Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano reminded city residents to continue to follow the local health protocol called the EMI Habit (Ensure to always wash your hands, Mask is a must, and Implement physical distancing) plus the 15-minutes interaction with proper ventilation as the National Capital...
The Philippine government will start repatriating overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), some of whom have been sleeping in makeshift tents in public parks after their employers turned them away for testing positive to coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A police officer requests foreign domestic helpers on...
In preparation for the return to face-to-face classes, the San Juan City local government inaugurated on Tuesday, March 1, the newest school building and 2-storey multipurpose hall with covered court in one of its schools. (Photo from Patrick Garcia) San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, together...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora on Tuesday, March, 1, led the launch of the city's house-to-house COVID-19 booster shot vaccination program in Barangay San Perfecto. (Photo from Patrick Garcia) Zamora explained that the special vaccination was primarily intended for residents who are senior...
Bulacan Governor Daniel R. Fernando warned that the fight against COVID-19 is not yet over even as the province shifted to Alert Level 1 on Tuesday, March 1. "The virus is still around," he said as he called on the local chief executives of the three cities and 21 municipalities in the province and...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday urged the government to seek the participation of schools and Department of Education (DepEd) field units to increase the vaccination coverage in the pediatric population. Gatchalian, who is seeking re-election in the upcoming May 2022 elections said the...
The Taguig City government lauded the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to place the National Capital Region (NCR) under Alert Level 1 from March 1 to 15 from Alert Level 2. Under Alert Level 1, public transportation will be at 100 percent seating capacity and the wearing of face masks...
Sickness and disasters will continue to pose risks post-pandemic “Filipinos have always been highly underinsured,” shares AXA Philippines President and CEO, Rahul Hora, during a recent interview. But if there has been a silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is that Filipinos are now...
(Photo from Unsplash) The Department of Education (DepEd) underscored the importance of ensuring that learners stay safe in cyberspace as the education sector utilizes technology for learning continuity. “There is a need now, more than ever, to ensure that children stay safe online as even in the...
Should she win as president in the May 2022 polls, Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, Feb. 28, told the information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) sector that she will prioritize improving the e-government services for easier access. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media...
HONG KONG, China -- Hong Kong may impose a China-style hard lockdown that confines people to their homes, authorities signalled Monday, with the city's zero-COVID strategy in tatters and bodies piling up in hospitals. Two years of strict zero-COVID policies kept the coronavirus largely bay but a...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said more than 100 Filipinos in Hong Kong have so far contracted COVID-19 amid a surge of infections reported there in early February. AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN In a Laging Handa press briefing on Monday, Feb. 28, DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs...
