Diokno extends IT-BPM's WFH setup By Chino S. Leyco The Department of Finance (DOF) has extended the work-from-home (WFH) arrangement of the Information Technology and Business Process Management (IT-BPM) enterprises until further notice. In a statement on Friday, Sept. 9, Finance Secretary...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that Metro Manila's Covid-19 cases could reach more than 1,200 to 5,000 per day by next month if the uptake of booster shots remains “slow.” The projection was made by the Australian Tuberculosis Modeling Network (AuTuMN) last Sept. 2, said DOH...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the Marcos administration is committed to establish a more business-friendly environment to encourage foreign investors to do business in the Philippines. During the Philippine Economic Briefing in Singapore, Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno reaffirmed the...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has allotted P3.7 billion for the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) for children next year. With this amount, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said around 1.8 million children enrolled in...
Amid the recommendation to make mask wearing optional outdoors, the Department of Health (DOH) bared that its position is to retain the mandatory use of face masks. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that this was their stance during the recent meeting of the members of the...
(Pixabay) The government’s goal of inoculating 50 percent of the target population with Covid-19 vaccine first booster shots by the first 100 days of the Marcos administration is now deemed impossible, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “Right now our booster doses is really at that 23...
DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire speaks to members of the media during the first face-to-face press briefing after two years at the DOH Central Office in Manila on Wednesday, July 20. (MB Photo: Noel Pabalate) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is still awaiting the final report of...
The Marcos administration will spend P2.48 billion to develop several airports nationwide to support the government’s goal of improving transportation infrastructure in the country, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said. In a statement on Thursday, Sep. 8, Budget Secretary Amenah F....
DOH The Philippines on Wednesday, Sept. 7, recorded 1,750 new cases of Covid-19. Based on the Department of Health’s (DOH) Covid-19 tracker, the number of people who are still sick with Covid-19 nationwide was at 22,899. Metro Manila still recorded the highest number of new cases in the last two...
The country's top crop-producing provinces should be allocated with additional funds under the proposed 2023 national budget. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Thus, said Camarines Sur 2nd Rep. LRay Villafuerte as he hailed President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. for...
A police officer checks the vaccination cards of passengers at a jeepney stop in Divisoria, Manila on Jan. 14, 2022 in line with the implementation of the Department of Transportation’s “No Vaccination, No Ride” policy in the capital region while under the more stringent Alert Level 3. (Ali...
DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire speaks to members of the media during the first face-to-face press briefing after two years at the DOH Central Office in Manila on Wednesday, July 20. (MB Photo: Noel Pabalate) The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious...
