While allowing indoor dine-in and personal care services to reopen under a limited capacity operation helps displaced workers, it "will not make much dent" in recovering employment losses, an official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. A restaurant staff cleans a table after the...
When it comes to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, you will get what is available. (Mark Balmores/ File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) President Duterte gave this reminder to Filipinos Wednesday, Sept. 22 amid reports coming from his home city of Davao that the people there have been showing low...
Retired Philippine Army Major Gen. Mario Fontanilla Chan is the new Philippine ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil. Retired Army Major Gen. Mario Chan (right) takes his oath as the new Philippine ambassador-designate to Brazil before Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Civilian Security...
Malacañang has announced the early suspension of work in government offices at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 27, to allow workers to spend time with their families and celebrate "Kainang Pamilya Mahalaga Day". Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea signed on Tuesday, Sept. 21 Memorandum Circular...
President Duterte has vowed before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to make accountable individuals who "acted beyond bounds" in operations connected to the Philippine government's war on illegal drugs. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his speech before the UNGA on Wednesday, Sept 22,...
Bicycle units, livelihood, and cash-for-work aid were recently given to about 5,000 informal sector workers in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Wednesday, Sept. 22. A beneficiary of the Department of Labor and Employment's Tulong Panghanapbuhay...
The United Nations (UN) in the Philippines and French government will continue to provide meals to some 160,000 children in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) despite the closure of schools for in-person classes due to the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic....
Suffice it to say that President Duterte spoke his mind about the United Nations (UN) during his final opportunity to address the world body as Philippine leader. The United Nations headquarters building is pictured though a window with the UN logo in the foreground in the Manhattan borough of New...
President Duterte reminded developed countries to do their part in addressing climate change, saying it would be a great injustice for the world to shift to a clean economy at the expense of developing countries' economic vitality. President Duterte virtually delivers his speech at the 76th United...
President Duterte highlighted in his speech before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) the Philippines' "longstanding humanitarian tradition" in the government's decision to welcome refugees coming from Afghanistan. OPEN DOOR--President Rodrigo Duterte reports the Philippines' acceptance of...
President Duterte has slammed before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) the hoarding of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines by wealthy countries. JAB HOARDING SLAMMED--President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the UNGA via a taped message on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021 (Screenshot from Facebook...
