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New Kinpo Group (NKG) CEO, Simon Shen, recently informed the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of its immediate plans for its Philippine subsidiary, Cal-Comp Philippines to produce medical-grade face masks and ventilators solely for the Philippine market in light of the current COVID-19 crisis. DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez and Board of Investments (BOI) Managing […]
In an effort to speed up the delivery of relief goods to various towns in Region 1 (Ilocos Region), the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has mobilized heavy equipment such as dump trucks and tractor head trucks with trailer for transport assistance to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in its […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has extended the imposition of the suggested retail price (SRP) for basic agriculture and fishery products to protect consumers against price irregularities in local markets amid the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon. In a new administrative circular signed by Agriculture Secretary William Dar, a price freeze for rice and other […]
Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases spokesperson Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles has assured the public that measures are in place to ensure the proper disposal of health care waste as more confirmed COVID-19 cases are brought to the nation’s hospitals. In his regular daily briefing, Nograles acknowledged that “an emerging […]
The country now has a total of 15 facilities that can conduct COVID-19 tests, and with more institutions now undergoing the Department of Health’s accreditation process, government will soon be able to conduct as many as 3,000 tests a day. This was revealed by Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases […]
In light of the Luzon-wide Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has mobilized skeleton workforces in all DENR offices in Luzon for quick response law enforcement and regulation. “We expect forest and wildlife crimes because without a doubt, there will be those who will take advantage of the lockdown […]
“The threat of hunger is as real as the threat of COVID-19.” Thus is the new battlecry of the Department of Agriculture (DA) as it pursues initiatives along with other government agencies to surmount the huge challenges, particularly in ensuring continued supply of adequate food at reasonable prices to consumers nationwide, during this national state […]
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat confirmed a total of 11,549 hotel rooms for the accommodation of repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are required to undergo a 14-day quarantine upon their arrival to the country. Meanwhile, business process outsourcing (BPO) employees are currently billeted in some 13,287 hotel rooms located in the National […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) said electric cooperatives (ECs) are working on a program to subsidizing the electricity needs of poor Filipino consumers following the two-week extension of the enhanced community quarantine. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong said the proposed electricity subsidy program, dubbed as ‘Pantawid Liwanag,’ targets poor Filipino electricity consumers in the countryside whose […]
Local government units (LGUs) all over the country have been directed to allow overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) that have completed their 14-day quarantines, or may be required to undergo mandatory home quarantine, to pass through their respective areas so they can go home. This is according to Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of […]