Around 724 senior citizens in Malabon City received their COVID-19 jabs during the mass vaccination drive for the elderly on Thursday, Jan. 6. According to the Malabon City Health Department report, 56 senior citizens received their first dose, 17 their second dose, and 651 got their booster shots....
The Department of Finance (DOF) remains optimistic that Congress will pass this year the remaining tax reform packages that aim to reform the property valuation system and simplify capital market taxation. After the legislature was able to act on a slew of economic liberalization bills in 2021,...
The government has stepped up its fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) surge with the implementation of house-to-house vaccination program targeting individuals in the most vulnerable sectors. DILG Secretary Eduardo Ano (Courtesy of DILG) In a news briefing with President Duterte aired...
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) should consider conducting house-to-house vaccination to further make COVID-19 shots more accessible to the people. Rep. Precious HIpolito Castelo Quezon City 2nd District Rep. Precious Hipolito-Castelo made the appeal as she noted...
Senator Sonny Angara on Wednesday reminded Filipinos on the need to cooperate and share the responsibility in the fight against COVID-19 by continuing to observe the minimum health protocol. Angara made the call as he expressed concern on the alarming spike in new COVID cases over the past weeks....
Award-winning actress Angel Aquino on Tuesday, Jan. 4, joined Frontliners for Leni in a virtual move-a-thon aimed at creating awareness and gathering support for the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo, as well as raising funds for the benefit of communities affected by Typhoon...
Over 4.7 million workers in the formal and informal sectors who have been affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic received aid from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) this year. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III leads the payout of salaries to 1,500 beneficiaries under the Tulong...
DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN Before the term of Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones ends next year, the Curriculum and Instruction strand of the Department of Education (DepEd), has committed to unveil the updated version of the K to 12 curriculum for basic education. Undersecretary Diosdado San Antonio,...
Vaccination of children aged five to 11 against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has not yet started, the Department of Health (DOH) clarified on Monday, Dec. 27. A minor getting vaccinated at Lakeshore Hall in Taguig on Nov. 2. (Ali Vicoy) Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday called on local government units (LGUs) to prepare for the inoculation of children aged 5 to 11. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, made the call after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of the...
A total of 46 out-of-school youth (OSY) in Taytay, Rizal received P10,000 each from the provincial government of Rizal after completing their 30-day Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) on Thursday, Dec. 23. The SPES is an employment program by the Department of Labor and...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has lauded a Filipino doctor who took the initiative to lead vaccination efforts in one of the most under-vaccinated communities in Kern County, California. De Lima said she hopes the Philippine government will learn from the efforts of Danielle Colayco, of Komoto...
