A coalition of doctors and health workers urges the Department of Health to reassess its policy on mass testing as the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak is increasing in the country.
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Exiled communist leader Jose Maria Sison said the communist movement will “seriously study” the ceasefire proposal by President Rodrigo Duterte as the country is battling to contain the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19).
Human rights group Karapatan decried the continuous crackdown of the Duterte administration on human rights defenders and activists amid the health crisis it is facing.
The usual bustle and traffic in Davao City is now gone, as Mayor Sara Duterte placed the city under community quarantine on Sunday, March 15, to stop the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
The Philippine government has put Luzon in “enhanced community quarantine” as part of its state of public health emergency measures meant to combat the coronavirus disease-2019 (Covid-19).
Davao City Mayor and Presidential daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio has placed herself under quarantine as a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), her office reported on Thursday, March 12.
President Duterte has signed on Sunday, March 8, Proclamation No.922 declaring a state of Public Health Emergency nationwide following the confirmation of local transmission of coronavirus disease in the Philippines.
In commemoration of International Women’s Month this March, a Lumad women’s organization in Southern Mindanao Region vowed to remain at the forefront in defending their ancestral lands and asserting their basic rights.
A human rights group has assailed the reported February 18 airstrike launched by the military against a village in Bukidnon province, some 255 kilometers away from this city.
The University of the Philippines (UP) Mindanao has postponed all of the events related to its 25th founding anniversary this month.
