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Magalong stays as tracing czar till sub is found

Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong on Monday said he would remain as the country's contact tracing czar until the government finds a replacement following...

Local Roundup: Senator slams double standard in COVID-19 control measures

Senator Imee Marcos warned that the special treatment of government employees by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF)...

‘Czars’ to press Magalong to stay

Senior officials of the team in charge of the country's COVID-19 response programs are scheduled to meet with contact tracing czar Benjamin Magalong to...

Local Roundup: Palace: Give Magalong a second chance

Palace: Give Magalong a 2nd chance Active cases highest in 3 months Malacañang is hopeful Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong will reconsider his irrevocable resignation as...

Contact tracing czar quits

Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong submitted Friday an irrevocable resignation as the country’s contact tracing czar but Malacañang said it has been rejected. “My resignation...

What happened in Baguio

Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong has resigned as contact tracing star for the National Task Force Against COVID-19. Magalong quit because he and his...

Cordillera new virus hotspot

The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) will be placed under a general community quarantine (GCQ) from February 1 to 15, Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong...

Tracing czar blasts LGUs for ‘political’ mindsets

The country’s contact tracing czar called out Saturday local government officials for what he described as inconsistent COVID-19 testing and tracing efforts, saying projecting...

First Sunday biking 2021

Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong together with biking enthusiasts start the year with a uphill bike ride at Tiptop, Ambuclao Road Sunday morning on...

50k RT-PCR kits ‘expired,’ says Baguio mayor

Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong said Monday at least 50,000 expired RT-PCR testing kits for COVID-19 had been distributed by the Research Institute for...

A crucial bill

"We need the Department of Disaster Resilience now. "   The Philippines is a disaster-prone country. That is a fact. Many calamities visit us every year,...

Año confident virus cases will go down; Magalong rallies LGUs to do more contact tracing

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Friday expressed confidence the number of COVID-19 infections would go down during the 15-day modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ)...

Local Roundup: LGU tracing capability low

LGU tracing capability low Danger zone Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong, the government’s contact tracing czar, said Thursday only 0.068 percent of local government units (LGUs)...

Magalong holds tracing seminar in Pampanga

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga—Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong, Chief of the National Task Force for Contact Tracing, and his team held a one-day seminar on...
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