The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Cebu provincial government settled into forming guidelines before making the wearing of face mask optional in the province. DILG logo DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said Friday, June 24, that they are waiting for the implementing rules...
Top officials of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Cebu Provincial Government held a dialogue in a bid to come out with a ‘compromise’ regarding the optional wearing of face mask amid the Covid-19 pandemic. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año revealed this on Thursday,...
With the never-ending upswing of oil prices, the government is getting razor-sharp on its drive to "scrutinize" the scale of profits oil companies may have been pocketing from the weekly price hikes. According to Energy Undersecretary Gerardo Erguiza Jr., the "fuel cost unbundling" rule will be...
Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia took a dig on some government officials whom he said have been insisting on the strict implementation of the use of face mask but were themselves doing the opposite. In a GMA News report, Garcia presented the photos of Department of the Interior and Local Government...
The “over-taxation” in the electricity sector is being urged to be stopped finally in the next administration and a proposed legislation scrapping value added tax (VAT) on electricity rates will be lodged when the next Congress resumes. "We need to stop this over-taxation of consumers of...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) gave the Cebu Provincial Government until this weekend to correct its executive order which allows local residents the option not to wear face masks in public places. In a press briefing, DILG Sec. Eduardo Año also disclosed that he is...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will be tapping government lawyers to stop the implementation of an executive order that lifts the mandatory use of face masks in the province of Cebu. DILG Sec. Eduardo Año said the Executive Order No. 16 issued by Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Britain vowed Wednesday it would pursue its controversial policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda after a first flight was cancelled following a legal ruling, in an embarrassing blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government. Demonstrators hold placards as they...
More than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the mandatory use of face masks continues to be a topic of debates among experts in the Philippines. (REUTERS / Feline Lim/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Face masks have long been proven effective at reducing the transmission of SARS-Cov-2, the virus...
CEBU CITY – Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia seemed to have thrown a shade at the critics of her order that made the wearing of face masks in open spaces in Cebu optional. In a Facebook post Sunday, June 12, Independence Day, Garcia asserted the meaning of her Executive Order No. 16 which lifted the...
The Russia-Ukraine conflict raised during the meeting Monday, June 13 between President-elect Bongbong Marcos and Ambassador Marat Pavlov of Russia. Ambassador Marat Pavlov (left) meets with President-elect Bongbong Marcos (BBM Media Bureau) This was confirmed by Pavlov himself, who held a held a...
President-elect Bongbong Marcos has said that he will continue outgoing President Duterte's "independent foreign policy”, even as he hailed it in front of Chinese officials during an event in Makati City Friday, June 10. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (left) and President Rodrigo Duterte (BBM...
