The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged critics of the planned crackdown on sari-sari (variety) store owners who are selling medicines to ask Congress to amend the law on the sale of over-the-counter medicines. But in the meantine, DILG Usec. Jonathan Malaya emphasized that...
PROMDI presidential candidate Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao on Sunday supported proposals that would allow small store owners to sell over-the-counter (OTC) medicines without any permit. Pacquiao questioned why the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) had to require these...
Senatorial candidate Herbert “Bistek” Bautista on Sunday appealed to the government to be lenient enough to allow small stores to sell vitamins and non-prescription medicines to ease the burden of small communities that do not have easy access to drug stores or pharmacies. Herbert Bautista...
66972 UBX doubling workforce in 2022 Open finance platform UBX plans to add over 200 employees, more than doubling its workforce in the country this year, to serve more consumers and businesses. “Despite the pandemic, we were able to grow our workforce to a little over 200 in 2021," disclosed UBX...
Small retail stores (sari-sari) stores may apply and secure authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to sell over-the-counter (OTC) medicines. Secretary Eduardo Año (Photo from PCOO) This was confirmed by Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo...
Crowd at flea market. There should be no room for complacency even if the “worst is over” in the country as new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases being logged daily continue to decline, an official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said. WHO Country Representative Dr. Rajendra Yadav...
Cisco Philippines, with the support of business partners Ardent, Azimuth, and volunteer rescue group Team Patola deployed the Cisco Konektado Strategic Emergency Response Vehicle (SERV) at the start of the year to Bohol and Cebu after these areas were devastated by Typhoon Odette. The Konektado...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The lightning spread of the new Omicron variant in the United States has driven daily COVID-19 new cases to a record high of over 510,000 on Monday. People line up to receive COVID-19 test in Arlington, Virginia, the United States on Dec. 22, 2021. (Ting Shen/Xinhua) It...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz We originally just wanted to end the year with a party. But the idea quickly changed into something more potent: Gather and send help to fellow Filipinos mercilessly battered by typhoon Odette. And so on Thursday, Dec. 23, about a hundred Sari Sari club members and friends...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said governments are over-reacting to the coronavirus Omicron variant and should immediately rescind travel bans. iata-3 Travel bans are futile against the pandemic and will only derail the recovery of the aviation industry, stated IATA in its...
Joan Beloved Arkansas duo joan shared their final single of 2021, ‘not over you’, alongside their new EP bye, out today, Dec. 6. bye is the second of two EPs that joan have released this Autumn via Photo Finish Records, with the songs on this release focusing on relationships coming to an end....
The board of directors of Vallacar Transit Inc (VTI), the flagship of Ceres bus lines, re-elected Olivia V. Yanson as member during the company's Dec. 4 annual stockholders' meeting. Vallacar Transit The Yanson matriarch in her capacity as special administrator and conjugal co-owner, led VTI's...
