The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will focus on completing ongoing flood control projects flagged for irregularities before adopting a science-based flood planning approach. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon emphasized that ensuring the proper implementation of projects already under way...
Newly appointed Environment Secretary Raphael Lotilla has vowed to build on the foundation laid by outgoing Secretary Maria Antonia “Toni” Yulo-Loyzaga and continue steering the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) toward science-based, sustainable development. “The...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) expressed hope that its next secretary as well as the Marcos administration will stick to "science" in implementing the different policies regarding public health. Among the challenges that the DOH is facing is the spread of “misinformation and...
Outgoing Senate President Vicente Sotto III and outgoing Senator Panfilo Lacson said Tuesday, June 14 that the wearing of face masks outdoors and the placing parts of the country under alert level 2 must be based on science. This was the same position espoused by Sotto and Lacson during the...
(Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The approved policy of a shorter isolation and quarantine period for fully vaccinated healthcare workers was based on scientific evidence, the Department of Health (DOH) and some medical experts said on Tuesday, Jan. 11. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario...
Damn if you do, damn if you don’t. This seemed to be the message of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año as critics are apparently insinuating that the government is to blame if cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Metro Manila would go up after...
