Malacañang is not about to identify the Metro Manila mayor or city that has been stripped of the power to distribute cash aid to its poor residents due to the supposedly poor organizational skills of the local government unit. People wait in line for their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at SM...
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...
The economy has returned into growth mode, posting a dramatic performance in the second-quarter as expected, but the country’s recovery is losing steam as the rapidly spreading Delta variant has forced the government to put the breaks on further reopening plans. 25245 The gross domestic product...
(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) Independent research group OCTA on Tuesday, Aug. 10, expressed "very serious" concern about the new surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases that are happening not just in Metro Manila but also in other parts of the country. "This is very serious...
As the government ramps up the inoculation drive as defense against the coronavirus spread, President Duterte has appealed to local government officials to make sure people lining up for vaccination are safe and protected. As the capital enters into a two-week enhanced community quarantine, people...
President Duterte has ordered the swift and orderly distribution of cash subsidy to poor residents affected by the hard lockdown in Metro Manila. As enhanced community quarantine took effect in the capital region, people line up at a vaccination site located at Justo Lukban elementary school in...
Somewhere in Zambales lies Beati Firma, more popularly known as Bea Alonzo’s farm, that has been with the Alonzo family for 10 years already. Beati Farm is equipped with a cattle pen, sheepfold, mango and calamansi plantation, rice field, treehouse, fish pond, half-sized basketball court,...
(SCREENGRAB FROM PAGASA) Scattered rain showers, thunderstorms, and cloudy skies are expected over Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon, and Visayas due to the combined effects of a low pressure area (LPA) and the southwest monsoon or "habagat," the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical...
President Duterte tasked the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Department of National Defense (DND), and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to handle the cash aid distribution in some areas in Metro Manila because the mayors there “do not know...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) expressed confidence Monday, Aug. 9, that the local government units’ (LGUs) lists of beneficiaries have already been sanitized to ensure the smooth and expeditious distribution of the financial assistance to low-income individuals and...
The local government units (LGUs) may conduct digital payment or tap financial service providers (FSPs) to distribute the financial assistance to residents affected by the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20, the Department of Social Welfare and Development...
The country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case classification is now at high-risk, the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, August 9. DOH/MB "Nationally, our case classification is now at high risk," Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in an online press briefing. She revealed...