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The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) announced that students and higher education institutions (HEI) personnel, regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status, can now participate in face-to-face classes. “We’re allowing vaccinated and unvaccinated students, employees, and faculty members to now go to face-to-face classes or report back to work. That is the revised policy as of today,” said […]
The provincial government of Iloilo launched its “Bakas para sa PinasLakas” program to boost the coverage of the coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination and to reach the target of its national counterpart campaign in the province. Department of Health (DOH) officer in charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, who graced the launching of the program at the […]
Amid the reopening of in-person classes, ANAKALUSUGAN Party-list Representative Ray Florence Reyes renewed calls for a more aggressive COVID-19 vaccination to avoid possible surges and stop the spread of new variants. “We need vaccination sites that are accessible to children as schools reopen, such as walk-in booths in schools themselves. Mere photo ops of random […]
As classes open for School Year 2022-2023, Senator Win Gatchalian urged the government to ensure the safety of learners and implement measures for learning recovery. Gatchalian visited schools in Valenzuela City, particularly Marulas Central Elementary School and Valenzuela National High School, to check on the preparedness of these schools, their teachers, and learners amid the […]
Senator Grace Poe asked the entire government to “think outside the cubicle” and allow modern technologies for hybrid work arrangements in the country to thrive in promoting inclusive economic growth. In her privilege speech, the veteran legislator said: “Hybrid work is not a radical, futuristic idea whose time is yet to come. It is an […]
Amid the alarming level of learning poverty in the country, Senator Win Gatchalian has refiled a bill that seeks to institute a nationwide learning recovery program to address the impact of prolonged school closures because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning (ARAL) Program Act or Senate Bill No. 150 is one […]
The local government of Sagada said it has decided to lift all requirements for tourists that were put in place when the town reopened its doors in 2021 after the nationwide lockdown due to the pandemic. “We have suspended the requirement so that the tourists will not have an additional expense to think of,” Sagada […]
The provincial government of Iloilo will roll out a program to complement the “PinasLakas” COVID-19 vaccination program of the Department of Health (DOH) aimed at reaching 90 percent coverage for fully vaccinated elderly and 50 percent coverage for the first booster dose of the general population during the first 100 days of the new administration. […]
The Pasig City government paid tribute to health care workers for their relentless and exemplary service amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Vico Sotto, in a social media post over the weekend, thanked all their medical frontliners who kept the city’s centralized isolation facility in Rizal High School (RHS) running for more than two years. “Words […]
Quirino Gov. Dakila Cua on Friday vowed that provincial local governments will serve as the national government’s active partners in post-pandemic recovery and helping Filipinos cope with the rising cost of goods. Cua was re-elected as the National Chairman of the League of Provinces of the Philippines. The governor vowed to work on putting mechanisms […]