Church-run Radio Veritas has set the whole month of November in remembering, honoring and praying for the faithful departed. (Radio Veritas Facebook) Dubbed “Pag-alalla, Pagkilala at Panalangin,” families and loved ones of the departed may offer holy masses and prayers online through the E-Mass...
Over two million Philippine identification (PhilID) cards have been distributed across the country so far, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Thursday, Oct. 14. Philippine Statistics Authority PSA Assistant Secretary Rosalinda Bautista said 2.2 million Filipinos have received their...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- A post-Brexit rule banning the use of identification cards from the EU and European Economic Area (EEA) to enter Britain comes into force from Friday, the UK government said. Photo: AFP Under plans announced by the government a year ago, most EU, EEA and Swiss citizens...
If he had his way, a Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official would require people to wear their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination cards in public like a regular company or school identification card (ID). Photo from Undersecretary Martin Diño's Facebook Page In a...
The Department of the Interior and Local government (DILG) encouraged restaurants and other business establishments to check on the vaccination cards of their customers for them to avail of their goods and services. In an interview over GMA News, DILG Undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya...
The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and the Department of Health (DOH) should clamp down on persons who produce fake unified vaccination certificates and impose stiffer penalties against them to protect the public against such fraudulent acts that could endanger their safety. Senator Sherwin...
Foreigners registered with the Bureau of Immigration (BI) will soon be able to enter and exit the country easier with the upcoming integration of the agency's automated travel control system at the ports with its database of issued alien certification of registration identity cards (ACR I-Cards)....
Without a unified database for vaccine recipients in the country, Hong Kong’s initial decision not to honor the vaccination cards of Filipinos is “bound to happen,” Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, August 15. Vice President Leni Robredo (Charlie Villegas/OVP) During her weekly...
The San Juan City local government reminded its residents on Saturday to update or renew their PhilHealth and San Juan health cards so they can avail of San Juan Medical Center's (SJMC’s) free hospitalization services amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Francis Zamora "Tinatawagan ang mga...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Aug. 19, said that it has “nearly completed” the delivery of procured sim cards with connectivity load to field offices. Photo from DepEd “With the support from President Duterte and our lawmakers, we were able to distribute these sim cards with...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III will be calling for a public hearing on the government's plan to use vaccine passports as part of the country's travel and health protocols amid the persisting COVID-19 pandemic. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III leads on July 26, 2021 the opening of the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has reported that more than 235,000 subscriber identity module (SIM) cards with connectivity load are currently being used by its teaching and non-teaching personnel. (DepEd Facebook page) DepEd said as of Aug. 2, 95.45 percent of all SIM cards have been...
