#COVID-19 Regional Updates (03/16/20)
A MORATORIUM on rental fees, one-month reprieve on the payment of utility bills, and hazard pay for frontliners are among the measures proposed by senators amid the community quarantine imposed in Metro Manila.
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A BILL seeking to provide compensation and benefits package as well as security of tenure and free education for barangay health workers (BHWs) has been filed by the Makabayan bloc in Congress.
1,600 cops deployed to enforce metro lockdown
MANILA police deployed 1,600 cops and set up 56 checkpoints in the capital and nearby cities to monitor the movement of people after President Rodrigo R. Duterte ordered a lockdown to contain a novel coronavirus outbreak in the metro.
Gaming regulator suspends gambling operations in metro
THE country’s gaming regulator suspended gambling operations for a month starting on Sunday, even as it allowed offshore gaming operations to continue with a minimal workforce.
438 Filipinos from US-based cruise ship to come home
THE government will bring home more than 400 Filipinos aboard the MV Grand Princess cruise ship docked in Oakland, California, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Sunday.
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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTUAL workers will be compensated during the community quarantine period in Metro Manila, Senator Emmanuel Joel J. Villanueva said on Saturday evening.
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OVERSEAS FILIPINO workers (OFWs) in Kuwait and Qatar affected by the temporary flight ban imposed by these two countries will be given assistance by the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE).
Nation at a Glance — (03/16/20)
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Police vow ‘absolute blockage,’ to arrest lockdown violators
POLICE on Friday threatened to arrest people who ignore a month-long metro-wide lockdown that President Rodrigo R. Duterte ordered on Thursday amid a new coronavirus outbreak, saying an “absolute blockage” would be enforced.
DoH confirms 12 more coronavirus cases; 3 more die
THREE MORE novel coronavirus patients have died, bringing the total deaths to five, according to the Department of Health (DoH).
Duterte negative for COVID-19
President Rodrigo R. Duterte had tested negative for the novel coronavirus, his former aide Senator Christopher Lawrence T. Go said on Friday evening.
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DoH gets $3M grant from ADB against coronavirus
THE government has obtained $3 million in additional funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to contain a novel coronavirus outbreak that has infected at least 52 people in the Philippines, the Finance department said on Friday.