The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is accepting anew applications for new transport network companies (TNCs) to invite "healthy competition" among market players. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In its Memorandum Circular 2021-066, the LTFRB lifted the moratorium on the...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has welcomed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) call for a moratorium on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster shots to address the disparity in jab distribution between rich and poor countries. (Photo by Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) DOST...
"Stay there." This was what Malacañang told Filipino fishermen despite China's fishing moratorium over the South China Sea, assuring them that they will be protected from those who may try to drive them away. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential...
Amid the demands for nurses here and abroad, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is looking into the possibility of partially lifting the moratorium on the opening of new programs for Nursing. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE) CHED Chairman J. Prospero De Vera III, during a virtual...
Members of the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives are seeking a moratorium on the increases of tuition and other fees to alleviate the learning crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. A young student of Lanton Elementary School in General Santos City, South Cotabato tutors her...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is not keen on granting another round of payment moratorium on loans as the banking system may not be able to absorb another round of moratorium on debt payments as banks need time to build up buffers while the economy – on the second year of the COVID-19...
DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (Photo bB Ali Vicoy) Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade today (Feb. 11) appealed to private vehicle inspections centers (PMVICs) to lower their inspection fees for private vehicles registering with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) from...
