The Philippines will have access to potential COVID-19 vaccines being developed by US firms without any strings attached, the Department of Health (DoH) said on Friday, after the presidential spokesman had linked the pardoning of a US Marine to ensuring access. This as the DoH reported that the country now has over 250,000 coronavirus disease […]
A modern jeepney with routes from Roces to Cubao as it starts picking up passengers on June 22. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS Distancing rules in public transport have been eased, allowing jeeps, buses, trains, and planes to carry more passengers amid the region’s worst coronavirus outbreak, the Department of Transportation (DoTr) said. The one-meter […]
Vice President Leni Robredo addresses the media after the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, announced its latest action in relation to the electoral protest filed by Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos. — CHARLIE VILLEGAS / OVP The Office of the Vice-President (OVP) has again initiated a program to assist Filipinos left unemployed by the […]
HYTTALO SOUZA/UNSPLASH The government will soon resume its polio and measles immunization program for children despite the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases’ Resolution No. 70 said that the Department of Health (DoH) can conduct its measles-rubella and oral polio vaccine supplemental immunization activities […]
A lawmaker is seeking to create additional jobs to boost local employment, through the appropriation of at least 10% of all funds allotted for local infrastructure projects. Transportation Committee Chair and Samar Representative Edgar Mary Sarmiento filed House Bill 7591, otherwise known as the Employment Generation Through Infrastructure Investment Program, which mandates the government through […]
MARIA RESSA, Executive Editor and CEO of Philippine news website Rappler, speaks to the media beside former Rappler reporter Reynaldo Santos Jr. (L) and lawyer Ted Te (R), after being found guilty of cyber-libel, in Manila City Hall, June 15. — REUTERS A Senate measure is seeking to provide enhanced protection, security, benefits for the […]
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) on Friday said that it supports the measure of lawmakers to place provincial jails under BJMP’s control, adding that this will streamline management of jails. In a Laging Handa briefing on Friday, BJMP Spokesperson Xavier Solda said it is about time for provincial jails to have a […]
Benjamin E. Diokno, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor — BLOOMBERG THE ECONOMY will not deteriorate further in the next 12 months as businesses are gradually resuming and with the virus better managed, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said on Friday. “Let me assure everyone that based on immediate past, nowcast, and forecast […]
By Denise A. Valdez, Senior Reporter THE RESEARCH UNIT of Fitch Solutions Group Ltd. has downgraded its forecast for the Philippines’ power and renewables sector this year, projecting a 5.9% decline in power consumption and a 14% drop in coal generation. In a Sept. 10 report sent on Friday, Fitch Solutions Country Risk & Industry […]
HALF OF THE production of export-oriented economic zone manufacturing locators may be sold locally during the pandemic, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said. Export locators with PEZA incentives must have an export threshold of at least 70% of their production. Under PEZA’s recommendation, the domestic sales allowance has increased to 50% from the previous […]