Executive Order No. 13 0 The government has formally repealed the ban on open-pit mining method in the country, at least based on draft implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Executive Order (EO) 130. Based on the draft of the three-page IRR, the government repealed, amended, and...
President Duterte ordered his Cabinet members to refrain from talking about the West Philippine Sea issue in public, even as he affirmed his new policy of not engaging his critics on the issue. "That's my order now to the Cabinet and to all, for the government, to refrain from discussing itong...
The rebuilding of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) almost forty years ago today was “one of the best good things” that former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos has done for her country, according to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. Former First Lady Imelda Marcos (3rd from...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. urged the public to keep on wearing their face masks as if the country has no vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) yet. Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (AP Photo / Sakchai Lalit / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Locsin made the...
President Duterte has asked the public to forgo any fiestas this month as the country continued to grapple with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. President Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with core members of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of...
President Duterte has expressed his gratitude to the private sector for their "tremendous assistance" to the government as the country continued to grapple with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. President Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with core members of the...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The top US health agency on Thursday said it was lifting mask-wearing guidance for people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, a watershed moment that President Joe Biden called "a great day" in the long pandemic fight. The announcement by the Centers for Disease...
President Duterte has placed the National Capital Region (NCR), Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions from May 15 to 31, 2021 following the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF). President Duterte at the start of his...
The ultimate blame of the people is on the government, “whether we are in the right or in the wrong,” President Duterte said on Wednesday, April 28, as he mulls using “police power” to “control whatever there is to control.” President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a televised address on...
Jot down another victory for all the anti-coal advocates out there. Clean energy and consumers rights group Power for People Coalition (P4P) hailed on Wednesday, April 28 the cancellation of the 600-megawatt (MW) Subic coal plant project listed under Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc. (RP Energy),...
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said it is “strongly committed” to fulfilling its mandate in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and other coastal communities in the Philippines. This is amid the lingering presence of hundreds of Chinese boats in the West Philippine Sea WPS. In a...
President Duterte may announce the new quarantine classification for the month of May on Wednesday, April 28 as his weekly public address was also moved to the said date, Malacañang said. President Duterte (File Photo) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the announcement a few days before...
