Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has asked government stakeholders and the private sector to prepare for the “next normal,” specifically to give the vaccinated population “greater mobility” by allowing them to travel without quarantine restrictions and RT-PCR...
The government is not in a rush to seek the passage of a third stimulus package for the coronavirus response and recovery efforts since it was still spending the existing budget. Las Piñas City residents wait for their turn at a COVID vaccination site inside a mall on May 30, 2021. (Ali...
Vaccine cards could be a step closer to reopening the economy as safe and fast as possible. As more Filipinos are getting vaccinated, business leaders have proposed the establishment of a unified vaccine pass system in digital form to promote safe and greater mobility in the country. According to...
Over 1.2 million travelers have registered at the Department of Science and Technology's (DOST) online travel management system or Safe, Swift and Smart Passage (S-PaSS). S-PaSS (from DOST) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said as of May 26, there has been a total of 1,250,336...
The Metro Manila Council (MMC) said it is not yet the right time to implement a vaccine pass policy that will only allow fully vaccinated individuals to enter indoor establishments. (BLOOMBERG) MMC Chairman and Parañaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the policy will be “unfair” given that only few...
Unimplementable, discriminatory. That's how a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) official described proposals to require customers to present a "vaccine pass" before they are allowed entry to a business establishment. Essentially, a vaccine pass is proof that the person holding it has received...
The Department of Health (DOH) said it is not recommending the proposal to issue a “vaccine pass” to fully vaccinated individuals for them to have access to indoor establishments. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire (Photo from PCOO/ Manila Bulletin File Photo) "Hindi po kami sang-ayon sa...
Paranaque City Mayor and Metro Manila Council Chairman (MMC) Edwin Olivarez said it is “unfair” to implement a vaccine pass system in indoor dining and business establishments since the vaccine supply in the country is still insufficient. In this photo taken on September 2, 2020, customers...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) Wednesday (May 5) launched its Super Pass, a limited-time one-way flight voucher to any domestic destination for P99. The CEB Super Pass, a part of the airline's 25th anniversary offer, is only available from today, May 5 until May 12, 2021. For P99 (one-way base fare), the...
Cebu Pacific lunches Super Pass allowing customers to fly in their most convenient time RIDE THE WAVES Fly to Siargao and enjoy the ocean waves Who doesn’t long to travel and have fun once again? While the local tourism industry is slow bouncing back, setting a definite travel date either for...
Over 600,000 travelers have registered at the Department of Science and Technology's (DOST) online travel management system or Safe, Swift and Smart Passage (S-PaSS). Safe, Swift and Smart Passage or S-PaSS (Department of Science and Technology) The DOST Region VII, which developed the travel app,...
The extraordinary impact of COVID-19 continued to pull down demand for air travel (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs), which plummeted 74.7 percent in February 2021. This was worse than the 72.2 percent decline recorded in January 2021 versus two years ago, according to the latest...
