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House records 33rd COVID-19 case The House of Representatives has recorded two new confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 cases, bringing its number of cases to 33 so far.
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Cardema back in youth body Ronald Cardema, who was disqualified as a representative of the Duterte Youth party-list group, is back at the National Youth Commission as a commissioner.
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BOC seizes P15 million bags, shoes The Bureau of Customs seized on Monday P15 million worth of smuggled branded bags, shoes and wallets from Milan, Italy at a freight warehouse.
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Duterte back in Davao President Duterte has returned home anew to this city, where he will hold office and monitor developments in the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 until next week.v
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Closure to tourists of Mountain Province highway bucked The mayor of Tinglayan in Kalinga has asked the governor of Mountain Province to review an order issued by the municipal government of Sadanga, prohibiting tourists from passing through the highway within its territory.
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‘PhilHealth not perfect, has wicked problems’ Admitting that the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. is not perfect, the organization’s president said they have “wicked problems” which cannot be solved even by changing its leadership weekly.
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3 million delisted from cash aid list The number of families that would receive the second tranche of subsidy for poor households has gone down to 14.1 million, the Department of Social Welfare and Development said yesterday.
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Social media regulation not covered by terror law – Palace Malacañang yesterday countered the proposal of newly installed Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Lt. Gen. Gilbert Gapay to use the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 and its implementing rules and regulations to regulate social media.
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LGUs urged to go house-to-house for passes Only house-to-house distribution of quarantine passes will be allowed in Metro Manila and nearby provinces placed under modified enhanced community quarantine until Aug.18, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
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PNP won’t call for timeout Philippine National Police chief Gen. Archie Gamboa has ordered an evaluation of health workers within the PNP, but ruled out calling for a timeout similar to the appeal made by medical frontliners as the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Doctors push for RT-PCR stoppage Rapid antibody and realtime-polymerase chain reaction tests should not be used as screening tools for workers before they are allowed to return to work, doctors said yesterday.
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MECQ ‘good enough’ for doctors Medical frontliners are hopeful that the two-week modified enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila and four nearby provinces will be “good enough” for the government to “re-calibrate” the country’s response to COVID-19.
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New 1-day record: COVID-19 cases hit 6,532 The Department of Health yesterday reported 6,352 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, a new record in one-day increase, bringing the total number of cases to 112,593.
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No plan to ban TikTok in Philippines — Roque There is no plan to ban the Chinese video-sharing application TikTok in the Philippines, presidential spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said yesterday, adding that there are no efforts to stifle the constitutionally protected freedom of expression in the country.
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EDITORIAL - Regulating social media Officials of both Malacañang and Congress have clarified that Republic Act 11479, the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, is not going to be used for regulating social media.
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Who’s causing lousy cell phone signals? Expropriating the two telcos will not improve cell phone service.
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Steep price Many massage spas have shut down, and it looks like it’s for good – the shop spaces are now for rent or lease.
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‘Clock is ticking’ It’s a matter of political will to discipline the bureaucracy if only everyone is on the same page.
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Sir, ask why instead A sub story following the appeal of medical associations to revert Metro Manila into Enhanced Community Quarantine or ECQ is the issue of President Duterte feeling slighted by the fact that the physicians chose to air their sentiments and suggestion through a press conference instead of bringing their concern to him.
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The pandemic, the economy and China As a family man, an entrepreneur and a Filipino, I hoped that the President’s State of the Nation Address would provide rhyme and reason to all the disruption going on. I am not alone when I say that I fear for my family’s health, I fear for the future of our businesses and I worry about the country’s economy
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Father, thank You for loving me, gifting me, and making me Your child. Father, thank You for loving me, gifting me, and making me Your child.
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Banks told to improve borrower assessment The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has ordered banks to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry’s loan portfolio in anticipation of higher defaults.
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Duterte’s threat to expropriate telcos baseless — advocacy group President Duterte’s threat to “expropriate” the country’s telecommunications giants Globe and PLDT is baseless and would violate the Constitution, according to advocacy group Tagapagtanggol ng Watawat.
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Auto, motorcycle sales, output decline in H1 Production and sales of motor vehicles and motorcycles continued to post double-digit decline in the first half as operations were affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

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