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The Quezon City Symphonic Band is offering free online music lessons to interested individuals.

TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – The Department of Health (DOH) reported 43 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Eastern Visayas, bringing the region’s total to 1,464, as of Thursday night.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (PNA) – Police authorities here have launched an investigation into the reported breach in quarantine protocol by a returning resident, who tested positive last week for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

MANILA – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), in partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA) 6 (Western Visayas), has been helping the region’s farmers, fisherfolk, and agribusinesses in improving the packaging of their products, DOST Secretary Fortunato dela Peña said.

CEBU CITY (PNA) – A 203-hectare reclamation project in Lapu-Lapu City, home to the international airport here, is expected to start by the end of the third quarter this year.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PNA) – Buses have now been allowed to ply inter-regional routes in some parts of Mindanao, the Yanson Group of Bus Companies (YGBC) said Tuesday.

BAGUIO CITY (PNA) – Mayor Benjamin Magalong has asked the city's finance committee to immediately set aside P30 million for the purchase of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing kits.

URBIZTONDO, Pangasinan (PNA) – Some 15 families in Barangay Bituag here continue to earn their living from making baskets amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

DAVAO CITY (PNA) – The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) is promoting the use of handmade bamboo face shields as an added layer of protection against the coronavirus.

COTABATO CITY (PNA) – After confirming that 21 persons infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have no known exposure or travel history, the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) in Lanao del Sur and Marawi City declared on Sunday the local transmission of the disease in their respective areas of responsibility.

BALANGA CITY, Bataan (PNA) – Nine patients, including an infant, were added to the list of those who have beaten coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in this province, bringing the number of total recoveries to 292.

BAGUIO CITY (PNA) – The town of Sagada in Mountain Province recorded its first coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case on Sunday.

COTABATO CITY – The number of active coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in the city is down to two, Mayor Frances Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi announced late Saturday.

LEGAZPI CITY – A one-year-old toddler was among 36 Bicolanos who tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), bringing to 655 the total number of confirmed cases in the region, as of Saturday, the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) in Bicol said.

COTABATO CITY – For performing classic and heroic acts, five members of the indigenous peoples (IPs) were recognized by North Cotabato Governor Nancy Catamco on Saturday.

BACOLOD CITY – More livestock and poultry raisers in Negros Occidental have engaged in business, which could ensure steady meat supply and food security for Negrenses.

BATAC CITY – The Consulate of the People’s Republic of China in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte on Friday donated 11 boxes of face masks to the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) to be used by its front-liners in the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

ILIGAN CITY – Authorities seized an estimated P6.8-million worth of shabu from a couple during a drug buy-bust in the Lanao del Norte town of Sultan Naga Dimaporo Friday afternoon, a police official said.