AWARD-WINNING American actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) amid the on-going global outbreak of the disease. Hanks posted a statement on his Instagram account. Hanks and Wilson were in Australia for the
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DOLE goes on 4-day work week THE DEPARTMENT of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said it will implement a four-day workweek as a precaution against the deadly coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the new work schedule covers all employees at the central office in Manila as well as its regional offices,
bureaus and field offices, as well as all its attached agencies. The work schedule, he said, will only be from Monday to Thursday starting March 16. “All offices and agencies shall observe a four-day workweek which shall be from Monday to Thursday instead of working for five days a week and work schedule from 7 a.m. to 7
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p.m.,” Bello said. Also covered by new work schedule are the Philippine Overseas Welfare Administration, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, Professional Regulation Commission, and the National Labor Relations Commission. Bello said employees must follow the Continue on page 2
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ATULOY NA tumataas ang bilang ng mga nag-positibo sa Wuhan coronavirus o COVID-19 sa bansa at pumalo na ito sa mahigit apat na dosena at inaasahang lulobo pa ang bilang sa buong bansa matapos na may naitalang mga local transmission. Noong nakaraang emergency” sa kabila ng City sa Hubei province sa linggo lamang nag- malawakang panawagan China noong nakaraang deklara si Pangulong matapos na pumutok ang Disyembre. Continue on page 3 Duterte ng “public health nasabing virus sa Wuhan
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Customs officers measure the temperature of a passenger at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2020. Customs across the country have been keeping a close eye on the epidemic at home and abroad. (Xinhua / Chen Jianli)
Bishops hit back at Duterte Filipino women burn an effigy of President Rodrigo Duterte as they stage a protest march in Manila on March 8 marking International Women’s Day. Duterte is now under fire from Catholic bishops for an attack on Cardinal Luis Tagle. (Photo: AFP) READ STORY ON PAGE 2
BARMM Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim speaks in Jolo town. (Sulu Govt. Photo) them to re-apply.
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CHIEF MINISTER Murad Ebrahim, of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, or BARMM, expressed him sympathies for civil workers who were laid off, and urges
“Wala tayong magagawa dahil yun ang batas, pero kung qualified naman kayo puwede kayong mag re-apply, at sigurado matatanggap kayo,” Ebrahim said during his Continue on page 5
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