Despite a 12-month tariff cut imposed on pork, a group of local meat importers began lobbying for a much longer period wherein the pork import tariff rate is kept at 15 percent from the original 40 percent until 2025. A customer pays for pork at a roadside market stall in Mandaluyong City, Manila,...
An official from the Department of Health (DOH) reminded those who have gotten their first dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to not skip their second shot. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with DZBB on Wednesday, May 6, Dr. Myrna Cabotaje, Undersecretary of DOH, said among...
Budget hotel booking platform RedDoorz Philippines has emphasized the need to follow safety measures and take advantage of available technology, saying these actions will help keep the hotel industry afloat amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo from Pixabay) During a recent...
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar has ordered stricter first border inspection and control procedures on all imported food items and agri-fishery products to guarantee that only items considered as safe would get distributed to local markets. (Photo courtesy of the Department of...
The government will proceed "full speed ahead" with the implementation of the StaySafe.ph, the official contact tracing application, Malacañang announced Tuesday. People form line leading to a community pantry in Sta. Mesa, Manila on April 30, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) According to...
Young entrepreneurs, small-scale farmers, and fisherfolks who were affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic were prodded to avail of the Department of Agriculture's (DA) loan offers to help them recover and get out of the doldrums. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) In...
The government’s failure to stop smuggled pork imports has put the country at more risk of contracting new variants of African Swine Fever (ASF) that began to cause further damage in China, the world’s largest pork-producing country....
President Duterte is not seeking an end to the operations of community pantries despite raising concerns that these might cause the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Malacañang said Tuesday, May 4. People form a line leading to a community pantry in Sta. Mesa, Manila on April 30,...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary and isolation czar Mark Villar wants to slash the occupancy rate of COVID-19 mega treatment facilities in the country to less than 60 percent in the coming weeks. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Public Works and Highways) In order to...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, May 28, took the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and other government agencies to task for the alleged modus of some government officials facilitating the production of fake passports and aiding human trafficking syndicates to recruit Filipino minors to work...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday urged state economic managers to allocate more funds for the education sector in next year’s proposed national budget to help the sector’s recovery from the negative impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Gatchalian said the government...
Quezon City Rep. Alfred Vargas on Monday, May 3, expressed confidence that the proposed Bayanihan 3 law will get strong support and will likely be passed swiftly as soon as regular sessions resume on May 16. `Vargas, chairman of the House Committee on Social Services and a co-author of the bill,...
