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RITM COVID-19 testing now faster

The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) has disclosed it can now process COVID-19 tests in two to three days, shorter than the previous five to seven days turnaround time. RITM Director...

18-M Filipinos to receive financial aid

Around 18 million Filipinos in Luzon will receive PhP 5,000 to PhP 8,000 while the Enhanced Community Quarantine is in effect. Based on Republic Act 11469 or the “Bayanihan to Heal as...

DOLE expedites financial aid for informal workers

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is expediting the financial aid for affected informal workers due to the Enhanced Community Quarantine in Luzon. Secretary Silvestre Bello III has assigned the regional...

NBI monitors online accounts spreading fake news

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has been monitoring 27 online accounts that have propagated fake news, most of which are misinformation about the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). NBI is careful...

PRRD set to address the public anew on COVID-19 measures

President Rodrigo Duterte is set to have another public address tonight regarding updates on government measures against COVID-19. The President is expected to primarily relay his COVID-19 Response Weekly Report which he...

Medivac plane burst into flames at NAIA 1, 8 dead

A medical evacuation plane bound for Japan burst into flames at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 and left no survivors. The Lion Air Inc. plane was bound to Haneda,...

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