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UP Mindanao proposes diagnostic program for COVID-19 testing
The University of the Philippines (UP) Mindanao has proposed a diagnostic program on free testing for COVID-19Frontliners combat COVID-19 amid rotten public health system
The lack of basic social services accessible to the poorest of the poor remains as the biggest stumbling block for ...BGH chief stresses need for PPEs, rest for health workers
To augment the limited supply, Baguio City Hall employees make improvised protective gears for health workersHealth group urges DOH to review strategy on Covid-19 test kits
"Testing the population is the least the government can do in fighting the outbreak."Kayang mapangibabawan: Mga aral ng ibang bansa hinggil sa COVID-19
Mabilis, maagap at mapagpasyang tugon ang pinakita ng mga bansang gaya ng Cuba, Singapore at Vietnam sa pagpigil sa malawakang ...Food producers decry impacts of lockdown, call for aid
Farmers and agricultural workers called on the Duterte administration to undertake measures and provide supportTraders, farmers express concern on longer travel time, unclear guidelines in checkpoints
Vegetable traders and a farmer’s group expressed their worries on the long queue of vehicles in checkpoints and vague guidelines ...300 families in Pasay lose homes amid COVID-19 pandemic
About 300 families in Pasay lost their homes due to demolition last March 12, the day when the national government ...14-day lockdown of entire Davao Region begins March 19
The border of Davao Region are ordered closed by the region’s newly formed Covid-19 Task Force for the next 14 ...UN reminds States to respect human rights amid COVID-19 measures
United Nations experts reminded States currently imposing measures to contain the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to respect human ...
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