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Groups hit PH military-led action plan vs coronavirus

Groups hit PH military-led action plan vs coronavirus

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Mar 27, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to the security forces to implement the country’s action plan to contain the deadly coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) does not sit well among various groups demanding immediate medical-based action to deal with the pandemic.

JOINT STATEMENT: On requiring journalists to get PCOO accreditation

JOINT STATEMENT: On requiring journalists to get PCOO accreditation

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Mar 26, 2020

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.

Gov’t officials, DOH criticized for COVID-19 test on ‘VIPs’

Gov’t officials, DOH criticized for COVID-19 test on ‘VIPs’

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Mar 26, 2020

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.