Tag: Eric Yap

Entire PSG on self-quarantine inside Malacanang as stricter measures enforced to protect Pres. Duterte

  (Eagle News) – Starting Saturday, March 28, all members of the Presidential Security Group will go under self-quarantine as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 after a lawmaker who recently tested positive for the disease attended a meeting inside Malacanang with President Rodrigo Duterte’s cabinet members. PSG commander Col. Jesus Durante said that the lockdown only applies to PSG personnel, as he also recommended stricter screening of persons entering the Malacanang complex. Only those with […]

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ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Eric Yap tests positive for COVID-19

  (Eagle News)–One of the authors of the House bill giving President Rodrigo Duterte additional powers to address the coronavirus disease 2019 emergency has tested positive for the virus. Rep. Eric Go Yap, chair of the House committee on appropriations,  himself made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday,  March 25. “It is with a heavy heart that I share (with) all of you that I tested positive for coronavirus,” he said. He said he […]

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