Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, administrator of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and executive director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), engaged in a verbal tussle with Bacoor, Cavite Mayor Lani Mercado-Revilla over the supposed non-release of funds for the...
Where to get the best this Mid-Autumn Festival Like many Chinese food tied to celebrations, mooncake isn’t just a great-tasting delicacy. It’s a symbol. For the Chinese, the mooncake represents love and togetherness within a family, which is why, traditionally, the second biggest celebration...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) praised on Tuesday, Aug. 17, its partners in the private sector for their initiative to provide tourism workers in El Nido, Palawan and their dependents their first dose of vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A tourism worker receives his first COVID-19...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has achieved another unfortunate milestone in terms of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic's impact on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Returning OFWs being interviewed at NAIA. (Ariel Fernandez/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) DOLE Information...
More than 70 percent of tourism frontliners in Metro Manila who work at establishments accredited by the Department of Tourism (DOT) have already been vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the agency reported. A Manila resident receives a COVID-19 jab at the vaccination hub in SM...
A Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) official has asked for the understanding of quarantine hotels that have been waiting on the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration’s (OWWA) payments in connection with the services they rendered to repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) amid the...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has reminded accommodation establishments operating as quarantine hotels to allow room sharing for certain individuals belonging in the same household who are traveling together, especially families that brought along kids. (Photo from Pixabay) This, after the DOT...
Megaworld Hotels & Resorts has added another layer of safety for its guests after having vaccinated 95 percent of its 1,154 hotel-based staff and personnel who are actively working in the various properties during this pandemic. In a statement, the firm said those vaccinated include teams...
SMHCC is committed to 'continuous and creative efforts to minimize our carbon and plastic footprint on the planet.' Park Inn by Radisson North EDSA's take-out packaging SM Hotels and Conventions Corporation (SMHCC) properties fully support the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in their...
President Duterte has given the Department of Health (DOH) until Thursday to assess the different testing and quarantine protocols being implemented by the province of Cebu. President Duterte delivers a public address on May 31, 2021. (Malacañang) The President issued the directive to the health...
Malacañang announced on Tuesday, June 1, the additional guidelines for Metro Manila and the National Capital Region Plus (NCR Plus) provinces—Cavite, Laguna, Bulacan, and Rizal—which will remain under general community quarantine (GCQ) until June 15. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said...
The government's pandemic task force has allowed establishments accredited for staycation activities may now operate at full capacity and may also forego requiring the coronavirus (COVID-19) testing requirement for guests. (Photo courtesy of DOT / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque...
