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Teachers and other poll workers who received allowances or honoraria for rendering service during national and local elections will be exempted from taxes for such earnings under a bill endorsed for plenary approval by the House Committee on Ways and Means.

While the current daily passenger arrival capacity of 2,000 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is an improvement from the previous cap of 1,500, the increase is negligible and doesn’t translate to more inbound flights.

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has already distributed a total of P322.4 million in payouts to public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers under the government’s service contracting program.

Senator Richard J. Gordon on Monday said it is time to turn dreams of putting up extensions of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) in the Visayas and Mindanao into reality.

Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) has long been considered as nature’s miracle medicine for its numerous benefits and healing properties.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s (PAGASA) monitoring showed that the highest heat index in Metro Manila was 44°C at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City, followed by 41°C at the Science Garden monitoring station in Quezon City, and 40°C in Port Area, Manila.

Despite the escalating situation in Israel, the Philippine government is maintaining the same alert level where Filipinos are advised to take precautions, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is looking to conduct a clean up and structural assessment at Philippine General Hospital (PGH) starting Tuesday, May 18, or as soon as the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) gives the green light for it.

The chairperson of the House Committee on Health on Monday, May 17, urged the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to lift the moratorium on the opening of new programs for nursing amid the shortage of nurses in the country and in many parts of the world.

More than three million Filipinos have filed their applications for voter registration for the general elections next year, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Monday, May 17.

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Bautista said technology “greatly helped” bring families together despite the distance that separated them amid the ongoing global pandemic.

Kissing while wearing face masks doesn’t seem possible, but these two love birds made it look so simple, sweet, and special given all the hardships that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has put Filipinos through.

The Senate approved on third and final reading Monday, May 17, a local bill that would establish a third legislative district in the province of Bataan.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Philippines doesn’t seem to think that the planned mega vaccination center at the Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF)-owned property in Parañaque City is the way to go.

With plans to vaccinate 58 million people before the end of the year, the government has so far administered 2.9 million coronavirus vaccines, mostly benefiting health workers, since the inoculation drive started last March.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Monday, May 17, filed criminal complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) against the former mayor of Siayan town in Zamboanga del Norte for allegedly favoring her own businesses with P32.3 million in supply contracts when she was the local chief executive.

Unimplementable, discriminatory.

The first phase of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark segment stretching from Tutuban in Manila to Malolos, Bulacan is almost 50 percent finished, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade said.