Metro Manila mayors keep stay-at-home policy for minors
MAYORS in the capital region have decided to maintain the stay-at-home policy for minors, or those up to 17 years old.
Telecom companies to give update on improvements on Dec. 8
TELECOMMUNICATION companies are scheduled to present the service improvements they have undertaken during the televised Palace briefing on Tuesday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry L. Roque announced.
MGB recommends lifting of quarrying suspension around Mayon Volcano
THE MINES and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) has recommended to lift the suspension order on 91 quarry operators around Mayon Volcano in Albay to support efforts in restoring the capacity of river channels in the area.
Illegal drugs worth P7.5B destroyed
OVER P7.5 billion worth of illegal drugs were destroyed by the government on Thursday, bringing the total value of drugs seized at more than P56 billion since the start of President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s term in 2016.
Nationwide round-up (12/03/20)
SUPPORTERS and families of political prisoners have asked Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta, who announced early this week his plan to retire early in March, to grant the “extraordinary legal remedy” for their release to help address congestion in jails amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Regional Updates (12/03/20)
THE annual three-month closed fishing season in Zamboanga Peninsula is now in effect, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) announced.
Duterte signs COVID vaccine emergency use
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has signed the executive order granting the emergency approval on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) medicines and vaccines.
DoH against easing rules on minors
THE DEPARTMENT of Health is not in favor of easing quarantine rules for children below 15 years old, but will leave it up to local officials to take responsibility for setting and implementing guidelines should they decide to do otherwise.
Solon assures new job security bill ‘fair to both parties’
THE HOUSE of Representatives labor committee chair on Wednesday assured that the latest version of the proposed Security of Tenure Act prohibits all forms of labor contractualization “while being fair to both parties.”
Nationwide round-up (12/02/20)
A SENATOR on Wednesday asked the government-run Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) for copies of the documents required and submitted for the P9.5-billion loan it released to MTD Berhad for the Southeast Asian Games in 2019.
Regional Updates (12/02/20)
THE German government will provide a grant that will protect the state-run Philippine General Hospital (PGH) from flooding by April 2021.
Local gov’ts have final say on letting minors in malls
LOCAL governments must first pass an ordinance containing guidelines before minors will be allowed to go to shopping malls, Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año said on Tuesday.