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The Department of Tourism (DOT) has assured that tourism frontline service personnel are included in the priority group in the country’s vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “It is, indeed, critical for our frontliners, especially those who continue to man our ports of entry and those who serve at accommodation establishments that have been […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority reopened the General Tinio U-turn slot along EDSA in Caloocan City after the agency received complaints of heavy traffic in the area. “To alleviate the heavy traffic flow, we will reopen the U-turn slot in Gen. Tinio pending the proposed elevated bus ramps,” MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos said after his […]
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary and Board of Investments (BOI) Chairperson Ramon Lopez announced a P1.25T project approval target for the agency in 2021, following total approved investments of P1.02T last year. “We are working hard for a V-shaped Philippine economic recovery in 2021 and are hence targeting the original 2020 pre-pandemic goal for […]
Public school teachers will assist the national government in its vaccination program through information drive. This is what Education Secretary Leonor Briones emphasized in a recent press briefing, clarifying that teachers would not administer vaccines against COVID-19 once it is available. “Dini-deny namin iyong perception na ang mga teachers ay sila mismo ang mag-vaccinate ng […]
“Our workers are among the most important sectors of the economy. They produce our food, goods, and essential products. They also provide the crucial and necessary services we need on a daily basis.” This was the statement of Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles last Friday, February 5, 2021, at the ceremonial signing of the Joint Memorandum […]
“The poor should not be powerless.” This, said Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Sunday, is the rationale behind the President’s approval of Department of Energy (DOE) recommendations that seek to ease the financial burden of power consumers with little or no income. Nograles had earlier announced that the President had ordered the extension of the […]
The creation of a government task force on economic intelligence (Econ Intel) to go after profiteers, price manipulators, hoarders, and smugglers was approved by President Rodrigo Duterte and the Cabinet during a recent meeting in Malacañang. Initially, the task force will go after unscrupulous traders, viajeros, and wholesalers — who have unreasonably jacked up the prices […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has pledged to continuously promote Laguna as a fun, safe, and sustainable tourist destination with the help of the province’s local government units (LGUs) and private sector. “I like to say that tourism is everybody’s business, as all sectors of society reap benefits when tourism thrives in a responsible and […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) recently turned over an evacuation center for emergency purposes built in the amount of P37.4 million to the local government of Esperanza, Agusan del Sur. Secretary Mark Villar, citing a report from DPWH Region 13 Director Pol Delos Santos, said that the facility consists of a 2-storey accommodation […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) presented several “whole-of-nation” measures to increase hog production and revive the industry, and reduce prices of pork in retail markets. These include the provision of transport support to help raisers and traders bring their hogs and pork products from Visayas and Mindanao to key markets in Metro Manila (MM). Agriculture […]