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The Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) signed the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) for setting the price range for Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Reaction (RT-PCR) Testing for COVID-19. The JAO is pursuant to Executive Order No. 118 of President Rodrigo Duterte that ordered agencies to implement a price range for COVID-19 […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) will only allow the conduct of face-to-face (F2F) classes after the approval of President Rodrigo Duterte and the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). This is the pronouncement of Secretary Leonor Briones in a virtual press briefing in Malacañang, clarifying that no face-to-face classes is still the standing […]
“Amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, let’s not forget to contain the most contagious disease in the world: Tuberculosis (TB).” This was the message of Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) National President and Quirino Gov. Dax Cua, who on Friday stressed that the government should continue to focus on other dangerous diseases […]
Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte is backing a proposal in the Senate for a new fiscal package in 2021 on top of next year’s proposed General Appropriations Act (GAA), this time a “Bayanihan 3” plan for the large-scale rehabilitation of provinces and cities devastated by three strong typhoons—Quinta, Rolly, and Ulysses—that battered Luzon in succession […]
An executive order should be issued to transfer back to the National Treasury the P33.4 billion “parked” in the bank accounts of the Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC) to buy a huge chunk of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines for Filipinos, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. “Since the PITC is under the Department of Trade and […]
Resilient, strategic thinkers and persevering, women entrepreneurs are paving the way in the country’s economic recovery following a slowdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Grace Poe said. Despite the fracturing impact of the pandemic, Poe said there is clear optimism and rapid responsiveness among women entrepreneurs to turn the challenges into opportunities not only […]
Recognizing the need to augment healthcare infrastructure in the National Capital Region, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) completed a 96-bed quarantine/isolation healthcare facility in Quezon City University in just 18 days. “These mobile health facilities in Quezon City University are constructed to enable the immediate isolation of mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 cases […]
While learners affected by recent storms await the printing and distribution of new sets of learning materials, Senator Win Gatchalian proposed anew to resume classes through “purok workshops” if they are in COVID-19-free or ‘low-risk’ areas. According to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, it is crucial that recovery […]
With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting both educators and students alike, the circumstances faced by learners with special needs requires a slew of interventions to maximize their potential, said Senator Joel Villanueva. Villanueva, chair of the Senate Committee on Higher and Technical and Vocational Education, urged his colleagues to pass Senate Bill No. 1907 or the […]
All major airports in Surigao del Norte will be opened for commercial flights starting December 1 this year.This after Governor Francisco Matugas issued an executive order that aims to balance the province’s economic recovery and preventing the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “The move is also in line with the National Action Plan […]