State of calamity stretched until September 2022

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President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the validity of the state of calamity for one more year, or until Sept. 12, 2022, due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

Under Proclamation...

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Lawmaker calls for resumption of face-to-face classes

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A lawmaker on Thursday called on the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to consider the resumption of face-to-face classes, specifically from...

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Q3 nationwide quake drill postponed due to bad weather

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The third quarter National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) set on Thursday has been postponed due to Typhoon Jolina and the impending threat of Typhoon Kiko, the National Disaster Risk...

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Hasten local vax program, Duterte urges LGUs

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President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday urged the local government units (LGUs) to speed up their respective coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination drives.

"We cannot live anymore in the...

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UP Alumni Group Urges Robredo to Run for President

Written by Paul Jaysent Fos | Romblon News

Nagkaisang Tugon, a UP group of former student leaders established 40 years ago in 1981, declared and proclaimed its choice of VP Leni Robredo to be their Presidential candidate in 2022.

“Ang...

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Next admin must equal PRRD’s fight vs. communism: groups

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Multi-sectoral groups on Monday cited the benefits of the creation of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and hoped that the succeeding administration will...

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NCR shifts to ECQ Aug. 6-20

Written by Paul Jaysent Fos | Romblon News

Metro Manila will be placed under the most restrictive enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20, Malacañang said on Friday.

This, after President Rodrigo Duterte approved the...

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Corruption won’t stop unless gov’t overturned ‘completely’

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The only way to eradicate corruption is to overturn the government completely, President Rodrigo Duterte said in his sixth and final state of the nation address (SONA) on Monday.

Duterte described...

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