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President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed the Department of Health (DOH) to prioritize the allowances and benefits of health workers. This follows protests by some groups of health workers due to delayed payment to them. In his talk to the people early Tuesday morning, he told the DOH to pay the frontliners when there is still […]
Notice to motorists. Implement price cuts for some petroleum products. Based on the announcement of Caltex, Cleanfuel, Petro Gazz, Seaoil, and Shell, there will be a reduction of P0.30 per liter of diesel while there will be no change in the price of gasoline. Caltex, Seaoil and Shell will have a P0.40 deduction per liter […]
The government will further restrict the implementation of health protocols in the country against COVID-19. This is after the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed that the COVID-19 Lambda variant has entered the country. According to Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque, the government will not change its pandemic prevention strategy but will only intensify the implementation of […]
According to the San Juan City government, the total number of fully vaccinated individuals in the city is 98,590. This is equivalent to 78 percent of the total population of San Juan City based on the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) 202 census and 74.4 percent of the total population based on the Asian Development Bank’s […]
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) targets to submit to Congress the 2022 national budget by August 23 in the year 2021. According to DBM Assistant Secretary Rolando Toledo, they are finalizing the fiscal year 2022 national expenditure program. According to Toledo, the national budget for next year includes the allocation of funds for […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) has announced that President Duterte has approved the release of the World’s Teachers ’Day Incentive Benefit (WTDIB) worth P1,000 to public teachers for this year. In a statement, the department said the incentive benefit is in line with the government’s commitment to support public school teachers due to their dedication […]
An additional 119 cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19 have been recorded in the Philippines, according to the Department of Health (DOH). Of the said number, three are local cases and 20 are eeturning overseas Filipinos (ROF). The other six are still being verified by the authorities as local or ROF cases. Of the […]
Local government units in Metro Manila can begin this week distributing aid to their residents affected by enhanced community quarantine throughout the National Capital Region (NCR), according to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año. He said this is when the LGUs will be able to prepare for the distribution of aid after the three departments issued joint […]
Just over 10 percent of the Philippine population has been vaccinated against COVID-19, according to vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. Galvez said this after more than 300,000 Moderna vaccines arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) yesterday. Galvez said that more than 24.1 million vaccines of different brands have been used in various […]
The number of new COVID-19 cases in the Philippines has risen sharply to more than 8,000 a day. This is after the Department of Health (DOH) reported that they have recorded 8,562 additional cases of COVID-19 in the country. DOH office This is the highest in the past two months. As a result, the total […]