The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) owes state universities and colleges (SUCs) and local universities and colleges (LUCs) P6 billion for the academic year 2022-2023, a senator said this …
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stated that an increase in the country’s minimum wage could be adopted shortly to protect employees from the economy’s “rapid expansion.” According to the Presidential Communications …
The Department of Health (DOH) warned the public not to be complacent against the threat of COVID-19 because the pandemic is still not over — this is after the latest …
The WHO’s COVID-19 emergency committee unanimously underlined that the virus remained a severe public health threat and that governments must not relax their guard. The World Health Organization’s committee of …
While residents in Metro Manila and 38 other areas are ecstatic to be moving to the most relaxed Alert Level 1 starting today, Malacanang warned that vaccination and adherence to …
Department of Health chief Francisco Duque III said the Philippines was already over the COVID-19 pandemic crisis stage. Duque told Dobol B TV that the country’s average daily attack rate …
The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases has allowed children aged 5 and above to leave their homes in areas under general community quarantine (GCQ) and modified GCQ. …
One doctor compared the COVID pandemic to one year of experiencing super typhoon Yolanda. According to Aileen Espina, member of the Healthcare Professionals Alliance Against COVID-19 and national director of …
After President Rodrigo Duterte used the term “maliit na bagay (small thing)” on the issue of the COVID-19 pandemic, his spokesman Harry Roque clarified today that the Chief Executive did …
The House Committee on Labor and Development approved the “Paid Pandemic Leave Law of 2020,” a bill seeking a 14-day paid pandemic leave to workers in the private sector during …
The 2020 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year is pandemic. “That probably isn’t a big shock,” Peter Sokolowski, editor-at-large for Merriam-Webster, told The Associated Press. “Often, the big news story has …
Malacañang said Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic could be over soon after vaccine developers expressed interest in facilitating clinical trials in the country. “Good news: it seems that the pandemic …
The National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) is conducting online surveys over the weekend to develop new policies and define the “new normal” after the pandemic crisis ends. “The Inter-Agency …
The provincial government of Pampanga will request Clark International Airport to reject international flights to prevent the spread of pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Governor Dennis Pineda said that the …
Isabela Governor Rodolfo Albano III ordered the immediate burial of the dead from 24 hours to three days to prevent the mass gathering during wakes that could spread the pandemic …