Construction work allowed under ECQ – The Manila Times

[ad_1] The government now allows construction work by the public and private sectors in areas under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), Malacañang announced Saturday. Workers are busy at a construction site in Quezon City. PHOTO BY RUY MARTINEZ In a virtual press conference broadcast on state PTV4, Palace spokesman Harry Roque …

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Amazon deforestation increases

[ad_1] RIO DE JANEIRO: It hasn’t received much attention with the world focused on the coronavirus, but deforestation has increased in the Amazon rainforest this year, raising fears of last year’s record devastation, or worse. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon reached a new peak in the first four months of …

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