President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos to talk to local chief executives of alternative fishing grounds to allow displaced fisherfolk in Oriental Mindoro to fish in their waters....
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) are moving to establish an electronic Business One-Stop Shop (eBOSS) to ensure digital accessibility to processes required by the government to Filipinos applying for work overseas. *DMW Secretary Maria Susana Ople...
Consumers filling up their vehicles with diesel products will get to be lucky next week as the price of this commodity will see between P0.40 to P0.70 per liter rollback, based on the calculation of the oil companies. For RON92 gasoline products, estimates portend a very slight reduction of P0.05 to...
The Philippines is currently seeing a continuous increase in the number of individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and cases are projected to reach 364,000 by 2030, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. HIV epidemic is one of the public health concerns worldwide,...
There is no recommendation yet from the Department of Health (DOH) to bring back the mandatory wearing of face masks amid the rise in Covid-19 infections in the country. “Currently, there is no recommendation from the Department of Health on the amendment of the Executive Order No. 7 regarding the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has assured the public that the country has ample supply of rice and that his administration is doing its best to control the price of the staple grain....
The Philippines has detected 54 cases of Omicron subvariant XBB.1.9.1, which is classified by the World Health Organization as a "variant under monitoring," the Department of Health (DOH) said. This subvariant is a "XBB sublineage that was recently added to the list of variants under monitoring by...
Waste management experts from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) provided a two-day training workshop for six Pangasinan Local Government Units (LGUs) to provide communities with science-based knowledge on proper waste management. According to DOST, DOST Regional Office 1 (DOST-I),...
The Department of Health (DOH) will launch next month a nationwide supplemental immunization campaign against measles, rubella, and polio in a bid to prevent possible outbreak of such diseases this year. The DOH is targeting to immunize 11 million children against measles, rubella, and polio...
The Philippines is looking forward to the implementation of Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS), the new form of generalized system of preferential (GSP) trading system of the United Kingdom which provides larger product coverage than EU’s GSP+. Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo...
The United States Embassy in Manila announced on Thursday, April 13, that it has increased its visa application fees, with visitor (B1/B2) visas up to US$185. (Photo from US Embassy in the Philippines via Twitter) In a Twitter post, the embassy said that the new visa fees would be applicable...
Parents were reminded by the Department of Health (DOH) to be cautious when their children are swimming in beaches or pools to avoid incidence of drowning. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire made the statement after cases of drowning were reported during the observance of Holy Week....
