Just one day after it announced that President Duterte was under quarantine for his exposure to a positive case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Malacañang said Friday, Feb. 4 that his quarantine period was already finished. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (left) and President Rodrigo...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned candidates of strict sanctions if they violate the guidelines set by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) for the coming May 9 national and local polls. Sec. Eduardo Ano (DILG photo) In a briefing with President Duterte Monday...
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has welcomed the recent signing of a law creating a new government agency for migrant workers, adding that it is set to form a transition committee to prepare for its implementation. (FILE PHOTO) POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia said the...
The board of the National Electrification Administration (NEA) and Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) agreed to form a technical working group (TWG) that will flesh out strategies and mechanisms to be applied in synchronizing rules and edicts being enforced on the country’s electric...
ROME, Italy -- With COVID-19 infections rising in Italy, the country tightened restrictions on Wednesday in the run-up to the Christmas and New Year holiday. The most important new measures are the extension of the mandatory green pass to a wider array of venues, and restrictions for unvaccinated...
Crafting the rules governing internet-based transactions are not expected to be an easy one. The hurdles are high and the opposition from various e-commerce platforms is strong. Even the legislature is having a hard time that the measure is no longer in the running for passage in this Congress. The...
The Duterte administration will amend the the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the build-operate-transfer (BOT) law to remove the “onerous,” “excessive,” and “undue” terms, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. In a statement, the NEDA said on Tuesday,...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has laid down the rules that will delineate the qualification of consumers that can avail of the Green Energy Option Program (GEOP) or those that can secure or contract for electricity supply from renewable energy (RE) suppliers. ERC LOGO As the regulatory...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has issued a memorandum directing all its personnel to use body-worn cameras (BWCs) while serving search or arrest warrants in compliance with the rules set by the Supreme Court, a move seen as a milestone for transparency amid allegations of human rights abuses...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered a massive information drive for operating policemen on the rules issued by the Supreme Court in using the body-worn cameras and in serving search and arrest warrants. Eleazar said he had already tasked the...
As the national government's task force on coronavirus response gas allowed children five years old above to go out, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar urged parents to teach their kids in following the rules on health safety protocols amid the continuous threats...
Amid another confusion on the travel protocols for fully-vaccinated individuals against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) , the Philippine National Police (PNP) instructed its men to stick on the existing travel rules, especially those being implemented by the Local Government Units (LGUs) that...
