Metro Manila’s COVID-19 positivity rate falling, according to OCTA
THE WEEKLY coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positivity rate in the capital region Metro Manila has been decreasing, according to pandemic monitoring group OCTA.
The positivity...
Congressman seeks review of travel, transport allowance for local government workers
THE GOVERNMENT should update the travel and transportation allowance rates for civil servants in local governments, a move that could help boost the tourism...
MICE conference 2023 to highlight ‘bleisure’ tourism
NEXT YEAR’S Meetings Incentives Conferences Exhibitions Convention (MICECon), to be held in Davao City in March, will highlight a growing business-leisure tourism trend as...
Bangsamoro social services ministry partners with Amanah Islamic Bank for digital aid payment
THE BANGSAMORO Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD) has partnered with state-owned Amanah Islamic Bank for the regional government’s digital aid distribution program,...
Quezon City bans households from holding fireworks displays
THE QUEZON City government has prohibited private households from holding their own fireworks display to lessen injuries during the holiday season.
Fireworks displays would only...
Defense dep’t orders tighter military watch in West PHL Sea
THE DEPARTMENT of National Defense has ordered the military to strengthen its presence in the West Philippine Sea, the territory the country claims within...
Analysts: Transparency vital to economic recovery
IMPROVING transparency in government spending, both at the national and local levels, will be a crucial factor in the success — or failure —...
Marcos urges local governments to set up common fireworks display area
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday urged local authorities to set up a common area for fireworks displays during the holiday season and...
DPWH targets opening of another 7 kms of CLLEX by H1 2023
ANOTHER seven kilometers of the toll-free Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX) project is targeted for opening within the first half (H1) of 2023, the...
Typhoon-hit families in 2 Leyte towns receive transition shelters from USAID, IOM
FAMILIES from two coastal areas in Leyte who were displaced by Tropical Storm Megi, locally known as Agaton, in April have received transitional shelters...
China calls reported reclamation activities in Spratlys ‘fake news’
CHINA on Wednesday denied allegations that it is conducting reclamation activities in unoccupied features of the resource-rich Spratlys Island, parts of which are claimed by the Philippines and calls it the Kalayaan Island Group.
CHR supports bill to decriminalize libel
THE COMMISSION on Human Rights (CHR) on Wednesday said it supports a Senate bill seeking to decriminalize libel after a community journalist was convicted...