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The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) plans to give out P4-million cash assistance to artists and cultural workers affected by the COVID-19 crisis.

President Donald Trump decided to cut off US funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), accusing the UN body of mishandling the coronavirus crisis as governments grapple with how and when to get their struggling economies back to work.

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is now conducting mass testing at its two new testing laboratories that are capable of detecting faster the new coronavirus.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) have intensified measures to prevent unnecessary travel following the presence of significant number of vehicles on major highways during the lockdown period.

For the first time since the enhanced community quarantine was imposed, the number of people who recovered exceeded those who died from COVID-19.

Electricity consumers belonging to electric cooperatives and using less than 50 kilowatts per hour a month will not be charged for the March-to-April period, according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles who is spokesman of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases.

President Rodrigo Duterte has yet to find solid basis to suspend operations of Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs), according to Malacañang. 

By Jinky Jorgio A labor group warned that there will be much more similar cases of Alchie Paray if reforms are not legislated and implemented regarding employer-employee relations. Paray, a former security guard, took several Virra Mall employees as hostage after he was allegedly dismissed from his job without due process. He denied the offered money to him by his …

The House of Representatives ratified a bicameral conference committee report returning the subject good manners and right conduct (GMRC) and values education in schools. 

By Jinky Jorgio Labor group Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) and its affiliate unions and allied progressive groups will physically express their solidarity with the employees and talents of the entertainment and media conglomerate as its franchise is set to expire on May this year.