The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) encourages interested civil society organizations (CSOs) to register and obtain accreditation as partners of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in the co-implementation of their programs, projects, and activities in order to ensure that...
The Department of Finance (DOF) bared policy measures that the Philippines is undertaking to address the impact of high inflation and climate-related risks in during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group meetings in Washington D.C. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said in...
DOH All regions in the country are at high risk for a possible measles outbreak due to low vaccine coverage, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) warned. Measles and rubella cases in the Philippines are on an “upward trend,” said DOH Epidemiology Bureau Director Dr. Alethea De Guzman...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the World Bank are planning to initiate and implement reforms in the Philippines’ procurement law. In a statement Friday, Oct. 14, the DBM said that Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman met with officials from the World Bank in Washington D.C....
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN A total of 2,883 Covid-19 cases were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, Oct. 13. Active cases nationwide went up to 25,293 from the 24,283 infections recorded on Wednesday, Oct. 12. The National Capital Region logged the highest cases in the...
Following VaxCertPH’s recent contract expiration, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said it is fixing the digital Covid-19 vaccine certificate system’s issues. (VaxCertPH) The Philippine government’s VaxCertPH contract with the software developer expired on...
A new Omicron subvariant of the Covid-19 virus, named as XBB, is not yet detected in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “As of Oct. 13, we have not detected the said variant in the Philippines,” the DOH said in a brief statement on Thursday, Oct. 13. The state health agency...
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno met with World Bank Group President David Malpass to discuss the Philippines’ ongoing loan portfolio and seek support for the Marcos administration’s comprehensive eight-point socioeconomic agenda. On the sidelines of the 2022 Annual Meetings of the...
The Department of Finance (DOF) expects demand for real estate services will continue to pick up now that the economy has reopened and employees are reporting back to the office. In a statement, Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said he is confident that real estate services, such as rentals,...
DOH The country reported 1,623 new Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, Oct. 12. The number of active cases is at 24,283, as shown in the Department of Health's (DOH) latest data. Metro Manila still posted the highest number of new infections in the past two weeks with 11,198. It was followed by...
Foregone taxes inflicted by the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) act were lower than expected last year, data from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) showed. Based on the document obtained from the BIR, the CREATE law, which reduced the income tax rates slapped on...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public to have their pets vaccinated against rabies as more than 200 rabies cases have been recorded nationwide since the start of this year. A total of 275 rabies cases were already recorded in the Philippines since January, DOH Officer-in-Charge...
