New rules await passengers as flights resume in 8 PH airports

Inquirer Visayas, Julie Aurelio, Leila B. Salaverria 06/03/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Commercial flights are set to resume in at least eight airports in the country this week as the country relaxes travel restrictions, but passengers should brace themselves for more waiting time and a host…

Duterte to work from Davao City home in next few days

Julie Aurelio 06/02/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte will be working from Davao City in the next few days. Malacañang said the President was scheduled to meet with the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases and address the…

GCQ no reason to relax travel restrictions–PNP

Julie Aurelio, Marlon Ramos, Melvin Gascon, Roy Stephen Canivel 05/30/2020

“Nonessential” travel across borders of towns and provinces may still not be allowed, even under the general community quarantine (GCQ), a top police official said on Friday. Police Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, chief of the Joint Task…

Private schools urged to accept tuition in installment

Julie Aurelio 05/30/2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has appealed to private schools to allow tuition payment on a “staggered” basis as families reel from the economic effects of the new coronavirus pandemic. The President made the call as he endorsed the…

Gov’t drafting COVID-19 recovery plan

Julie Aurelio 05/13/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The government has begun consultations with civil society and private sector stakeholders in drafting a responsive and sustainable recovery plan for the novel coronavirus crisis. In his seventh weekly report to Congress, President Rodrigo…

SC junks plea to bare Duterte’s health records

Jerome Aning, Julie Aurelio 05/09/2020

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a lawyer’s petition that sought to compel President Rodrigo Duterte to make public his latest psychological examination results, health bulletins, and other medical records to prove he is still fit to…

LGUs to pay back cash aid given to unqualified beneficiaries – Nograles

Julie Aurelio 04/13/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Local government units (LGUs) that will give away cash aid from the social amelioration program to unqualified beneficiaries will have to pay it back. The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases warned…

3 dioceses suspend Masses, weddings, baptisms, ‘Pahalik’

Delfin Mallari, Jovic Yee, Julie Aurelio 03/14/2020

At least three Catholic dioceses in Metro Manila have decided to suspend the holding of Masses, weddings, baptisms and other religious activities as the National Capital Region goes into a “community quarantine” starting this Sunday to contain…

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