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Read more about the article JOINT STATEMENT: On requiring journalists to get PCOO accreditation
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JOINT STATEMENT: On requiring journalists to get PCOO accreditation

WE, MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS, journalists, press freedom advocates and academics, raise our collective voice and declare our opposition to government requiring journalists to secure accreditation from the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) to be exempted from the enhanced community quarantine. While we recognize the gravity of the situation, we assert that this imposition is unnecessary, unreasonable and unconstitutional.

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Read more about the article Gov’t officials, DOH criticized for COVID-19 test on ‘VIPs’
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Gov’t officials, DOH criticized for COVID-19 test on ‘VIPs’

Various groups and netizens expressed their disappointment and outrage online, highlighted the calls #NotoVIPTesting and #MassTestingNowPH over the social media, after reports that at least two dozen government officials and their families availed of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test despite being asymptomatic.

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Read more about the article NDFP’s Sison recommends unilateral ceasefire in response to UN’s call
Prof. Jose Maria Sison, founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines (davaotoday.com file photo)

NDFP’s Sison recommends unilateral ceasefire in response to UN’s call

Chief Political Consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Jose Maria Sison advised the National Council to issue a unilateral ceasefire declaration from 00:00H of 26 March 2020 to 23:59H of 15 April 2020 to help the fight versus the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Read more about the article Two Covid-19 cases in Davao confirmed, as 2 dead PUIs tested negative
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Two Covid-19 cases in Davao confirmed, as 2 dead PUIs tested negative

The Department of Health confirmed two cases of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in Davao City, while two persons under investigation who died this week tested negative of the virus.

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