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Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said more employees can go back to their jobs under a modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). “So, total around 75 to 78 percent [are] allowed to work under MECQ,” Lopez stressed. “There will be new quarantine status of regions, provinces, and cities starting May 16.” President Rodrigo Duterte announced the new […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has sanctioned several employees for violating measures under the enhanced community quarantine meant to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim ordered that penalties and administrative sanctions be meted against errant employees who refused to follow the mandatory quarantine measures. “We are very serious […]
As the country confronts the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a group of doctors from government hospitals thanked the Philippine Red Cross, headed by Senator Dick Gordon, for proposing that frontline health care workers be regularly tested for the coronavirus. Gordon, PRC chairman and CEO, has proposed that all medical workers, who are at the forefront […]
Senator Win Gatchalian called on the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Electrification Administration (NEA) to prepare contingency measures now that “Ambo” has intensified into a tropical storm, the very first storm to enter the country this year. Gatchalian pointed out that some parts in Metro Manila recently experienced power outages despite assurance from […]
Shipping containers rebuilt by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Villar Group of Companies into mobile rooms have already been deployed at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Complex, Pasay City. Secretary Mark Villar said the high cube container vans converted into mobile rooms can be used as additional COVID-19 isolation […]
With more than 4,000 persons deprived of liberty (DPLs) released in a week alone largely through videoconferencing, Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles promised to fast-track the rollout of more computers in jails to help inmates with their legal consultations. The Supreme Court revealed recently that 4,683 PDLs were released from April 30 to May […]
Exports of agriculture and fishery products have provided the bright spot to the otherwise bleak picture of the country’s trade numbers. The Department of Agriculture said export shipments of agri-fishery products from January to March 2020 grew by 12 percent to $1.31 billion, from $1.17B recorded for the same period in 2019, citing data from […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar has announced that a new health facility to treat COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) has been completed in southern Metro Manila through the efforts of the government and the private sector. The 9th “We Heal As One” Center was put up at the Filinvest Tent in Alabang, Muntinlupa City […]
On the occasion of the World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day this year, Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Dick Gordon is recognizing the work done and the significant role volunteers and staff of the 191 national societies of the Red Cross have played in the fight against the […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is calling for an inquiry on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas sectors to determine the measures that the government needs to implement to ensure the country’s energy security. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, filed Senate Resolution No. (SRN) 389, […]