The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) is taking steps to ban a retired military officer in Saudi Arabia from employing Filipino workers over reports of repeated physical abuse on househelp. Â Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Thursday, Oct. 7, that the number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines is already declining. “We are confirming that the cases are declining,” said DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire during...
The trade activity in the Philippines is continuing to show recovery, the Department of Finance (DOF) said, but the government should still continue to be vigilant with the prevalence of the highly transmissible Delta variant. In his latest DOF economic bulletin, Finance Undersecretary and Chief...
The ongoing Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearings are "oversight" hearings in nature and does not entail mandatory appearance of resource persons from the executive department. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque makes a presentation before President Duterte during "Talk to the People" public...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Bureau of Corrections and other related agencies to prioritize the modernization of the country’s correctional system to address the problem of jail congestion. Dela Rosa, during the Senate Finance Committee’s...
Talk to the People Oct 7, 2021 The Department of Health (DOH) has asked President Duterte to approve an administrative order to allow it to release the meals, accommodation, and transportation (MAT) allowances of health workers. DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the provision of MAT...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) The One Hospital Command Center (OHCC), the country's hospital referral system, has been receiving fewer callsa sign that cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are starting to decline, the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH Secretary...
Don't hold your breath, senators. NO WAY!--President Duterte rejects on Oct. 6, 2021 the senators' call for him to rescind his memo barring executive department workers from attending the hearings of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. (Screenshot from Facebook live) President Duterte categorically...
A joint memorandum circular creating a special committee which will ensure the efficient and harmonized delivery of assistance during disaster and emergencies has been signed. Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista (above center), Department of Trade and...
Various disaster relief equipment were donated by the government of Japan to the Philippines on Wednesday, Oct. 6. RELIEF OPS BOOST-- Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko leads the turnover of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief equipment to the Philippines' Department...
Almost 13,000 employees of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have already been fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The DSWD reported that a total of 12,972 employees from Central Office and Field Offices (FOs) have completed...
DOH The Philippines reported 9,868 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Wednesday, Oct. 6. Based on the latest case bulletin, the country's cumulative case total increased to 2,622,917, with 4.3 percent or 112,807 are active cases or patients still sick. Of the active cases, 76.7 percent...
