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Ruling party spares ‘Koko’

PDP-Laban won’t impose sanctions on Pimentel but legal group vows to sue him

All members of the ruling party PDP-Laban were asked to undergo self-quarantine after being exposed to Senator Aquilino Pimentel III during a March 4 meeting at Senator Manny Pacquiao’s house, Deputy Speaker and Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel said Friday.

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In other developments:• Deputy Speaker and Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte proposed that the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) scale up its case rate packages from the current P4,000 to P32,000 per beneficiary to a range of P150,000 to as much as P400,000 for each treated patient afflicted with COVID-19.• Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte on Friday offered a pubic apology for his son Omar, who disobeyed anti-COVID-19 measures at a supermarket in the city. “It has come to my attention that my son, Omar Duterte, went to S&R (Membership Shopping) Davao and he did not line up to conduct the stringent screening requirements of the establishment,” Duterte said in a statement. “It is with humility that I apologize for the behavior of Omar and his impertinence shall be dealt with accordingly.” The congressman, the President’s son, said the alleged misconduct of Omar’s security team would also be investigated. In a Facebook post, Omar also admitted he made a mistake and apologized.

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Govt will do whatever it takes to help Singaporeans through Covid-19 outbreak: PM Lee

SINGAPORE – While the economic challenge caused by the coronavirus outbreak is very grave, the Government will do “whatever it takes” to stabilise the economy, preserve jobs and help companies stay afloat, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Friday (March 27).

“Whatever it takes to do that, we will do them,” Mr Lee told reporters as he spoke on the $48.4 billion Supplementary Budget that Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat unveiled on Thursday.

“We want to see people through this; we are under no illusions that this is the end of the story because nobody can tell what lies ahead,” Mr Lee said in an interview at the Istana.

“We have the dry powder,” he said. “If we need to do more, when we need to do more, we will do that down the road.”

Coronavirus: Is it possible to carry Covid-19 without realising? | The Straits Times

The Government’s aim is very clear, he said – to protect jobs and help companies stay in business by reducing their costs. Key industries like aviation will be helped so they can “continue in semi-suspended animation, but able to come back to life when the opportunities come”.

“There will be ups and downs,” he said. “Therefore, it is critical that we go into this eyes open, (with) strong leadership, good government, united and determined to see this through.”- Lim Yan Liang

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Lim Yan Liang

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Yan Liang joined The Straits Times in 2011, and was a correspondent at the Political Desk before moving to the China bureau in February 2017. As political correspondent, he covered general and by-elections in Singapore and wrote features on topics such as crime, terrorism, technology and diplomacy. An honours graduate in communications, he also cut his teeth reporting on regional disasters, such as the MH17 crash and the 2015 Nepal earthquake.

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Six more cases of COVID-19 confirmed, bringing country’s total cases to 169

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