“To my dear fellow Filipinos, my Kababayans. It is with sadness that I announce that I am positive for Covid-19,” Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri announced on Monday, March 16, 2020, that he tested positive of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) amid the increasing number of Covid-19 infected patients and fatalities. The senator […]
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Pope Francis makes walking prayer pilgrimage for coronavirus pandemic
VATICAN— Pope Francis on Sunday took a brief walking pilgrimage in the city of Rome, and prayed for an end to the coronavirus pandemic during a surprise visit to both the Basilica of St. Mary Major and a cross that traversed Rome during a 16th-century plague. According to the Vatican, the pope went to the […]
Dozens of vehicles from Tagum barred from entering Davao
DAVAO CITY — The city’s Task Force COVID revealed number of vehicles denied entry to the city due to the implementation of the Partial Lockdown at Lasang Checkpoint. As of early this morning, March 16, 20: vehicles Advised to return to Tagum City:- 3 buses with passengers- 5 vans with passengers- 20 private vehicles – […]
Davao on partial lockdown
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte issued an Executive Order Sunday night, March 15, 2020, for a partial lockdown of Lasang checkpoint in Davao City on top of placing the city under community quarantine. Davao health officials also confirmed on March 15, 2020, the first case of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the Davao region. Both Tagum […]
Archbishop Valles holds mass inside an empty room
DAVAO CITY —- “Isn’t it the time for us to go to the church and pray because of the COVID-19 threat?” this was the question poised by Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles, in a mass he celebrated inside a empty room via live stream at the Bishop residence in Torres St. on Sunday afternoon. Valles, who […]
DavNor guv issues hand washing guidelines
Sara mipagawas og anti Covid-19 advisory
Ang tulo ka butang nga gipangayo sa gobyerno nga ikatabang nato para mahalikay sa Covid-19 sumala ni Mayor Sar Duterte Dili magtravel outside Davao. Ang angay lang mugawas sa panimalay ang gatrabaho, mupalit ug pagkaon ug tambal, ang magpahospital ug maglabay sa basura. Kung ikaw musakay sa pampublikong sakyanan i-observe ang social distancing. Kung mejo […]
DOH reports first Mindanao COVID-19 death
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Health Saturday morning, March 14, reported the first COVID-19 fatality from Mindanao. The Health department in a statement said, PH-40 died at 9 p.m. March 13, at the Northern Mindanao Medical Centre, due to acute respiratory distress syndrome due to severe pneumonia with concomitant Acute kidney injury. The DOH revealed […]
LOOK! Duterte undergoes testing for COVID-19
DAVAO CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte undergoes testing for COVID-19 Thursday afternoon, just before he went on air for the public address. Senator Bong Go, who himself underwent the same test said, the President does not show symptoms of the virus but he deemed it necessary as as preemptive measure. Transportation Secretary Arturo Tugade and […]
Davao public parks, night market suspend operations
DAVAO CITY — Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has ordered the indefinite suspension of the operations of the Roxas Night Market and public parks and playgrounds.. The city government has asked Davao residents not to go out of the city while visitors are advised to leave the city immediately. Duterte-Carpio in an interview with via phone patch […]
DOH confirms Mindanao’s first Covid-19 case in Iligan City
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Health authorities placed in isolation Thursday a patient at a government-run hospital here hours after being found positive for the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19). In an announcement late Wednesday, the Department of Health in Region 10 (DOH-10) said the patient had been confined at a hospital in Iligan City for four […]
3 more Covid-19 deaths in PH: DOH
MANILA — Three more Filipinos with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) have died, bringing the death toll in the Philippines to five, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Thursday night. In an announcement, DOH identified the three as Patients No. 5, No. 6, and No. 37. Patient No. 6, the wife of Patient No. 5, was initially […]
BREAKING! Davao City residents advised not to go out, visitors advised to leave the city
DAVAO CITY — The City Government of Davao has asked its residents not to go out of the city while visitors are advised to leave the city immediately. Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio who went on air via phone patch over Davao City Disaster radio clarified “The city is not on lockdown”. The city government issued Coronavirus […]