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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).

Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said Thursday they will comply with the directive of the national government to prohibit the operation of tricycles during the implementation of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon.

Taal Volcano's danger status was lowered on Thursday to Alert Level 1 after state seismologists observed a decrease in volcanic earthquakes and surface activity at the main crater in the past days.

Deputy Speaker and Antique lone district Rep. Loren Legarda is pushing for the establishment of edible landscapes and community gardens to help lessen the impact of climate change.

China on Thursday marked a major milestone in its battle against the coronavirus pandemic as it recorded zero domestic infections for the first time since the outbreak emerged, but a spike in imported cases threatened its progress.

Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta on Thursday, March 19, authorized the use of three shuttle buses of the Supreme Court (SC) to ferry health workers in the National Capital Region (NCR).

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has suspended all tactical police operations against communist rebels following the government’s declaration of the unilateral truce in order to focus on the response to coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The Department of Health announced 15 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Thursday afternoon, bringing the total number of recorded cases to 217.

Local officials of the CAMANAVA (Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela) area will be distributing grocery packages to ensure that no family will get hungry as many residents have been left without sources of income following the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) imposed on mainland Luzon.

Senator Joel Villanueva on Thursday appealed to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to also consider granting relief in the filing and payment of other liabilities before the agency.