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Read more about the article Decrease in passengers seen as Metro Manila gets ready for lockdown
Fewer people are at the terminal of the Laguindingan Airport in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental on Friday (March 13), days before the “community quarantine” will take effect in all cities in Metro Manila on orders of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte. Flights to and from Manila are expected to be canceled once the lockdown in the national capital region will be implemented. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Decrease in passengers seen as Metro Manila gets ready for lockdown

An official of Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) in Northern Mindanao expected a decrease in passenger volume in airports in the region ahead of the “community quarantine” as ordered by Pres. Rodrigo Duterte amid the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) scare.

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Read more about the article DOH Region 10 confirms first COVID-19 case in Mindanao
TEMPERATURE CHECK. Using a thermal scanner, medical personnel from the Department of Health-10 (DOH-10) check the temperature of arriving passengers at the Laguindingan Airport Wednesday (March 11), in light of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The DOH-10 has confirmed Thursday that a patient now confined at the Northern Mindanao Medical Center has tested positive for the coronavirus. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

DOH Region 10 confirms first COVID-19 case in Mindanao

Health authorities on Thursday (March 12) have now put a person who was confirmed to be positive of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) after confinement at a local hospital on isolation.

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Read more about the article Palace declares state of emergency over COVID-19 outbreak
President Rodrigo Duterte speaks at the launching of the Department of Agriculture's partnership with Ayala Malls at the Abreeza Mall in Davao City on November 18, 2017, (Presidential Photo)

Palace declares state of emergency over COVID-19 outbreak

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.

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Read more about the article Assistance sought for pork dealers affected with ASF outbreak
Vendors in Bankerohan Public Market said the high prices of farm produce from suppliers, plus the shortened period of operations, have made it difficult for them to make ends meet. (FILE PHOTO/davotoday.com)

Assistance sought for pork dealers affected with ASF outbreak

Pork dealers here appealed for government assistance as sales "hugely" dropped in the wake of African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak.

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