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Senator Win Gatchalian is pushing for the acceleration of the Department of Education’s (DepEd) digital transformation as the education sector enters the ‘new normal’ in the time of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Gatchalian said that among the online services that should be expedited now are enrollment, payments, grades submissions, and parent-teacher meetings. “There is a […]
In adapting to the “new normal,” the Department of Agriculture (DA) will reinvent itself along with its regional field offices, bureaus, and attached agencies to stay relevant and worthy of existence. “We cannot go back to yesterday. We must use our past achievements to rebuild our institutions, like that of the Bureau of Soils and […]
Senator Win Gatchalian has filed a bill that mandates the preparation of a Safe Schools Reopening Plan (SSRP) under the “New Normal” in education. Under Senate Bill No. 1565 or the Education in the New Normal Act, the SSRP guides the reopening of all public and private basic education institutions in the event and aftermath […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) is prepared to resume its “new normal” operations in its Quezon City office as soon as the government decides to further relax community quarantine guidelines across Metro Manila. The NEA through its Human Resources and Administration Department (HRAD) came up with an eight-page return-to-work plan for agency officials and staff […]
The Department of Tourism has issued “new normal” guidelines for accommodation establishments (AEs) amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Released on May 25, the Health and Safety Guidelines Governing the Operations of Accommodation Establishments covers the operations of AEs in the areas of guest handling, reception and concierge, rooms and housekeeping, food and beverage […]
Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte has called on the Congress to swiftly approve his proposal that aims to develop, promote and interlink electronic government services and processes in all state agencies and corporations to ensure that the Philippines gets ahead of the curve in the “new normal” way of life under a post-coronavirus pandemic era. According to Villafuerte, establishing an e-government system as outlined under House Bill […]
Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte is pushing a trio of measures to be put on the fast lane under a post-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) “new normal” scenario, to avoid a repeat of the initial delay in the release of P200 billion-worth of cash aid to 18 million underprivileged families under the Emergency Subsidy Program (ESP) billed as […]
The tourism scene in the Philippines will be “vastly different” once travel activities will again be allowed as part of post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) measures, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said. The “new normal” would involve enforced health security standards for both tourists and personnel, including the “re-training” of tourism workers, Romulo-Puyat stressed. In a Go […]
Department of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo–Puyat has outlined the steps toward a new normal for the Philippine tourism industry in the aftermath of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis. During a virtual hearing of the House Committee on Tourism, Romulo-Puyat said the department will be implementing policies and programs to “adapt to the new normal” for […]
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said the government is looking into granting enterprises that will put up their businesses outside Metro Manila longer tax holidays as an incentive. This is in support of Senator Bong Go’s proposed “Balik-Probinsya” Program to decongest the National Capital Region (NCR) by providing incentives to businesses […]