Caraga InFocus – May 2-8, 2020

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COVID-19 News tested, receive the anti-Covid kit, and wait for the results and advice from the City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CEDSU) via phone call.

kit and wait for results and advice from CEDSU via phone call.

Those who do not have personal vehicles can avail of the second approach where they will be picked up from their homes and brought to the health centers.

Taguig aims to provide PCR testing to around 15,000 Taguig residents, Cayetano added.

Upon arrival at the health centers, patients must present a digital or printed copy of the control number to health workers, proceed to the testing area to get tested; receive an anti-Covid

They will also be ferried back to their homes after the procedure.

In support of this measure, Taguig has partnered with the Department of Health, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, St. Luke’s Medical Center at BGC and the Philippine Red Cross to ensure that Covid-19 samples can be speedily tested. (PNA)

Celebrities, DILG call for discipline amid fight vs. Covid-19 MANILA – Several celebrities have partnered with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in the call to promote discipline and uphold the #DisiplinaMuna mentality as the nation gears toward the ‘new normal’ to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said actors Diether Ocampo and Matteo Guidicelli and journalist, host, and vlogger James Deakin and Paolo Bediones have partnered with the DILG in its Disiplina Muna advocacy, asking Filipinos to promote discipline during the enhanced community quarantine

(ECQ). “These are times of uncertainty which is why it is vital that we get the support of the citizens sa pamamagitan ng pamumuhay ng may disiplina lalo na (to have discipline in our way of life especially) we are headed to the May 2-8, 2020 |

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Celebrities, DILG call for discipline amid fight vs. Covid-19

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pages 57-65

Taguig makes Covid-19 testing more accessible via SMART program

1min
page 56

Andanar warns of ‘intellectual vacuum’ without free press

2min
pages 44-45

PTFoMS hails Pinoy journos as ‘heroes’ in fight vs. Covid-19

3min
pages 54-55

PH’s Covid-19 testing capacity now over 5K daily

3min
pages 52-53

DAR continues to serve farmers amid COVID-19 pandemic

2min
pages 48-50

Gov’t eyes 78 Covid-19 testing centers by end-May

1min
page 51

ML declaration amid Covid-19 crisis lies solely on PRRD: DND

2min
pages 46-47

Andanar vows to uphold press rights, freedom

3min
pages 42-43

MinDA to put up 1st resettlement model for ‘Balik’ program

3min
pages 39-41

MinDA to scout for possible rural resettlement sites

1min
page 38

U.S. donates COVID-19 relief supplies to PH

1min
pages 36-37

U.S. provides P26M COVID-19 assistance anew

2min
pages 34-35

Filipina professor to conduct research at U.S. physical sciences lab

3min
pages 32-33

Surigao Norte beefs up agri sector amid pandemic

2min
pages 29-30

LGU-Surigao Norte to assist stranded Surigaonons

2min
pages 27-28

DBP assistance for PUV modernization reaches P753-M

1min
page 31

RTF COVID-19 One Caraga Shield firms up plans for transition to GCQ

4min
pages 11-13

Five rebels quit NPA amid COVID-19 crisis

8min
pages 19-26

DOH Caraga distributes ambulances to health facilities, hospitals

1min
page 9

Caraga now under ECQ, continues regional border lockdown

3min
pages 7-8

DA Caraga to establish P445 million worth of FMR projects

1min
page 16

Caraga farmers receive cash assistance from DA

2min
pages 17-18

DA Caraga’s ‘Kadiwa on Wheels’ hits two birds with one stone

2min
pages 14-15

GCQ imposed in Caraga provinces; select Butuan villages still under ECQ

1min
page 10
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