The Department of Tourism (DOT) is currently looking at other hotels that are allegedly offering "absentee quarantine" packages, after two returning overseas Filipinos were able to skip the mandatory isolation. (FILE PHOTO) Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said the Department has so far...
The number of firecracker-related injuries is now 167. DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Jan. 3, reported 14 additional cases of fireworks- related injury. "As of 6 a.m. of Jan. 3, 2022 a total of 167 firework related injuries were reported. This report was a bit higher compared to...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Jan. 3, reported 4,084 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DOH/MB This brought the total number of cases in the country to 2,855,819. The case bulletin of the DOH also showed 497 new recoveries and 16 new deaths. Total recoveries rose to...
The country is once again under high-risk classification after being under low-risk for more than a month since Nov. 2021, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, Jan. 3. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3 starting Jan....
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez As much as 200,000 workers would be out of work and P200 million in economic losses as the National Capital Region returns to stricter health restrictions on rising COVID-cases in the capital. Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez Trade and Industry...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) is currently investigating other reports of quarantine breach as another returning overseas Filipino was nabbed for skipping mandatory isolation. Authorities learned of what she did after she posted it on her social media account. (Photo from Pixabay) Tourism...
As coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases double day by day, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, Jan. 3 that it is presuming that the wave of the COVID-19 variant Omicron has started to grow in the country. Omicron variant of COVID-19 "We are all presuming that the Omicron is here with us...
Public transport operators in Metro Manila were directed to impose tighter health protocols inside public utility vehicles (PUVs) and terminals as the capital region was placed under Alert Level 3 on Monday, Jan. 3 until Jan. 15, following a spike in COVID-19 cases. Commuters in Philcoa, Quezon...
Hospital nurse (FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said that at least 85 percent of patients in Metro Manila who are admitted in intensive care units (ICU) are unvaccinated. “Over the week, we have noted a steady increase in hospital admissions in Metro Manila. Data from DOH hospitals in...
The prolonged pandemic has brought unprecedented economic challenges worldwide. In the Philippines, the COVID-19 crisis has wiped out the country’s gains over the past years as it incurred a staggering P1.4-trillion loan to fight the pandemic. Two years in, the virus remains very unpredictable...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it recorded 68 more firecracker-related injuries, raising the total to 153. The total number of fireworks-related injuries was as of 6 a.m. of Jan. 2. "These were 32 percent higher compared to 2020 (116 cases) and 61 percent lower than the five-year average...
After exiting from the bankruptcy protection (Chapter 11) proceedings, the Department of Finance (DOF) said the government is ready to discuss any financing request coming from flag-carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL). Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said on Saturday, Jan. 1, that the DOF...
