MMDA foregoes Summer MMFF
METROPOLITAN Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos on Thursday met with the 2021 Metro Manila Film Festival Executive Committee (MMFF EXECOM) he created and have decided on foregoing with
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Caloocan leads in cash aid distribution
CALOOCAN City Mayor Oscar “Oca” Malapitan announced that around 105,048 families in the city had already received their cash assistance in just over a week since the distribution began. This
Win pushes use of WTE facilities
SENATOR Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday stressed that the accumulation of household wastes as a result of the lockdowns, including medical wastes, has given rise to the need for proper waste
Senators seek to protect PH hog raisers from bankruptcy
THE Senate, sitting as Committee of the Whole on Thursday adopted a resolution urging the executive department to recall its order to reduce tariffs for imported pork and increase its
PH wants to ‘borrow’ AstraZeneca vaccine doses from US gov’t
CNN Philippines — The Philippines has asked the Biden administration if it could “borrow” from its stockpile of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, which is not approved for emergency use in the
Duterte lifts moratorium on mineral agreements
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has issued an executive order (EO) lifting the nine-year moratorium on mineral agreements to spur economic growth and support projects and programs of the government. Duterte signed
Bong Go lauds move to include media workers in vax priority list
RECOGNIZING the nature of their work and important role in keeping the public informed about the pandemic, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go lauded the national government for including media workers in
Coco Martin newest face of Manila vax info campaign
POPULAR actor Coco Martin is the newest face of the city of Manila’s vaccination information campaign. Mayor Isko Moreno said Martin agreed to join him in a video info drive
Cops paid P6.1B income taxes in 2020 – Sinas
THE Philippine National Police (PNP) last year remitted total of P 6,108,152,968.49 to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) representing the individual income taxes of 224,189 uniformed and non-uniformed personnel
Free rides for APORS, health workers nationwide
TO contribute to the whole-of-nation approach in the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and to help essential workers get to their respective workplaces, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary