The city government of Taguig City has started distributing P4,000 cash assistance to jeepney, tricycle, and pedicab drivers to help them cope with the enhanced community quarantine. According to the city government, the financial assistance was initially distributed at the Taguig City University to 700 members of various transport organizations in the city. “The (initial) […]
A 38-year-old barangay volunteer was gunned down by four men onboard two motorcycles last Wednesday in Quezon City. Police Lt. Col. Romulus Gadaoni, Quezon City Police District Station 6 (Batasan) commander, identified the victim as Ronald Cumayas, who was allegedly under the drug watchlist. The QCPD-CIDU said that the incident happened on Eagle St., Sitio […]
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By JOSEPH PEDRAJAS Several residents in Quezon City affected by the Luzon lockdown were arrested after they gathered on EDSA to ask for food yesterday. In a video uploaded by DZMM on its social media account, police in fatigue uniform were seen running after dozens of people, pinning down and handcuffed those they were able […]
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By JHON ALDRIN CASINAS San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said yesterday that he is under self-quarantine after one of his staff tested positive for COVID-19. “This morning at around 10 a.m., I was informed by our City Health Officer that one of my staff in the Mayor’s Office tested positive for COVID-19,” Zamora […]
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By AARON RECUENCO More than 42,000 curfew violators have been arrested in the first 11 days of the enhanced community quarantine, prompting the Joint Task Force Corona Virus Shield (JTF CV Shield) to reconsider the government’s earlier decision to be lenient on them. Police Lt. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, commander of the JTF CV Shield […]
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Quarantine passes will no longer be required in Pasig City, Mayor Vico Sotto said yesterday, noting that the passes were “useless” because people will still have to be asked of their purpose for leaving their homes amid the enhanced community quarantine. “We do not need quarantine passes within Pasig jurisdiction,” Sotto said. “Malinaw naman ang […]
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