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CEBU CITY – Nearly 300 individuals from Brgy. Ibo, Lapu-Lapu city, after a huge wave hit 76 households. According to Ibo Brgy. Councilor Leo Yape said the storm surge destroyed houses from the coastal area of Sitio Apro when tropical depression “Vicky” hit Cebu early this morning. The councilor is now very grateful because the…

Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III insisted that there is no “favoritism” in the government’s decision on which vaccine to be approved first. Duque said all vaccine candidates will undergo a thorough evaluation by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Vaccine Expert Panel and the Single Joint Ethics Review Board. According to…

ILOILO CITY – Bus companies have ensured that the health protocol will be followed in line with the expected influx of people to the terminals. This is after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases and President Rodrigo Duterte issued a go signal on the return of the operation of provincial…

MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) and experts have admitted that COVID-19 cases are likely to resurface in the Philippines by 2021. Based on the initial projection of the OCTA Research Team and experts of FASSSTER (Feasibility Analysis of Syndromic Surveillance using Spatio-Temporal Epidemiological Modeler), there is a high chance of a “surge” or…

President Rodrigo Duterte slammed the Toll Regulatory Board for allegedly failing to attach RFID to vehicles that caused heavy traffic in Valenzuela city and neighboring areas. In his national address on Wednesday night, he said the TRB should carefully study whether the RFID system is really effective. He said the government of the president is…

More than 368,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been repatriated amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Labor Sec. Silvestre Bello III, it is expected that 50,000 Filipino workers will return to the country after losing their jobs due to the health crisis. To help with the crisis, the DOLE has provided one-time financial assistance of…

ILOILO CITY – Iloilo City Government officials have received criticism after allegedly violating the health protocol in conjunction with the distribution of cash assistance by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). In an exclusive interview  with Jeck Conlu, spokesperson of the COVID-19 team of the Iloilo City Government, he admitted that they did…

Tony Leachon believes his social media posts and comments affected the government’s move, so he was demoted as special adviser of the National Task Force against COVID-19. In an interview, Leachon admitted that as a private citizen he could not help but comment on the Department of Health’s alleged lack of focus on what should…

Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque clarified that he had nothing to do with the resignation of D. Anthony Leachon as Special Adviser to COVID-19 National Task Force. This statement by Sec. Roque after the doctor said that Sec. Roque and Health Sec. Francisco Duque III at work. Sec. Roque, they do not have the ability to…