DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 06 June) – Mindanao’s COVID-19 cases have breached the 100,000 mark as 30,000 more cases were recorded across its six regions in the month of May, the highest monthly total since March last year, overwhelming the
CAGAYAN DE ORO. (MindaNews / 05 June) — Faced with mounting COVID-19 cases, the city government here plans to buy a thousand vials of the antiviral drug Remdesivir as hospitals are running low on supply. During the meeting of the
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 31 May) — The aim to reach herd immunity in the National Capital Region Plus bubble area by the end of 2021 and the whole archipelago by the end of 2022 is risked not just
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /24 May) – The City Government of Davao will ban the face-to-face activities of government agencies here effective 12:01 a.m. Wednesday until the state of calamity in the country is lifted, following an increase in coronavirus disease
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 May) — Mayor Sara Duterte revealed Monday that she is still not considering the resumption of regular face-to-face classes, fearing the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the city will further rise. She made
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 09 May) – COVID-19 cases across Mindanao’s 27 provinces and 33 cities have breached the 70,000-mark since the pandemic struck last year, with Davao City recording the highest overall but Zamboanga City tops in active cases.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 15 March) – At least 6,733 frontline healthcare workers in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) have received the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines donated by China during the initial vaccination rollout in the area. Arjohn Gangoso, health education and
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 4 February) – The City Government of Davao is set to create a local committee, composed of medical health experts, that will look at the side effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that the city
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 04 January) — A female passenger from Japan who arrived in this city on December 31 was placed under a mandatory 14-day quarantine at a designated government facility here. Mayor Sara Duterte said the unnamed woman
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews /28 September) — Local officials in Agusan del Sur have sounded the alarm bells after the Department of Health Center for Health Development – Caraga (DOH CHD-Caraga) confirmed the local transmissions of coronavirus disease
(Transcript of President Rodrigo Duterte’s “Talk to the People on COVID-19 on 02 August 2020, released by the Presidential Communications Operations Office) Presidential Communications Operations Office| Presidential News Desk TALK TO THE PEOPLE OF PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE ON CORONAVIRUS
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 19 July) — Only last week, UP experts projected the number of COVID-19 infection cases to rise to 100,000 or even higher by the end of August. That would about double the current 58,000 +
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 July) — Davao City has been recommended to be reverted to the stricter general community quarantine (GCQ) status from the less restrictive modified GCQ (MGCQ) as the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) soared when
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 6 July) —The Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) confirmed Monday it has purchased Remdesivir, an expensive antiviral drug that has so far shown “positive effects” on patients inflicted with the dreaded coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
GENERAL LUNA, Siargao Island (MindaNews / 29 June) — After more than three months since Siargao Island was locked down in mid-March to prevent the spread of the dreaded coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 June) – The 13 new patients confirmed positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Davao region were all asymptomatic, the Department of Health (DOH) – Davao said. As of June 21, the DOH-Davao Center
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 15 June) — Five family members of the 34-year-old market vendor who died of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) last June 7 were tested positive of the virus Monday morning. Dr. Joselito Retuya, Cagayan de
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 15 June) — A modern laboratory that will have the capability to test various emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, including the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), will soon rise in Sarangani province. Dr. Arvin Alejandro, head of
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 15 June) — Ten new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases were recorded in Caraga as of late Sunday, afflicting returning residents including those who availed of the government’s “Balik Probinsya” (Return to the Province)
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 08 June) – Reporter Joseph Morong of GMA News found it “very unusual” that a new Undersecretary whose appointment was announced only on Friday evening would be presented before the Malacanang Press Corps on Monday noon.
