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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.
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April, 2020
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12 April
Middle class taken for granted
First, some good news: several afflicted doctors and nurses who recovered from COVID-19 decided without hesitation to return to work. They are heroes of the finest grade. While distribution of relief goods by barangay and city/town officials received the usual flak – from selective beneficiaries to measly goods – their non-stop efforts have largely been ungratified. Apparently, some unscrupulous barangay/city/town …
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5 April
Has the end started?
The biggest single-day number of confirmed COVID-19 cases was 538 last March 1. On April 3, the number went down to 385. On April 4, it was 76. The following day, it jumped back to 152. In Baguio, they have recorded zero new cases for five consecutive days. In Italy – which is second to the US in most number …
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March, 2020
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27 March
More conspiracy theories
The global quarantine – today’s fashionable buzzword – has driven fertile minds to go on overdrive. Those who can afford to heed the call to stay at home have easily succumbed into believing various conspiracy theories on the COVID-19 pandemic. Two recent theories both point to China as deliberately causing the pandemic. A first-hand revelation from an insider indicated there …
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21 March
Contradicting directives
A guy (or girl) who goes by the pseudonym ‘Joe Americano’ – Filipino or American, undetermined – posted an insightful view on the President’s COVID-19 declarations. In the President’s first live telecast at Malacanang, he seemed to exhibit sincere concern on the gravity of the epidemic. Viewers clearly understood his message – he directed all local government units to do …
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14 March
The panic is real
With President Rodrigo Duterte personally declaring the whole Metro Manila under community quarantine – euphemism for ‘lockdown’ – the real panic begins. With the careful use of subtle words, the President did not want to raise panic. Minutes after the declaration, panic-buying ensued late into the night. The President’s lieutenants valiantly tried to interpret the lockdown directive by assuaging any …
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10 March
Duterte not inclined to suspend POGO operations
President Rodrigo Duterte has yet to find solid basis to suspend operations of Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs), according to Malacañang.
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10 March
Reform or revolution: More Alchie Parays to follow without pro-labor laws and policies, BMP warns
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 …
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10 March
Return of GMRC in schools approved by House
The House of Representatives ratified a bicameral conference committee report returning the subject good manners and right conduct (GMRC) and values education in schools.
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10 March
Workers of other companies to extend support to embattled ABS-CBN employees
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.
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