As the country continues to face the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic with a number of cities and provinces placed under enhanced community quarantine, an alliance of student councils called for the immediate termination of the current semester, instead of pushing through with online classes or extending the semester.
A river leading to the Guadalupe shrine in Barangay Tablon, Cagayan de Oro was closed to the public for this year’s observance of Holy Week to avoid the spread of COVID-19. In the past, especially on Good Fridays, thousands of Roman Catholic devotees travel to the religious site on foot. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Progressive groups in Davao Region have made initiatives to extend help to communities and sectors affected by the public health crisis brought by the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
Bukidnon has its first case of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), local health authorities have confirmed Thursday (April 9).
The 19th City Council has passed two ordinances under suspended rules proposed by the committee on peace and public safety.
The sole patient from this city who was previously tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been re-tested and was found out to be negative of the infection, health authorities confirmed Wednesday (April 8).
The city may possibly be placed under an extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine (EECQ) after the end of the implemented Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) this April 19, 2020, Mayor Sara Duterte said.
A labor group questioned the government’s report that the COVID-19 economic relief has reached many workers.
The 270 billion-peso budget allocated by the national government to aid the poorest of the poor amid the COVID-19 pandemic is not enough.
The head of the city government’s business unit resigned for failing to postpone the cockfight derby that had resulted to exposure of more than a dozen participants to COVID-19.
