential COVID-19 patients in Bulacan
By Fernan Angeles BULACAN province’s fate remains hanging as to whether their current community quarantine protocol should be downgraded to a relaxed category as Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Saturday cited the urgency to track down over 20,000 “probable” individuals who had contact with others who were tested positive for COVID-19. Taking cue from…
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An extraordinary tragic COVID-19 story in New Jersey
A New Jersey couple married over 62 years died hours apart from COVID-19, just two days after their son also died from the coronavirus. Victoria Freda, 83, and her husband, Lawrence Freda Jr., 85, died April 24, according to both of their online obituaries. Their son, John Freda, died April 22 at the age of…
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9/11 light tribute in New York City to go on amid pandemic
The annual light display honoring victims of 9/11 in New York City will go on after all, organizers said Saturday, after concerns about workers’ safety during the pandemic threatened to cancel the tribute. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state would provide the resources needed to ensure the health and safety of workers helping…