Amid the issues raised over the planned opening of classes on August 24, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian yesterday sponsored a bill that would authorize the President of the Republic to set a different date for the start of the school year nationwide or in selected areas during a state of emergency…
President Rodrigo Duterte has named Wilkins Villanueva as the new director-general of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).
Villanueva himself confirmed his appointment by sharing a copy of the appointment paper, signed by Duterte on May 22, on his official Facebook account.
For the convenience of the public and its clients, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Bacolod Extension Office announces that it will now accept payments for annual fees of lending and financing companies…
Might decide to have these reopened under GCQ
Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez and National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 Chief Implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez conducted an inspection of health and safety protocols demonstrations of three salons and barbershops, as well as how a dine-in operation can implement the health protocol…
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has released the Health and Safety Guidelines Governing the Operations of Accommodation Establishments under the New Normal, indicating quite a number of significant changes in the country’s frontline tourist services.
More congressmen are expressing support to the move of deferring the opening of classes in August or this year to ensure the safety of students and teachers against COVID-19.
Calls from members of the House of Representatives to defer the opening of classes until the availability of a vaccine for COVID-19 are even growing louder, as the safety of students in the normal school setting remains the biggest concern for policymakers…
President Rodrigo Duterte does not favor the opening of school classes amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
“I will not allow the opening of classes na dikit-dikit yung mga bata,” said Duterte in his weekly public address taped last night Monday.
The Department of Tourism (DOT) supports the immediate approval of the Philippine Economic Stimulus Act (PESA), which will allocate over P58 billion stimulus package to fund the Tourism Response and Recovery Program (TRRP), and revive the country’s tourism sector, which suffered serious losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Malacañang today said concerned agencies may now start distributing the second tranche of cash assistance under the national government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP).