Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año rejected on Monday, Feb. 7, proposals to suspend the alert level system with the country’s steady health situation improvement in the midst of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In an interview over DzBB, Año insisted...
Governor Daniel R. Fernando announced on Friday that the province of Bulacan will remain under Alert Level 3 from Jan. 16 to 31 due to the continuing spike in COVID-19 cases. Fernando called for the united cooperation of the local chief executives in the three cities and 21 municipalities of the...
The University of the East (UE) on Friday, Jan. 15, suspended classes in Manila and Caloocan campuses from Jan. 17 to 21. In an advisory, UE said the suspension was made in light of Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso's announcement of a class suspension in the City from Jan. 14 to 21 due...
DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Education (DepEd) announced the suspension of work in the agency by 12 noon Friday, Dec. 31, to allow its employees to prepare for New Year's Day. This was stated in DepEd's Memorandum 088 issued on Thursday, Dec. 30. "To give all Department of Education...
The National Task Force (NTF) Against the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on Sunday, Nov. 28, withdrew its comment about the government’s temporary suspension of inbound flights from Hong Kong due to the new Omicron (B1.1.529) variant. PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN “The NTF wishes to clarify that the...
The suspension of inbound international flights from South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe supersedes the previous green list classification of the three countries. (Viktor Forgacs/ Unsplash) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles made this clarification on Saturday,...
Malacañang is looking at both the possibility of suspending the excise tax on fuel and giving fuel subsidies to the public transport sector amid the soaring prices of petroleum. (Manny Llanes/ MANILA BULLETIN) Thus said Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque in a virtual press conference Monday,...
With global oil prices hitting multi-year high of US$85 per barrel and traders already betting on a $200 per barrel oil, the Department of Energy (DOE) is pushing for the issuance of an Executive Order (EO) by the President so excise taxes on petroleum products could be temporarily suspended....
The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking the temporary suspension of the imposition of excise tax on fuel as oil price continues to soar in the past several months. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi said Wednesday, Oct. 20, that he wants it suspended during...
The Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC), in its capacity as governance body of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM), is sorting out ‘refund mechanism’ on congestion charges collected from consumers in the Visayas grid. PEMC will also be taking the lead in enforcing the...
The Manila city government suspended work on Monday (Sept. 27) beginning at 3:30 p.m. so that City Hall employees can observe "Kainang Pamilya Mahalaga Day." Offices in the city whose functions are basic health and vital services will continue with their operations such as the Manila Health...
Malacañang has announced the early suspension of work in government offices at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 27, to allow workers to spend time with their families and celebrate "Kainang Pamilya Mahalaga Day". Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea signed on Tuesday, Sept. 21 Memorandum Circular...
