E-Cigarettes The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will start affixing tax stamps on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTP) to ensure tax compliance among manufacturers of these alternatives to traditional smoking. Based on BIR Revenue Regulations No. 28 dated Sept. 10, 2021, the the...
Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) has approved the business plan for the third stage of San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) P24-billion Bulacan Bulk Water Supply Project (BBWSP). According to a statement, the MWSS Board of Trustees already approved the Updated Business Plan (UBP) that...
No cash aid will be given to areas in Metro Manila that will be placed under granular lockdown, but Presidential spokesman Harry Roque clarified on Tuesday, September 14, that the government will provide food supplies. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Palace official said providing food supply to...
Police commanders in Metro Manila have been ordered to coordinate with the local government units (LGUs) for the implementation of granular lockdown and quarantine alert level system in order to come up with strategic enforcement and deployment plan once the they are implemented starting Sept. 16....
UPDATED: October 1, 2021 Follow the author on Twitter: @argyllcyrus_MB The government's pandemic task force has finally issued the guidelines on the pilot implementation of the Alert Levels System for coronavirus (COVID-19) response in Metro Manila in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus and...
The Social Security System (SSS) uSSSap Tayo Portal on Monday, Sept. 13, to commemorate its 64th anniversary and in a bid to provide users with easier, simpler, and faster access to information. uSSSap Tayo Portal (Screenshot from the website) "Many of the concerns that we receive through our...
The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) is now on track for the nationwide expansion of the massive tree-planting project, Annual Million Trees Challenge (AMTC), nearly five years after it was launched. On Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, MWSS will hold the Annual Million Tree Challenge...
The implementation of the new alert system for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) should be taken by the public as simplified restrictions aimed at preventing confusion on the health and safety protocols. In an interview over GMA News, DILG Undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said that the...
The government’s changing quarantine classifications and labels are very confusing, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, September 12, noting that small businesses are the ones suffering the most from it. Vice President Leni Robredo (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) “Ang dami na nating (We...
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has installed an irrigation system dependent on solar power in Isabela in a bid to help farmers suffering from drought during the dry season. DAR Sec. John Castriciones said the P1 million-worth project in Barangay Sinili in Santiago City will address the...
Metro Manila policemen were ordered on Saturday, Sept, 8, to familiarize the new alert level system guidelines under the quarantine classifications that will be enforced in the National Capital Region. The new guidelines for these quarantine classifications have already been provisionally approved....
President Duterte explained that the initially planned pilot implementation of the new granular lockdowns system in the National Capital Region (NCR) was deferred because it lacked specific guidelines that would cover possible contingencies. File photos Duterte made the statement after the...
