By Jay Tristan Tarriela HTTPS://WWW.COASTGUARD.GOV.PH/ Not many are aware of the role of the Philippine Coast Guard in fighting the pandemic. When President Rodrigo Duterte placed Metro Manila under “community quarantine” on March 14, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) was tasked to ensure that the instruction was strictly carried out. The PCG, together […]Read More
OIL PUMPING JACKS, also known as “nodding donkeys”, operate in an oilfield near Almetyevsk, Russia, on Aug. 16. — ANDREY RUDAKOV/BLOOMBERG IT WAS MEANT to be the week when OPEC nations gathered in Baghdad to celebrate the cartel’s six decades as a dominant force in global oil markets. Instead, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries […]Read More
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 […]Read More
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 […]Read More
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 […]Read More
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 […]Read More
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 […]Read More
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 […]Read More
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 […]Read More
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 […]Read More
