Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III has issued an executive order to implement Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases Resolution No. 104, which restricts travel and mass gatherings due to the rising number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila. Pateros Mayor...
Restaurants with no outdoor dining spaces would be hit hard again, but those with al-fresco set-up like the “carinderyas” would be less affected by the new restrictions imposed by the government, according to Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez. Under the new regulations approved...
The government will not impose a stricter and blanket community quarantine despite sharp rise in coronavirus infections, as the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said hard lockdown is very detrimental to the economy. Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua...
In this file photo, athletes of the Philippine delegation for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games wave their mini-flags before being crowned as the overall champions. (MB File Photo) The Philippine Sports Commission has approved the lineup for the 2021 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games even as training...
Malacañang lauded the "very good results" achieved during the limited face-to-face classes in higher education institutions (HEIs) but said the full resumption of in-person classes still depends on the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / MANILA...
The government's pandemic task force agreed that the measures being implemented to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic should be intensified as the country saw a recent spike in cases due to the new and more contagious variants of the disease. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the largest business organization in the country, has urged local government units to go beyond and above the streamlined travel restrictions of the national government to accelerate the recovery of domestic tourism. PCCI President Amb....
Starting Friday, March 5, 2021, libraries, museums, cultural centers, meetings and conventions, and limited tourist attractions and video games arcades will be allowed to operate at a maximum of 50 percent under general community quarantine (GCQ) and 75 percent under modified GCQ (MGCQ). ...
In preparation for the proposed transition of Metro Manila from General Community Quarantine (GCQ) to Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ), DTI Consumer Protection Group (CPG) Undersecretary Ruth Castelo and DTI Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB) Director Ronnel Abrenica led a special...
In a bid to boost the country’s fisheries output, the Philippine government is amenable to the private sector’s proposal to set up aquaculture sites within protected areas and dams across the country. This came two weeks after advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan started pushing for the crafting of...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez yesterday warned of a second wave of retrenchments of workers if enterprises failed to sustain the reopening of their operations because of weak sales. Lopez said this as the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved resolution No. 95 reducing the age limit...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez will formally ask the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to allow younger kids, 10 years old from the current 15-year-old cap, to go out of their homes to further boost economic activities as the local...
