3 MIN READRepresentatives from Ilocos provinces signed a MOU with Baguio City establishing a “tourism bubble” in Northern Luzon. The MOU pinpoints tourism activities and associated health and safety protocol with regard to the still-prevalent COVID-19.
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2 MIN READBenguet Gov. Melchor Diclas called for coordinated action among BLISTT officials as Baguio City and Ilocos Region plan to pilot a “tourism bubble”. The Governor noted that tourists have to pass several Benguet towns on their way to the city.
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3 MIN READLa Trinidad’s strawberry industry suffered heavy losses due to tourism and travel restrictions since COVID-19 struck, leading strawberry farmers to plant other crops. The farmers are also looking at BSU to waive their rentals for land and stalls.
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2 MIN READPNA Cordillera said there is no compelling reason to prohibit medical workers to be deployed abroad, underscoring that the government’s insistence on the ban is a denial of their right.
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2 MIN READThe Tuguegarao City Police Station was put on lock-down after 22 officers and 32 inmates tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
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2 MIN READThe provinces of Kalinga and Ilocos Sur temporarily shut their borders from locally stranded individuals for 10 days. This is to manage and decongest their COVID-19 quarantine facilities after recording sudden case spikes in mid-August.
Read More5 MIN READ“Forty-five percent (45%) or roughly 47,700,000 of the 106,000,000 of the now unemployed Filipinos superimposed on the fifty-eight percent (58%) already on the poverty level will surely push Digong into further isolation.”
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2 MIN READStudent groups in Northern Luzon, along with ACT, continued to call on DepEd for quality, accessible and safe education this school year. DepEd postponed this year’s class opening from August 24 to October 5 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2 MIN READBaguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong said the city is “doing okay” in managing COVID-19 despite a spike in local cases. The city expects an increase in cases as groceries are set to be tested after employees in a local supermarket tested positive.
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5 MIN READ“The country is facing an unprecedented crisis and this is not the time to be thrifty. A much larger and better designed fiscal stimulus is needed right away to avert deep and lasting hardship.”
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