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DOH records 7 more COVID-19 casualties

MANILA – The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has killed seven more persons in the country, bringing the total to 78. Meanwhile, the number of...
Investigators gather around burnt Lion Air plane at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila late night on Sunday. Eight persons, including two foreign nationals, were perished in the crash. EPA

‘Thorough’ probe sought on NAIA plane crash that killed 8

MANILA – Malacañang on Monday called for a “thorough” investigation of the accident involving a medical evacuation plane that burst into flames during takeoff at the...
Boxes of coronavirus testing kits for use by medical field personnel at a New York State emergency operations incident command center during the Coronavirus outbreak in New Rochelle, New York, U.S., Mar. 17, 2020. REUTERS

DOH BACKPEDALS: Faulty COVID-19 test kits not from China

MANILA – The Department of Health clarified  that the COVID-19 test kits that it earlier said were “inaccurate” were proposed to be donated by a private foundation and...
Members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) secure the border of Mandaluyong and Manila on March 17, 2020. ABS-CBN News

‘PNP can’t be lenient on curfew violators’

MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) warned that curfew violators under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) will now be arrested as the number...

Pacquiao seeks probe on leaked Barangay Dasmariñas letter

MANILA – Sen. Manny Pacquiao slammed the circulation of the letter of a Dasmariñas Village barangay official ordering him and his household members to conduct self-quarantine...
Malacañang is urging the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine to ensure accuracy of coronavirus disease 2019 test results before releasing them to concerned parties. This after the RITM clarified that ACT-CIS party-list Representative Eric Go Yap is negative for the viral disease, saying the mistake was due to a “clerical oversight.” GMA NEWS

PALACE URGES RITM: ‘Ensure accuracy of COVID-19 test results’

MANILA – Malacañang has urged the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) to ensure accuracy in releasing test results for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Presidential...
Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III

Koko ready for raps on quarantine ‘breach’

MANILA – Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III is ready to answer charges for his supposed breach of quarantine protocols. “I will respond in due time after...
General Felimon Santos Jr. PHOTO BY AFP

AFP Chief of Staff tests positive for COVID-19

MANILA – Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff General Felimon Santos Jr. has tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), announced Department of...
Policemen are seen at a checkpoint on the border between Quezon city and Manila on 18 March, 2020, as the Philippines imposed measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. AFP

Palace: No military control of Luzon

MANILA – There is no truth to reports spreading online that there will be military control and an extension of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon,...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III

DOH: Virus death toll rises to 45; confirmed cases now over 700

MANILA – The casualty count of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country continues to pile up as the number of confirmed cases...