THE government can now "move, decide, and act freely," President Rodrigo Duterte has declared, following the signing of a bill that grants him additional powers to address the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

Duterte signed into the law the "Bayanihan to Heal as One Act" after his meeting with the Inter- agency Task Force on Emerging and Infectious Diseases to discuss the government efforts against the coronavirus spread.

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