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Duterte to announce new quarantine classification
By Fernan Angeles PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte is all set to make an announcement Monday night covering new community quarantine classifications in the country. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, in his capacity as vice chair of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19, said they have already been advised to meet with the President on Monday night,…
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Gov’t hires 238,000 contact tracers, still needs 50,000
By Fernan Angeles THE government has already recruited 238,000 contact tracers but Interior Secretary Eduardo Año hinted on hiring 50,000 more in the coming days to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Año cited the need for more contact tracers since most of the 238,000 existing contact tracers are deployed only in areas they prefer. “Sa ngayon,…
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437 officials face criminal raps over SAP
By Fernan Angeles AT least 437 local elected and appointed public officials are facing criminal charges over the alleged anomalous payouts of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP). In a statement sent to media, the DILG also said that aside from the 437 government officials, 626 more are under investigation by the Criminal Investigation and Detection…
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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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LGUs fast-tracking approval of cellular tower applications
By Fernan Angeles PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte’s stern warning on the dilly-dallying local government units (LGUs) are paying off, as shown in the most recent update that saw quick approval of 1,502 of the 1,903 applications filed by telecommunications companies for permits to build cellular towers. In a press briefing, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the…
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Quarantine violators breach 300,000 mark
By Fernan Angeles IF the numbers are to be the gauge of the government’s priority, the contamination may as well be just the second on the government’s list. In a news dispatch, the Joint Task Force Covid reported the apprehension of more than 300,000 quarantine violators since President Rodrigo Duterte imposed strict lockdown protocol on…
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Wear face mask at home, says Año
By Fernan Angeles Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año hinted at the need to wear face masks even at home. In a television interview, Año advised families to observe physical distancing – or better yet, wear face masks even inside their homes adding that the public should be made aware that transmission also take…
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DILG confident SAP distribution done next week
By John Clifford Lintao THE Department of Interior and Local Government, with all certainty, hinted at completing the digital distribution of the Social Amelioration Program’s second tranche in Metro Manila by next week. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said that as of August 7, 2020, the SAP’s second tranche (SPA 2) has so far been disbursed…
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DILG tells PNP: Arrest fake contact tracers
By Fernan Angeles POVERTY in the midst of an economic slump due to national health crisis would never be a valid reason to dupe hapless Filipinos, says the Department of Interior and Local Government in the wake of reports of a proliferated bogus modus operandi involving con artists claiming to be government-sanctioned contact tracers. In…