Department of Health (DOH) Teodoro "Ted" Herbosa answers lawmakers' queries during the Commission on Appointments’ (CA) Committee on Health's hearing on his ad interim appointment as health secretary on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. (Senate PRIB Photo) Department of Health (DOH)...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has renewed his call for Filipinos to maintain vigilance and to comply with health protocols as the number of flu-like cases rise in the country. “Let’s not be complacent. If it’s not too burdensome let’s still wear face masks,” said Go,...
Hotel, restaurant owners and operators, and retailers said their operations have to maintain the minimum public health standards, including the wearing of masks, to ensure good customer experience amid continuing threats of Covid-19. At the press conference for the launch of the country’s first...
CLINICAL MATTER The Covid-19 pandemic was accompanied by a parallel pandemic of misinformation and disinformation. While sinister forces are usually at work when it comes to disinformation, some misinformation can occur when the scientific evidence changes and outdated information is spread....
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, November 9 commended the Department of Education (DepEd) for successfully implementing a full in-person classes, saying the move is crucial to the recovery of the basic education sector after a two year battle against the negative impact of the COVID-19...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Cebu provincial government settled into forming guidelines before making the wearing of face mask optional in the province. DILG logo DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said Friday, June 24, that they are waiting for the implementing rules...
Top officials of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Cebu Provincial Government held a dialogue in a bid to come out with a ‘compromise’ regarding the optional wearing of face mask amid the Covid-19 pandemic. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año revealed this on Thursday,...
Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia took a dig on some government officials whom he said have been insisting on the strict implementation of the use of face mask but were themselves doing the opposite. In a GMA News report, Garcia presented the photos of Department of the Interior and Local Government...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) gave the Cebu Provincial Government until this weekend to correct its executive order which allows local residents the option not to wear face masks in public places. In a press briefing, DILG Sec. Eduardo Año also disclosed that he is...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will be tapping government lawyers to stop the implementation of an executive order that lifts the mandatory use of face masks in the province of Cebu. DILG Sec. Eduardo Año said the Executive Order No. 16 issued by Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn...
More than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the mandatory use of face masks continues to be a topic of debates among experts in the Philippines. (REUTERS / Feline Lim/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Face masks have long been proven effective at reducing the transmission of SARS-Cov-2, the virus...
CEBU CITY – Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia seemed to have thrown a shade at the critics of her order that made the wearing of face masks in open spaces in Cebu optional. In a Facebook post Sunday, June 12, Independence Day, Garcia asserted the meaning of her Executive Order No. 16 which lifted the...
