LIGHT trucks, or those with a gross capacity of up to 4,500 kilograms, will again be banned from traversing EDSA and Shaw Boulevard starting May 24, according to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). 

LIMA WATER Corp., which serves the 700-hectare Lima Estate in Batangas, is entering the second phase of its digitalization project that aims to manage its water supply network more efficiently. 

MEMBERS of the police’s Medical Reserve Force were deployed Wednesday to help in administering COVID-19 vaccines in three Quezon City vaccination sites to prevent long lines and crowding.

PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday night barred his Cabinet from talking in public about the country’s sea dispute with China, which some of his ministers had rebuked for its actions in the disputed waterway.

THE PHILIPPINES will take delivery this week of about 500,000 more doses of CoronaVac made by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd., according to the country’s vaccine czar.

THE ANTI-RED Tape Authority (ARTA) is investigating local governments that continue to charge fees on transported goods despite a circular banning the practice. 

THE INTEGRATED Bar of the Philippines, the official organization of all Philippine lawyers, has received confirmation from the government that legal professionals are included in the next priority group for vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). 

A BILL was filed Tuesday for the inclusion of dentists and medical technologists as vaccinators to speed up the government’s inoculation program against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

A LAWMAKER filed a resolution calling on the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to immediately settle its unpaid claims, and is seeking a probe on the agency’s fund management.

EIGHT human rights groups and four family members of slain activists have submitted recommendations to the Supreme Court on increasing people’s protection against red-tagging or being labeled as a communist armed rebel, “search warrant factories,” and extrajudicial killings. 

THE NATIONAL Electrification Administration (NEA) has issued additional guidelines on writing-off uncollected power bills that have been lost or destroyed due to natural calamities and man-made disasters.

A LAWMAKER is calling on the Budget department to immediately release funds to repair and re-equip the University of the Philippines-Public General Hospital (UP-PGH), the biggest coronavirus disease referral hospital in the capital, which was partly damaged by fire last Sunday.