Local government units (LGUs) must adhere to the national government’s coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic guidelines in enforcing the face shield use in their respective areas, League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) president and Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr. said on...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and CEO Sen. Dick Gordon warned the public on Tuesday, November 9 not to be complacent and to observe health protocols after the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) recently placed Metro Manila under Alert Level 2 on November 5. PRC Chairman and Senator Richard J....
The Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Senator Sonny Angara, has endorsed for plenary approval Committee Report No. 332 which contains the P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022. This marks the start of lengthy plenary deliberations on the budgets of various government agencies and their...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. has continued to suppory for the delay of the distribution of cash assistance to recipients of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) if they are not yet vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. speaks to reporters...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) vowed on Tuesday, Nov. 9, that it will not remove beneficiaries of the government's conditional cash transfer, or the Pantawid Pamilyancg Pilipino Program (4Ps), even if they would not agree to be vaccinated. In a statement, the DILG said...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday, Nov. 9 scored the slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination program in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), saying the National Task Force should inoculate more people in the region. Pacquiao noted the region has the...
Vice presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday, Nov. 9 rallied support for the upcoming joint initiative between the government and private sector’s drive to administer at least five million doses of COVID-19 vaccines over a three-day period, urging people to “be a...
Re-electionist Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday urged the government to make sure that a majority of the population would get vaccinated against COVID-19 before Christmas. Hontiveros made the call as she expressed her support to the government and private sector’s initiative to conduct a...
An intervention study conducted by the Department of Science and Technology–Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) under the Forging Public-Industry Society Alliance: PISO for Healthier Schoolchildren project showed that school lunch feeding and nutrition education intervention package...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) showed its steadfast commitment to the United Nations’ (UN) sustainable development goal to make cities and communities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. (DOST) The DOST through the Niche Centers in the Regions (NICER) for Research and...
Even non-Catholics may avail of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program of the Diocese of Kalookan. Photo from Diocese of Kalookan FB Kalookan Diocesan Health Care Ministry head Fr. Rene Richard Bernardo explained that the program is not just for Catholics, but also for other...
The Las Pinas City government conducted a feeding program in Barangay CAA to about 700 children who received hot meals, bread, and face masks on Nov 5. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said “Kusina ng Las Pinas, Kalinga sa bawat Las Pineros” was launched to reach out to the children in the city's barangays...
