With the high coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) positivity rate in Metro Manila, the cash aid (ayuda) distribution for the localities that failed to meet the August 31 deadline has been extended to September 10, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) confirmed on Wednesday, Aug. 25, that it has extended the cash aid (ayuda) distribution for the qualified beneficiaries in Metro Manila to August 31. Previously the DILG has set August 25 as the deadline for the handing out of the financial...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) is choosing between extending the enhance community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila beyond August 20 and shifting it to the less restricted modified enhance community quarantine (MECQ), Department of the...
Around 160,000 business establishments will be as risk if and when the current enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila gets extended beyond Aug. 20, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said. A restaurant staff cleans a table to prepare for the arrival of diners...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will implement the extended travel restriction on passengers coming from the 10 listed countries starting tomorrow, Monday, Aug. 16. (Photo from BI Facebook page) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said that in compliance with a resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force...
The Japanese government is donating one million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to the Philippines to help the country achieve its goal of herd immunity, Japanese Ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko said on Tuesday. Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko (via Facebook) In a tweet,...
Senator Cynthia Villar on Sunday, June 6, reiterated her call for the government to come up with a solid waste management strategy to address the overwhelming volume of plastic wastes, which remains a major environmental problem for the Philippines. “A 2015 University of Georgia study revealed...
President Duterte has signed into law the 25-year franchise extension for DITO Telecommunity Corporation, the country's third telco. The President signed Republic Act No. (RA) 11537 yesterday, May 18. DITO Chief Administrative Officer Adel Tamano thanked President Duterte for signing the law....
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has further extended the registration validity of motor vehicles as a way to avoid overcrowding in its offices as it resumed operations in the Greater Manila Area this week. Land Transportation Office (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) This, as the agency resumed...
The things a father would do for his daughter. Dwayne Johnson recently called Jason Momoa. Apparently, his daughter is a huge fan of Aquaman, a character Jason portrayed several times onscreen. She made this obvious in one of Dwayne's posts remarking how Aquaman is even cooler than her daddy. View...
