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By Jinky Jorgio The Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) reproached the Duterte Administration’s decision to ease the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in most provinces by allowing select industries to resume operations without sufficient mass testing and adequate health facilities.

The Department of Trade and Industry-Regional Operations Group (DTI-ROG) continues to cater its services nationwide responding not only to the needs of the micro enterprises but also to the consumers, particularly in the rural areas including those in remote island and marginalized locales.

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said that 75 of its personnel assigned at the agency’s detention facility in Bicutan, Taguig City as well 84 foreign detainees have tested negative for COVID-19.

The Philippines is yet to declare a rolling brownout occurrence in many parts of the provinces, however, its energy companies are now finding ways to provide sufficient supply initially with the entry of mobile and custom-designed generator sets powered with gas.

Japan has authorized the antiviral drug remdesivir to treat coronavirus patients, the government said, with a plan to approve another medication Avigan this May.

The Supreme Court dismissed a petition asking to disclose President Rodrigo Duterte’s medical records, as confirmed by the High Court’s Public Information Chief Atty. Brian Keith Hosaka.

House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano slammed the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) for “succumbing to the pressure” of the “unconstitutional meddling” by Solicitor General Jose Calida over the ABS-CBN franchise renewal issue.

Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) and their service providers must settle all their tax liabilities before resuming operations, according to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III.

Senior citizens (60 years old and above) who are still working as well as those living alone will be allowed to go out in areas classified under general community quarantine (GCQ) starting May 1, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).

Senator Bong Go urged that the Balik Probinsiya Program (BPP) be made “top priority” when the country adopts a “new normal” after the COVID-19 pandemic.