Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has pledged to donate half a million face masks to the Philippine government to help in its efforts to slow down the spread of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III announced today.
Read MoreThe Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has extended the deadline for the filing of the 2019 annual Income Tax Returns (ITRs) by a month to May 15, 2020, but nonetheless appealed to those ready to file their ITRs on or before the original April 15 deadline to do so, in order to help the Duterte administration raise enough funds for the scaled-up national efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19.
Read MoreThe World Bank has earmarked a US$100-million fast-track loan to the Philippines to enable the Department of Health (DOH) to procure personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers, along with testing and laboratory materials, quarantine areas, isolation rooms and other essential equipment to contain the spread of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country.
Read MoreBased on the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF), the Office of the President announced yesterday, March 16, enhanced community quarantine measures for the island of Luzon to address the public health dangers posed by COVID-19. These measures include strict home quarantine and suspension of mass public transport facilities to arrest the spread of the virus.
Read MorePresident Rodrigo Duterte’s economic team has announced a P27.1-billion package of priority actions to help frontliners fight the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and provide economic relief to people and sectors affected by the virus-induced slowdown in economic activity.
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