To help schools prepare for a safe reopening this coming school year, Gatchalian seeks more flexibility on the use of the Special Education Fund (SEF) allotted to local school boards.
For areas under ECQ, construction workers accredited by the DPWH “will be allowed to work on quarantine and isolation facilities, health facilities, emergency and maintenance works, flood control and other disaster risk reduction and rehabilitation works.”
Go calls on concerned government agencies to conduct an immediate investigation on the hospitals that reportedly refused to give emergency treatment to patients.
Pres. Duterte will give a PHP20-million reward to any Filipino who can produce respirators that would be used to treat individuals infected with the coronavirus.
Davao City is validating around 1,200 stranded individuals wanting to return to their provinces but unable to do so following the COVID-19 quarantine measures.