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(Privilege Speech delivered by Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go via Zoom during the Senate session on 04 June 2020. Go, former Special Assistant to the President, is from Davao City) Mr. President, I rise on a matter of personal and
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 05 June) – The provincial government of South Cotabato may now start testing residents for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) after getting the green light from the Department of Health (DOH) for the operationalization of
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 01 June) — The provincial government of South Cotabato is targeting to start this week the full operation of its testing laboratory for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Koronadal City, the provincial capital and seat
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 01 June) — Two “balikbayans” or returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and a locally-stranded individual (LSI) were tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), bringing to eight the total confirmed cases in Caraga
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 27 April) — Most of the patients who tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Soccsksargen have recovered, the Department of Health – Soccsksargen COVID-19 tracker showed. As of 5 p.m. Sunday, April 26,
QUEZON CITY (MindaNews / 18 April) — In a pandemic, we do not need policies or governance decisions that block people, families, groups, and institutions from helping each other. It does not help when local governments prevent essential movement of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 April) – The holding of the Araw ng Dabaw six-cock derby last month at the New Davao Matina Gallera — the epicenter of infection of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) here — violated no law,
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 6 April) — Caraga region revealed Monday its first confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) case, a 68-year-old male from Butuan City with a pre-existing medical condition. In an interview with government-owned Radyo Pilipinas
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 03 April) – Mindanao has breached the 100-mark in confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with 103 in the six regions of Mindanao as of April 2, up from only 19 on March 27.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 31 March) – The Davao City Council unanimously approved on February 4 the holding of the ill-fated derby at the New Davao Matina Gallera that became a hotspot for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), three days
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 31 March) – At least three of six deaths from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) here have been linked to the Araw ng Dabaw six-cock derby at the New Davao Matina Gallera here that attracted cockfighting
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 30 March) — A village in Tubod, the capital of Lanao del Norte, was placed under a nine-day lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) after laboratory results showed that a senior
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 30 March) — Three more persons under investigation (PUI) in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) who died while awaiting laboratory confirmation for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) have tested negative for the virus. Arjohn Gangoso, health education
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 March) – The 21-year old patient who was confined at the Davao Regional Medical Center (DRMC) in Tagum City for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has recovered and been discharged already, the Department of Health
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 March) — When President Rodrigo Duterte declared evening of March 12 a month-long lockdown of Metro Manila and banned travel to and from Metro Manila effective March 15, the purpose, he said, was “to protect
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 March) – Mindanao has four confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as of March 20, two of them dead while the two others are reportedly recovering. Three of the four are males, all
Presidential Communications Operations Office Presidential News Desk OPENING STATEMENT OF PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE DURING THE INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE BRIEFING ON COVID-19 [Delivered at the Heroes Hall, Malacañan Palace, Manila | 09 March 2020] Good evening to everybody. As usual
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 08 March) — The Department of Health (DOH) regional office is currently monitoring one patient who is confined at the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) after manifesting symptoms of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DOH-11 director
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 January) — Authorities here are closely monitoring travelers from China who are entering Davao City, following an outbreak of a pneumonia-like disease caused by a “mysterious” virus that origina ted from a seafood market in
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 9 December) — The Department of Health (DOH) will extend for four more days the mass immunization against polio in the entire Region 12 or Soccsksargen in a bid to meet its target coverage. Jenny
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 November) – The eighth confirmed case of poliovirus is from Basilan, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Monday, bringing to eight the total number of cases, seven of them from Mindanao. The DOH said
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 12 November) — Health personnel in South Cotabato province are targeting to cover around 114,000 infants and children during the Mindanao-wide massive immunization campaign against polio on November 25 to December 7. Dr. Rogelio Aturdido
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 October) – Two of the three confirmed cases of polio in the country are from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) – the first in Marogong, Lanao del Sur and the third in
ntraHealth Secretary Francisco Duque III administers an oral polio vaccine to a child in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur on Monday, October 14, 2019 during the launch of Sabayang Patak Kontra Polio (Synchronized Polio Vaccination), a campaign to ensure children
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 14 October) — Three more children with “polio-like symptoms” were admitted to a local hospital here as health officials launched a province-wide vaccination on Monday to eradicate the crippling infectious disease. Lanao del Sur is where
