President Duterte has asked Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez Jr. to accommodate the "desperate calls" of some local government units (LGUs) for additional coronavirus (COVID-19) cases due to the surge of cases in different areas in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte (MANILA BULLETIN/ROBINSON...
Some 16 local and foreign business groups have strongly urged for the immediate enactment of the proposed Financial Consumer Protection (FCP) Act, which seeks to protect consumers amidst the growing complexity in financial services, especially digital services. In a statement the business group...
After Malacañang said it welcomes her initiative to bring the vaccines closer to the people through her drive-through program, Vice President Leni Robredo asked on Sunday, July 4, if she can be given access to the country’s vaccine supply. (Vice President Leni Robredo/OVP) One of the problems of...
Senator Joel Villanueva said Friday, July 2, urged the government to prepare the necessary funds and contingency measures to avert any possible effects of the eruption of Taal Volcano to the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines and the efforts to reopen the economy. Senator Joel...
Seventy percent or some 140,000 metric tons (MT) of the expanded minimum access volume (MAV) allocation of pork imports under the Executive Order (EO) 133 will be imported between July and October this year, the MAV management committee said. (Keith Bacongco / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) In a...
The Malabon City government will temporarily suspend walk-in vaccination on Monday, June 28 due to low vaccine supply. The first dose vaccination will still push through at Fishermall Malabon and Oreta Sports Complex. The first and second doses will be administered at Malabon Elementary School,...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is opposing a bulk water supply project in Quezon Province that was awarded to the consortium led by businessman Dennis Uy’s Udenna Water Integrated, Inc. through a public-private partnership (PPP) scheme. In a position paper submitted to Tiaong...
Senator Nancy Binay on Tuesday, June 22 said the government should first “arrest” the problem of having sufficient coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine supply before moving to haul off to jail those who refuse to get vaccinated. “We have a problem with supply. It’s not as if our people do not...
Baliuag, Bulacan Mayor Ferdie Estrella is seeking an explanation from the developer of a subdivision in his town for supposedly charging its homeowners fee for their water supply despite absence of business permit from the local government. Estrella discovered on Monday the activity of the...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año stressed Monday, June 22, that removal of quarantine classifications will be possibly enforced if herd immunity from the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is achieved in the country. In an interview over ABS-CBN’s...
Electricity demand surge ushered in by the country’s bit-by-bit economic reopening is now wrestling with available supply – especially for Luzon grid – but news of greenfield power plant developments are still not up to expectations. The main power grid can still count on new plants coming...
Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr. and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III should disclose the prices of COVID-19 vaccines and submit to the Senate Committee of the Whole the supply agreements the Philippines has signed with vaccine manufacturers for scrutiny. Drilon made the call ahead of...
