Cebu Pacific reminded its passengers Tuesday, Aug. 24, to bring only one hand carry bag during their travels to ensure a "smooth and convenient" flight experience. (File photo / Cebu Pacific) In an advisory, the budget airline said a passenger's carry-on bag must not exceed seven kilograms in...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) today (August 24) announced it is strictly implementing its one carry-on baggage per passenger rule starting Wednesday next week September 01, 2021. The airline will charge a gate baggage fee of P1,000 per person for domestic flights for guests who do not comply with the rule. In...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III could not help but also suspect irregularities in the Department of Health's (DOH) insistence that face shields should still be used with face masks. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III (Alvin Kasiban/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Sotto reacted to his...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will find out for itself which companies have been imposing the alleged "no vaccine, no work" policy on its employees. DOLE Undersecretary Benjo Benavidez (Screengrab from Facebook live) DOLE Undersecretary Benjo Benavidez said Thursday, Aug. 12 that...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) should direct its distribution utilities (DUs) to suspend all disconnection activities within its franchise area that are placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and modified ECQ, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Thursday. Gatchalian, chair of the...
The government's pandemic task force has temporarily suspended the protocols that allowed the shortened quarantine period for fully vaccinated close contacts of probable and confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Malacañang announced Wednesday, August 11. A temporary health facility...
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Sunday said he will ask the Philippine National Police (PNP) to explain to the Senate the motive behind its so-called “Intensified Cleanliness Policy” or ICP and its relation to the National Task Force for Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Lacson said...
The Quezon City government has clarified that residents do not need to be vaccinated first before being qualified to get a quarantine pass. It made the statement Friday night after an officer of Barangay Central said in a now viral video that residents getting quarantine passes should be inoculated...
The Caloocan City government will no longer allow walk-in individuals at the vaccination sites starting August 6 when the National Capital Region (NCR) is placed under the most restrictive Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) classification. The order came after people crammed into several...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for signing into law the proposal to establish the Philippine Energy Research and Policy Institute, saying that this is a “major victory for the energy sector.” 41FA4097-B706-4A57-8415-CB55CA7F07D1_4_5005_c Velasco is the main author...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday expressed confidence that the Philippines will soon have its own research development institute on energy that would help the country be at par with technological innovations with that of other developed countries. Gatchalian made the remark following President...
President Duterte has signed into law the measure establishing the Philippine Energy Research and Policy Institute (PERPI). President Duterte (Malacañng photo) Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) No. 11572 on July 30, 2021. The new law sought to bridge the research and policy gap in the energy...