The Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI) welcomed the decision of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to withdraw its latest order on new labelling requirements for imported meat. 43979 In a letter to DA, PAMPI thanked DA Secretary William Dar for his decision to order the...
House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez of Leyte and Tingog Partylist Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez honored the brave early responders during the onslaught of Super Typhoon Yolanda that devastated Tacloban City and Eastern Visayas eight years ago. As the nation remembers the eight-year Yolanda...
The general review of the Philippines-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (PJEPA) has reached an impasse as Manila’s insistence that Tokyo includes in the renegotiation table - market access issue or preferential if not zero tariff rates for its agricultural products - fell on deaf ears. During...
DOH The country on Sunday recorded 2,605 new people who were confirmed to have contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Since last year, a total of 2,803,213 COVID-19 cases have been detected in the Philippines. Of this tally, 33,526 remained as active cases. Of those who are still ill, 66...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a three-point bridge system in Siargao island which was constructed as part of the government's efforts to boost sports and tourism in the area. One of the 3-Point bridge system the government completed in Siargao Islnd in Surigao Del...
A farmers group hit the proposal of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) and Department of Health (DOH) to make vaccination mandatory for specific sectors and urged to make economic aid mandatory instead. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a...
From a strictly point-to-point travel bubble policy, popular destination Coron, Palawan is gearing up to welcome local travelers back on its shores and jumpstart domestic tourism this month. Coron, Palawan (Photo from Department of Tourism) In a recent executive order released by the municipal...
Shoppers flock along Ylaya in Divisoria Market on Oct. 17, 2021 as the Metro Manila eases to Alert Level 3 for COVID-19. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The Philippines logged 2,656 fresh cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, Nov. 6, with active cases still below 40,000. The total number of...
More than 200 erring public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers in Metro Manila were flagged down by the Inter-Agency Council for Traffic (I-ACT) due to "overloading" on the first day of the implementation of the 70 percent passenger capacity in public transport. A Muntinlupa police officer checks...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)-Cybersecurity Bureau recently announced that it will be conducting the fourth leg of its annual National Cyber Drill Exercise on Nov. 24 to 25. (Photo from DICT's Facebook page) This year's event is anchored on the theme:...
Despite the shift to a more relaxed alert level and the increased passenger capacity in public transport, minors and the elderly are still not allowed to board public utility vehicles (PUVs) according to an official of the Department of Transportation (DOTr). (Mark Balmores / File Photo / MANILA...
Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA amid heightened movement restrictions in Metro Manila in this August 2021 file photo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said there is a possibility that the country's active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases may drop further...
