To aid their recovery, major airline groups have urged government to allow increased mobility for vaccinated Filipinos, scrap travel requirements that are costing as much as P25,000 per passenger, and place North America on the list of green countries. According to the group, strict policies of...
The Department of Finance (DOF) is lukewarm to pending proposals in Congress seeking for the creation of new government departments. DOF Building in Manila Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III, the government’s chief economic manager, explained that such proposals run counter to a global...
A rare, wide-scale, cyberespionage malware now targets users in Southeast Asia, mostly in the Philippines. Already, the advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign victimized 1,400 users in the Philippines, some of which were government entities, according to experts of cybersecurity firm Kaspersky....
The Manila city government has started the 1st dose vaccination of those falling under the A5 Priority Group on Wednesday (June 16). Health workers inoculated the A5 group at the start of the vaccination program for the 1,000 poor residents of Baseco Compound in Manila. (Photo by Ali Vicoy / MANILA...
More than 8,000 Manila city government workers will receive their mid-year bonus beginning May 18. Manila City Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso has signed the release of P350 million from the city's 2021 executive budget for the mid-year bonus of the city government's 8,745 regular employees....
The local government of Caloocan City will file criminal charges against the owner of a resort in Barangay 171 that accommodated hundreds of guests in violation of quarantine protocols. Mayor Oca Malapitan said on Monday the owner of Gubat sa Ciudad Resort will face charges for violation of R.A....
A Catholic prelate has called on the government to look after the safety and health of country’s workers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Bishop Gerardo Alminaza, chairperson of Church People-Workers Solidarity. (Photo from the Diocese of San Carlos/CBCP News) Bishop Gerardo...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) now allows telcos to occupy a portion of the government's Right of Way (ROW) to hasten rollouts and network infra maintenance in the next three years. PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) Tuesday (April 6) welcomed DPWH's newly issued...
The provincial government of Cavite (PGC) yesterday ( February 15, 2021) issued its second invitation for new bidders for the $10-billion Sangley Point International Airport (SPIA) after ditching previous bid awardee, Lucio Tan's MacroAsia Corp. and China Communications Construction Co. (CCCC)...
The local government of Cavite has cancelled its award of the $10 Billion Sangley International Airport (SIA) project to the consortium of tycoon Lucio Tan's MacroAsia Corp. and China Communications Construction Co. (CCCC), which the US blacklisted for militarizing islands in the West Philippine...
