Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, April 25 called on the Departments of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Migrant Workers (DMW) to exert all efforts in repatriating all Filipinos trapped in Sudan amid the heightened hostilities in the African nation. At the same time, the senator urged...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, April 24, a total of 3,148 new Covid-19 cases that were recorded in the past week. In its weekly case bulletin, DOH said that the daily average cases are currently at 450 which is 32 percent higher than the cases on April 10 to April 16. DOH...
Will the SIM registration period be extended or not? The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Monday, April 24, said they are considering the possible extension of the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration period. SIM card (Unsplash) Two days before the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. wants the Philippines to manufacture its own farm machineries in order to lessen the country's reliance to imports. Marcos said the country must develop its capability to produce its own farm machineries, citing the work done at the Philippine Center for...
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Renato Solidum, Jr. believes the Copernicus Capacity Support Action programme for the Philippines (CopPhil) will strengthen the nation’s resilience to disasters and climate change. In his keynote address during CopPhil's launch, he said that...
COPENHAGEN – Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla will take the podium at the world's largest energy event happening here this week to present the investment opportunities that the Philippine energy sector will be opening up to global investors, primarily the massive renewable energy (RE)...
The government's sin tax revenues deteriorated last year after levies collected from alcohol and tobacco products fell short of target, data from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Based on the BIR document submitted to the Department of Finance, the government’s main tax agency collected...
With record-breaking temperatures this summer, power system operator National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) indicated that electricity demand in Luzon already surpassed last year’s level as recorded on Wednesday, April 19. Data showed that power demand in the Luzon grid reached record-high...
Alarmed by the education crisis in the country, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) has proposed a set of recommendations to reform the education system and upskill people young and old to meet the evolving requirements of the world of work. The PCCI Education Task Force (ETF)...
The Department of Health (DOH) issued a clarification on the Covid-19 situation of 26 areas under the Alert Level 2 status until the end of this month. These areas “were not escalated from Alert Level 1; rather, these have maintained their Alert Level 2 status since June 2022,” the DOH said in a...
DAGUPAN CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) led by officer-in-charge Undersecretary Dr. Maria Rosario Clarissa Singh-Vergeire has vowed to help the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) here complete their expansion projects to accommodate the huge volume of patients. DOH officer-in-charge...
Consumers will have new round of financial breather at the pumps next week, as oil prices will be on rollback, according to estimates by industry players. Based on calculations, the price of gasoline products will be trimmed by P1.65 to P1.95 per liter, while diesel products will have a reduction of...
