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The Philippine received on Saturday, Aug. 28, a total of 100 oxygen concentrators donated by the Australian government, as the country battles the spread of the highly-transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Vice President Leni Robredo is that kind of a “bad cop”-slash-cool mom you’ll want for your own. She lets her children watch TV on weekdays, allows them to get dirty when playing, and doesn’t require them to have academic honors.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has affirmed that President Duterte’s decision to allow casino operations on the world-famous Boracay island in Aklan was indeed caused by the government’s need for additional funds.

The national government will come after mining companies that end up “destroying the life of a river,” President Duterte said in a recent public briefing.

Flooding woes in some areas in Imus and Bacoor, Cavite are expected to be addressed by the end of the year when the construction of two major retarding basins in the province is completed.

The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) has highlighted infrastructure projects under the Duterte administration that aim to give focus on news and information coming from regions in the country other than Metro Manila.

Cost sharing between the national government and local government units (LGUs) in providing food packs to communities under granular lockdowns in Metro Manila is now under discussion.