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With the growing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), government agencies, particularly the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and local government units (LGUs), should implement services that will provide additional support for senior citizens.

Daylight and darkness will be almost of equal length this Friday, March 20, which is one of only two occasions in every year.

Authorities are racing against time to stop the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Quezon City through implementing stricter measures on Thursday as the number of its cases continues to rise despite the enhanced community quarantine that has been imposed on mainland Luzon.

Detained Senator Leila de Lima said on Thursday she won’t be joining other senators in getting tested for coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Malacañang has urged all sectors to support, cooperate with, and provide assistance to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to ensure the successful conduct of this year's census of population and housing.

Filipinos are being encouraged to register and enroll in courses offered for free through the e-TESDA portal of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), also known as the TESDA Online Program so as to remain productive amid the mobility restrictions brought about by the community quarantine against coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Quezon City has risen from 29 last Wednesday to 31 on Thursday, according to reports that also revealed two recently disclosed cases of COVID-19 infected individuals are from Barangay Batasan Hills and one patient is at the Philippine Heart Center, whose address was not revealed.

President Duterte will seek the swift passage of a supplemental budget to enhance government efforts in curbing the spread of the new coronavirus, a Palace official said Thursday.

The Philippine government on Thursday imposed a total ban on all incoming foreigners amid efforts to stem the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country.

Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go announced late Wednesday that the Department of Finance (DOF) and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) have agreed in principle to his appeal to extend by one month the deadline for the filing of the Income Tax Returns (ITRs).

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in close coordination with the local government units (LGUs), is stepping up its effort to identify the target beneficiaries, distribution points, and strategies needed to ensure the government's smooth distribution of food, and non-food assistance to families and individuals affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello on Thursday thanked companies who committed to give their employees and workers their full pay for the duration of the enhanced community quarantine.

The government is committed to ensure the prices of basic necessities remain affordable to the people, following the implementation of a price freeze on these consumer goods.

A magnitude 4.6 quake hit Zambales Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported.

All hotels and motels in Manila were ordered to provide free accommodations to frontline health workers of government-owned hospitals in the Philippine capital during the enhanced community quarantine.

Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director-General Gerald Bantag led in the disinfecting of facilities at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa Thursday, and at the same showed off his clean-shaven look to promote cleanliness and personal hygiene as measures against coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Since a work from home scheme is not applicable to some workers, the labor department asked enterprises to consider providing temporary housing to their employees.

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said this way workers will no longer have to go home, especially in view of the lack of public transportation due to the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon.

Notwithstanding the congressional break and the enhanced community quarantine, members of the House of Representatives will continue working by helping government make the public well-informed about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).