OTTAWA, Canada -- Covid-19 public health restrictions, including mask mandates, will continue being lifted across Canada in the coming weeks as Ontario's chief medical officer of health confirmed Wednesday the province will drop its mask mandate on March 21. International travelers walk through the...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday the lifting of most precautionary measures against Covid-19, citing the improved pandemic situation in the country. The Interior Ministry decided that social distancing would be cancelled but people still have to wear masks indoors, the...
69070 Globe Telecom Inc. expects more prepaid data uptake and mobile revenues for 2022 after the government eases pandemic restrictions and the economy begins to open up. This is because customer mobility is a huge factor in the consumption of prepaid mobile data packs and promos, reasoned Darius...
Should the national government loosen the restrictions amid the decreasing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the country? A health reform advocate said that the government should “slow down.” (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Health reform advocate and former National Task Force (NTF)...
who-afp An official of the World Health Organization (WHO) urged the public to be responsible and still follow the health protocols to avoid possible rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19). WHO Acting Country Representative Dr. Rajendra Yadav made the statement as the Philippines already reopened...
Malacañang is optimistic that the country's employment situation will improve in the coming months as more Filipinos are expected to return to work with the easing of quarantine restrictions and the reopening of economic activities. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop, with the...
64387 Long-term travel restrictions are futile. That's the key lesson that governments haven't learned in two years of the pandemic, Capital A Berhad CEO Tony Fernandes lamented. A better and more sustainable approach would be to promote cost-effective policies such as massive and speedy...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is preparing for the influx of international passengers following the government’s decision to reopen the country to foreign tourists starting February 10. (Photo from Unsplash) “We are ready and we have the available manpower to address the expected increase in...
Policies limiting the movement of people in the National Capital Region (NCR) will be effectively suspended starting Tuesday as the region shifts to Alert Level 2 on February 1 to 15, 2022, Malacañang said. File photo by Ali Vicoy Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement a day before...
Editorial After nearly a month of severe restrictions, there is ample basis for a more hopeful scenario that would enable the government’s anti-pandemic task force to consider easing health and safety protocols to “pre-Omicron” levels. Based on internationally-developed COVID Act Now...
A Palace official has thanked the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) for its decision to ease international travel restrictions. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go Negosyo Facebook page)...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año cited on Thursday, Jan. 20, the Metro Manila local government units (LGUs) with approved ordinances that restrict the mobility of the unvaccinated individuals amid a surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases....
