The Philippines will not be pushing through with its plan to open the borders to foreign nationals who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on December 1 due to the threat of the highly mutated Omicron variant. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made...
Malacañang has attributed the decline in the number of Filipinos rating themselves as poor to the increasing vaccination rate in the country which is key to opening up more economic activities. The Third Quarter 2021 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that from 48 percent in June 2021,...
The suspension of inbound international flights from South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe supersedes the previous green list classification of the three countries. (Viktor Forgacs/ Unsplash) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles made this clarification on Saturday,...
The Philippines has temporarily suspended international inbound flights from South Africa and six other countries with local cases or with the likelihood of occurrences of the new B.1.1.1529 variant of coronavirus (COVID-19) starting November 26 until December 15. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles...
A "poltical exercise". Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and former Senator Bongbong Marcos (Photo from Mayor Inday Sara Duterte's Facebook) Such was the simple description given by Malacañang to the much-ballyhooed consolidation of support between former presidents Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Joseph...
Malacañang hasn't closed its doors to the possible refurbishment of the dilapidated BRP Sierra Madre, which has served as the Philippines' outpost in Ayungin Shoal for over two decades. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from Karlo Nograles's Facebook) This can be gleaned from the statement...
Malacañang assured the public that the government is actively monitoring developments surrounding the newly discovered "most heavily mutated" variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) first discovered in South Africa. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (PNA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has fully authorized public and private establishments to refuse individuals who don't follow minimum public health standards (MPHS), particularly the wearing of face masks. (MANILA BULLETIN) Cabinet Secretary and...
Malacañang has appealed to parents to not bring their children to any of the areas considered as close, crowded, and close-contact settings (3Cs) to prevent them from catching coronavirus (COVID-19). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement following...
The government will be allowing the entry of fully vaccinated foreign individuals from non-visa-required territories to the Philippines from December 1 to 15, 2021, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced. Nograles made the statement after the government's pandemic task force eased quarantine...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Atty. Margarita Ignacia “Migs” B. Nograles has yet to be officially a public servant, but she’s already serving the public in her own way. Through her online show, “Ask Atty. Migs Nograles”, she provides free legal advice to people across the country. She...
Malacañang underscored Thursday, Nov. 25 that the Philippines is of the same level as Japan and Singapore as far as the rating given to it by Transparency International's Government Defence Integrity Index is concerned. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from Karlo Nograles's Facebook page)...
