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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 Opposition groups blast bill allowing 100% foreign ownership of utilities
IT'S A GO. 17th Congress votes in favor of extending Martial Law until December 31, 2017 during the Congress Joint Session at the House of Representatives, Quezon City on Saturday. (davaotoday.com)

Opposition groups blast bill allowing 100% foreign ownership of utilities

The House of Representatives' approval of a bill allowing 100 percent foreign ownership in public utilities in the country like power, transport, and communication has elicited criticism from opposition lawmakers and labor groups, among others.

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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 Mayor Sara Duterte in voluntary quarantine for COVID-19
`The Davao City Government on Thursday, March 12, 2020, announces that Mayor Sara Duterte is presently under monitored self-quarantine in her house as a precautionary measure against the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Davao City Information Office)

Mayor Sara Duterte in voluntary quarantine for 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.

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