Archives

Philippines Headlines

Tue, 31 May 2022 16:06:00 +0800
Comelec needs P6.7B to rent out 97,000 new VCMs for 2025 polls — Imee Marcos
Renting out 97,000 new vote-counting machines for the 2025 mid-term elections would cost the Commission on Elections (Comelec) an estimated P6.7 billion, according to Sen. Imee Marcos, who chairs her chamber's committee on electoral reforms and peop...

Tue, 31 May 2022 15:46:00 +0800
PNP vows to probe twin Basilan explosions
“A duty guard was interviewed by our personnel and he narrated that he noticed a box of an alcoholic beverage in the area. Suddenly, it exploded. Apparently, the box was left by a passenger who boarded one of the bus units,” PNP OIC Lt. Gen. Vice...

Tue, 31 May 2022 15:42:00 +0800
PWD advocates urge expansion of online discount guidelines to delivery platforms
"We already have established that the 20 percent, sabi nga ni RA 10754, is our right. Denying us our right, just because the platform changed, is a huge debt on our income."

Tue, 31 May 2022 15:38:00 +0800
Campaign for smoke-free beaches, parks launched
The Department of Health stressed that tobacco products pose threat to people’s lives and the environment.

Tue, 31 May 2022 15:34:00 +0800
DFA: Filipinos based in Sri Lanka to get $300 in financial aid, repatriation assistance
The Department of Foreign Affairs will be sending a Rapid Response Team to assist Filipinos in Sri Lanka.

Tue, 31 May 2022 15:08:00 +0800
DOH detects 5 new BA.2.12.1 Omicron sub-variant cases
The cases and their close contacts have finished isolation and are now tagged as recovered, the DOH said.

Tue, 31 May 2022 15:06:00 +0800
Stressing importance of education, CHR backs DepEd push for resumption of 100% in-person classes
As the Department of Education eyes resumption of 100% in-person classes in the coming school year, the Commission on Human Rights reminded officials that education must be accessible.

Tue, 31 May 2022 14:50:00 +0800
Future DSWD chief Tulfo sets six-month deadline to implement disaster aid reform
"I can prove that I can do something about it because I've been in this work for the past several years," Tulfo said in mixed Filipino and English. 

Tue, 31 May 2022 14:17:00 +0800
FDA OKs Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged 6 to 11
The Health Technology Assessment Council needs to give a positive recommendation before the jab can be rolled out to the said age group.

Tue, 31 May 2022 14:16:00 +0800
Robredo to cease being LP chairperson after term ends
Vice President Leni Robredo will automatically cease being the chairperson of the formerly ruling Liberal Party once her term ends on June 30, party president Kiko Pangilinan and her spokesperson Barry Gutierrez said.



home