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Read more about the article Davao’s main swab center closes as 8 staff test positive with COVID-19
LABORATORY TRAINING IN ACTION. Davao Regional Medical Center personnel undergo hands-on training on laboratory techniques and procedures for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics in UP Mindanao in preparation for the COVID-19 facility of the hospital. (Photo from Philippine Genome Center-Mindanao)

Davao’s main swab center closes as 8 staff test positive with COVID-19

Davao City's main COVID-19 swabbing center, the Santa Ana Health Center, is temporarily closed for a week as eight of its staff tested positive for coronavirus.

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Read more about the article COVID-19 updates: MECQ extended in Davao, Mother of Samal mayor dies from COVID-19
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COVID-19 updates: MECQ extended in Davao, Mother of Samal mayor dies from COVID-19

Eleven other areas in Visayas and Luzon are also classified under MECQ, prompting Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque to say this is "a record of sorts" with the most number of cities placed under MECQ.

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Read more about the article Bakwit school members decry harassment, bribery during detention in Cebu
Teacher Roshelle Porcadilla (L) and Grade 10 student Mikay Haictin, 16, (R) during last week's virtual congressional hearing. (Screen grabs from Tony La Viña's Facebook post).

Bakwit school members decry harassment, bribery during detention in Cebu

Members of the Lumad Bakwit School who were arrested or held in custody after a raid in Cebu told a congressional hearing last week how they were intimidated and bribed in the course of their detention.

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