The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has stressed the urgent need for the Philippines to dismantle restrictions on key sectors of the economy that are holding back the country from matching the developments of its neighboring nations. NEDA Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said that...
A former finance chief said that the Philippines stands alone in the Asian region with Constitutional restrictions on foreign ownership, emphasizing the need to ease these restrictive economic provisions. Former Finance Secretary Margarito B. Teves said the Philippines trails behind its Southeast...
The Philippine government will ask Japan to limit or even lift its travel advisories against some tourist destinations in the country in a bid to boost the tourism industry reeled by Covid-19 pandemic, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said on Thursday. During a roundtable meeting with the...
The country’s Covid-19 health protocols remain effective against the virus and its subvariants, the Department of Health (DOH) stressed on Monday, Jan. 2, amid the uptick in China’s Covid-19 infections. (DOH / Manila Bulletin) The DOH, in a statement on Monday, assured the public that the...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said it is ready to implement travel restriction for passengers coming in from China if health authorities finally decide. BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco issued the statement as Covid-19 cases continue to soar in many provinces of China. Italy and many other...
Passengers walk at the Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong on December 28, 2022. (Philip FONG / AFP) SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea took steps on Friday to limit travelers from mainland China, imposing visa restrictions, testing requirements and limiting flights as Beijing...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States is considering Covid entry restrictions for travelers from China, US officials said Tuesday, after Beijing dramatically loosened hardline containment measures this month. Infections have surged across China as key pillars of its containment policy have...
Starts Dec. 14, 2022 While most parts of the world have opened their borders, Hong Kong has been taking it slowly as it moved from compulsory quarantine to three days of medical surveillance instead. This meant that inbound Hong Kong travelers need not quarantine but are not allowed to go inside...
DOH The government’s pandemic task force instructed the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to further study the proposal on decoupling restrictions from the Covid-19 alert level system. This was discussed during the recent Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging...
A House leader is encouraging local government units (LGUs) to support the Marcos administration’s efforts to bring the country back to normalcy by ditching whatever entry restrictions on inbound travellers they might still have in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic. Camarines Sur 2nd district...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warned an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Indonesia could cost thousands of New Zealand jobs, as her nation and neighbouring Australia stepped up border biosecurity restrictions. "While not a threat to humans, it would devastate our...
A police officer checks the vaccination cards of passengers at a jeepney stop in Divisoria, Manila on Jan. 14, 2022 in line with the implementation of the Department of Transportation’s “No Vaccination, No Ride” policy in the capital region while under the more stringent Alert Level 3. (Ali...
