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The Baguio City government has sworn in 604 members of its “Disiplina” (discipline) brigade from the 128 barangays who will ensure public compliance to the minimum health and safety protocols against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Mayor Benjamin Magalong, who is also the “Disiplina Muna” (discipline first) ambassador of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), said the […]
Learn from the past so we can prepare for the future. This according to Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) National President and Quirino Gov. Dax Cua, who on Wednesday reiterated the need to develop and adopt a “national-local playbook” that will help the country deal with pandemics while it simultaneously deals with […]
Amid the celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Senator Win Gatchalian stressed the need to institutionalize accessible and disability-responsive education services nationwide. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture pointed out that before the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hit the country, access to education was already a challenge […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the conversion of two buildings into quarantine facilities to be used by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in Burgos and Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan. Based on a report from DPWH Region 1 Director RonnelTan, DPWH Secretary and isolation czar Mark Villar announced that the repurposing of Pangasinan […]
The city of Borongan in Eastern Samar is requiring all persons within its borders transacting at any public and private establishment to present a QR (quick response) code to boost contact tracing. After a series of technical reviews, name encoding, and data sorting, the city government officially implemented the QR code system on November 30 […]
The government should take the lead in restoring business confidence and create jobs by increasing spending on infrastructure such as public health facilities and healthcare services, according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee, issued the call in the wake of the unemployment report from the Philippine Statistics Authority saying joblessness […]
Senator Bong Go lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for issuing Executive Order 121 granting authority to the Director General of the Food and Drug Administration to issue Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) drugs and vaccines once they are available. “Maraming salamat sa ating Pangulo sa pag-issue ng EO na naglalayong mapapabilis ang […]
Senator Win Gatchalian eyes introducing legislation that will give every public school learner a laptop and access to the internet. To emphasize the urgency of this planned measure, Gatchalian pointed to a finding by assessment instruments provider Center for Educational Measurement (CEM) on the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which revealed that access […]
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chair and CEO Senator Dick Gordon announced that the country’s foremost organization is lowering its price for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing to help more Filipinos get tested for the virus. “Natawaran natin ang China na makuha natin nang mas mura ang test kits. Ngayon, ang bayad na lang sa Red Cross […]
Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines National President and Quirino Governor Dax Cua on Monday cautioned against the premature resumption of face-to-face classes, and urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to first draw up a viable plan that will show that it is possible for students to safely return to their classrooms. “None of […]