As the school year (SY) 2025–2026 draws to a close, the Department of Education (DepEd) has issued clear reminders to schools nationwide on how to conduct End-of-School-Year (EOSY) rites. DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara, in a department memorandum issued on March 4 , reiterated reminders on the...
Contractors and project owners must now submit Construction Safety and Health Programs (CSHP) online to speed up compliance and strengthen worker protection, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Tuesday, Mar. 3. DOLE Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma said the move simplifies...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted Herbosa on Thursday, February 26, clarified that the department is not imposing — and is not recommending — any penalties for parents who choose not to immunize their children. In a statement, the DOH emphasized that education and informed...
No low-pressure area (LPA) or tropical cyclone is being monitored within or near the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Tuesday, Feb. 17, as generally fair weather prevails across much of the...
There is no longer any reason for “galunggong (round scad)” to be sold at more than P300 per kilogram following the lifting of the closed fishing season in the Visayan Sea and other major fishing grounds on Feb. 16, progressive fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng...
Tropical Depression Basyang (international name: Penha) may weaken into a low-pressure area within the next 12 hours as it continues to move over Central Visayas, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Friday, Feb. 6. As of 4 p.m., the...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said 15 areas remain under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 2 on Thursday evening, Feb. 5 as Tropical Storm Basyang (international name: Penha) moved closer to the Caraga region. As of 7 p.m., the center of...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 5, said Tropical Storm Basyang (Penha) is expected to make landfall between Thursday evening and early morning on Friday, Feb. 6 as it continues moving westward toward eastern...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Thursday morning, Feb. 5 said Tropical Storm Basyang (international name: Penha) had accelerated as it moved closer to eastern Mindanao, with more areas placed under tropical cyclone wind signals ahead of...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) raised Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 2 on Wednesday evening, Feb. 4, as Tropical Depression Basyang (international name: Penha) intensified into a tropical storm while moving westward over the Philippine...
Tropical Depression Basyang moved closer to eastern Mindanao on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 4, prompting the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to raise tropical cyclone wind signal No. 1 over 12 areas in the Visayas and Mindanao. As of 5 p.m., the...
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Wednesday, February 4 said he will ask Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa to consider not getting his salary as a senator until he reports for work. Since he has not yet been visible in the Senate, Sotto said he will suggest this to the senator who is...
