The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has imposed a total ban on the deployment of Filipino migrant workers to Ethiopia due to the current conflict there. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) POEA Administrator Bernard P. Olalia said the suspension came after the Department...
The Philippines has temporarily suspended the deployment of new household workers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in a bid to prevent cases of physical abuse among Filipino migrant workers there. (Jansen Romero / File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) In a virtual public briefing on Thursday, Dec. 2,...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon clarified on Thursday, Dec. 2 that applying for an exception on the ban on bearing, carrying, and transportation of firearms during the election period is through Comelec, not the Philippine National Police (PNP). Comelec/MB "Application...
A toxics watchgroup is calling on the government to impose a ban on firecrackers in the upcoming holiday season to protect the environment and limit mass gathering amid the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). EcoWaste Coalition, in a statement Wednesday, Dec. 1, particularly urged city...
LAGUNA – The provincial government has lifted the liquor ban as coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the province continue to decline. Executive Order No. 35, Series of 2021, signed by Gov. Ramil L. Hernandez on Monday (Nov. 22), allows the consumption of alcohol in commercial establishments now...
Mall security personnel should ensure that unvaccinated individuals are barred entry from dine-in establishments, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año insisted. Año stressed that this is necessary to prevent or at least lessen the chances of a coronavirus...
A resolution enumerating the rules and regulations on the ban, bearing, carrying, and transportation of firearms has been released by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), which will take effect during the election period. Police conduct a checkpoint in Manila to apprehend violators of the...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is looking at four options to address the current traffic situation in the National Capital Region (NCR), which is already returning to pre-pandemic levels. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos said Tuesday, Nov. 16, these are reimposition of the truck...
Visayan fishermen fear that there will be an artificial fish shortage – which could trigger an increase in fish prices – amid the implementation of a state-imposed three-month fishing ban within their coastal areas. In a statement, Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas...
The Philipppine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has suspended anew the deployment of Filipino nurses and healthcare workers abroad as the 6,500 cap set for the year has been reached. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "Inabot na natin yung deployment cap. Nagkaroon tayo ng (We...
The Paranaque City government announced the lifting of liquor ban in the city after the national government placed the Nation Capital Region (NCR) under Alert Level 2 from Nov. 5 to 21. In its Facebook post, the Public Information Office (PIO) announced the lifting of the liquor ban in the city,...
Personnel from the Muntinlupa police, together with an augmentation group from the Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB) of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), are now deployed in different public and private cemeteries in the city to implement the ban on visits by the public during...
