Current Events

The Philippines received last June over two million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility. US embassy Chargé d’Affaires John Law joined Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, National…

Leading building solutions provider Holcim Philippines, Inc. is investing Php 210 million in projects to reduce the fuel consumption and increase mineral additive usage of its cement plants in Bacnotan,…

The Department of Tourism (DOT) has approved a total of P2.8 billion for the  cash payouts of more than 570,000 displaced workers, but admitted the financial assistance program may not…

The Inter-Agency Task Force has announced that all fully vaccinated inbound travelers who have been inoculated in the Philippines only need to undergo a 7-day quarantine instead of completing the…

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has distributed 97,000 antigen kits to help ramp up COVID-19 testing in the National Capital Region Plus bubble. The testing kits were distributed to…

A total of 35.5 million workers are targeted to be inoculated against COVID-19 after the government simplified the A4 category or the essential workers group, the National Economic and Development…

The temporary suspension on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has been lifted with an assurance that they would not be shouldering…

The government is considering converting some quarantine facilities into vaccination sites or evacuations centers as the country prepares to transition into a new normal.  Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) testing czar…

Makati City, Philippines – ADM (NYSE: ADM), one of the world’s leading human and animal nutrition providers, has recently supported the biosecurity training sessions for Bantay ASF sa Barangay (BABay…

The private sector can take another week of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) for Metro Manila and neighboring areas to ensure success of the initial lockdown, presidential adviser for entrepreneurship Joey…