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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’
Health Secretary Francisco Duque in a press briefing. (Photo from Philippine News Agency/Jess M. Escaros)

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 Mayor Sara says quarantine pass not needed for now
Police officers on a checkpoint in Barangay Alae, Manofo Fortich request passengers to subject to thermal check, foot bath and identification check as Bukidnon's enhanced community quarantine in response to Covid-19 goes under way. Those who cannot establish their residency are then asked to turn back. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Mayor Sara says quarantine pass not needed for now

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio ordered a stop to the distribution of quarantine passes in all barangays on Wednesday, March 25.

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Read more about the article No need for ‘special’ powers to address COVID-19 threat, says dissenters in Congress
President Rodrigo Duterte in a press briefing has placed Luzon under enhanced community quarantine last March 16, 2010. (Presidential photo)

No need for ‘special’ powers to address COVID-19 threat, says dissenters in Congress

Ten legislators voted against granting emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte to combat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), arguing that the chief executive has enough powers to handle this.

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