Read more about the article City Council bats for hazard pay for 1,200 barangay frontliners
Councilor Diosdado Mahipus Jr. articulating a point in a plenary via Zoom meeting during the Davao City Council session on Tuesday, July 21,2020. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com

City Council bats for hazard pay for 1,200 barangay frontliners

The Davao City Council is pushing for the grant of hazard pay for 1,200 barangay health workers (BHW) who had rendered service in combating the Covid-19 pandemic in communities.

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Read more about the article Groups slam IATF for ordering police to do house-to-house COVID tracing
Lt. General Eduardo Año, Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Groups slam IATF for ordering police to do house-to-house COVID tracing

Various groups slammed the new directive issued by the Interagency Task Force on Emerging and Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) which authorizes the Philippine National Police (PNP) to conduct a house-to-house search for new Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients who either are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms.

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Read more about the article Davao-bound flights to require Covid-19 tests from passengers
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Davao-bound flights to require Covid-19 tests from passengers

The Civil Aviation Authority has issued an advisory last July 16 requiring persons flying in to Davao to present their RT-PCR test results that they are coronavirus (Covid-19) free and safe to travel.

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