Pangilinan family to pay bail of 21 QC residents nabbed over protest for food

Neil Arwin Mercado - Inquirer.net 04/03/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The family of Senator Francis Pangilinan – as initiated by his daughter Frankie – has offered to pay the bail of the 21 Quezon City residents, who were arrested Wednesday after protesting for food and other assistance amid the…

Lawmaker calls for month-long Luzon quarantine extension

Neil Arwin Mercado - Inquirer.net 04/01/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Caloocan City 2nd District Rep. Edgar Erice on Wednesday asked the national government to extend the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) imposed in the Luzon region for another 30 days. Erice said that the gains…

Lacson: Wage earners getting hungry, but where’s the cash subsidy?

Neil Arwin Mercado - Inquirer.net 03/30/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The government should already be distributing the emergency subsidy for some 18 million households amid the coronavirus pandemic, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Monday. Under Republic Act No. 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal As…

House committee of whole OKs bill granting Duterte ‘emergency’ powers due to COVID-19

Neil Arwin Mercado - Inquirer.net 03/23/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The House Committee of the Whole on Monday approved the bill seeking to declare a national emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic and to authorize President Rodrigo Duterte “for a limited period and subject…

Worker walks for 5 days from Alabang to Cam Sur to return home amid quarantine

Neil Arwin Mercado - Inquirer.net 03/22/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Standing on a seemingly endless road in the town of Gumaca in Quezon province, Marlon Dalipe was beginning to feel the pain down to his feet—after all, it’s already the third day of what…

Privilege at the height of pandemic

Neil Arwin Mercado - Inquirer.net 03/19/2020

  MANILA, Philippines — The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may not be able to choose the person it infects, but the narrative surrounding it goes beyond who’s infected and who is not. After all, it has also exposed…

COVID-19 watch: 2 patients fully recovered – DOH

Neil Arwin Mercado - Inquirer.net 03/16/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Two coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in the country have so far recovered, the Department of Health (DOH) announced. In a radio interview Sunday morning, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III initially said that five…

Garin ‘strongly discourages’ discrimination vs suspected coronavirus patients

Neil Arwin Mercado - Inquirer.net 03/07/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker on Friday said discrimination against those suspected to be positive for the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) should be “strongly discouraged.” Former Health Secretary and now Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin said it is…

BREAKING: DOH confirms second case of nCoV in PH

Neil Arwin Mercado - Inquirer.net 02/02/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday confirmed another case of the novel coronavirus in the country, bringing total number of cases in the Philippines to two. This is a developing story. Please refresh…

Bongbong Marcos wants textbooks revised: You’re teaching children lies

Neil Arwin Mercado - Inquirer.net 01/11/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Friday renewed his call for the revision of history textbooks as charges against his family were being dismissed by the courts. Marcos said that textbooks should not…

Tagle prays for peace as tension escalates in Middle East

Neil Arwin Mercado - Inquirer.net 01/09/2020

MANILA, Philippines — In front of thousands of devotees of the Black Nazarene, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle on early Thursday morning offered a moment of silence to remember and pray for peace in the Middle East.…

Tropical Storm Ursula slightly intensifies, Signal No. 2 up in Guiuan, Eastern Samar

Neil Arwin Mercado - Inquirer.net 12/23/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 2 has been raised over Guiuan in Eastern Samar as Tropical Storm Ursula slightly intensifies as it moves towards Eastern Visayas. In its 5 p.m. weather advisory on Monday,…

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