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During the meeting of some Interagency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF-EID) Cabinet officials with President Rodrigo Duterte recently in Davao City, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez presented the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)’s additional response in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. “We reported to the President that the Philippines now […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said that the partnering of cabinet secretaries with local government unit (LGU) chiefs in Metro Manila would result in improved coordination that would boost COVID-19 containment efforts in cities like Quezon City (QC).Nograles, together with Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque, was designated to assist the QC LGU in line with […]
Face shields are an additional requirement that provides additional protection for workers and commuters. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles stressed this in a Facebook Live session on Saturday night where he took time to explain how and why the government decided to make face shields mandatory for individuals in the workplace and those who take public […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is earmarking P20 million from its 2020 internal income for the purchase of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines to protect its employees. MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim said the agency will appropriate funds to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines, once they become available, will be bought through the help of the […]
The country’s poor families and vulnerable sectors need not worry about complying with the health and safety protocols against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the government recently launched a community distribution of free washable face masks to contain the pandemic. Dubbed as “Bida Solusyon: MaskVIDA (Mask for Vulnerable and Indigent; Delivered and Available) laban kontra […]
Learners need not wear school uniforms in any of the distance learning approaches they will be participating in for School Year 2020-2021, the Department of Education (DepEd) said. DepEd made the statement after a television report said it encourages public school students to wear school uniforms or proper clothing to prevent cases of bullying. “Learners […]
Region 10 will benefit from the implementation of the Duterte administration’s Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) initiative with the launching of the program in Cagayan de Oro City. “We just recently conducted a virtual Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Marketing Agreement (MA) Signing for EPAHP in Eastern Visayas and we now focus our […]
Loans, including calamity loans, extended by the state-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) to electric cooperatives (ECs) reached P343.445 million in the seven-month period (January to July 2020). A big chunk of these loans, P240.365 million, went to fund the electrification projects and working capital requirements of nine ECs, data from the NEA Accounts Management […]
National and local officials led by Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles formally turned over completed housing units to beneficiaries in Biliran town in Biliran province on Thursday, August 13, 2020 in fulfillment of the Duterte administration’s promise to address the needs of Typhoon Yolanda victims.In a virtual handover ceremony where 1,265 housing units of the Yolanda […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) urged government offices to prioritize locally-manufactured products when procuring materials and supplies for their operations in order to help local businesses struggling due to the adverse economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez, such a move will help Filipino-owned businesses remain afloat and […]