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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the ongoing voter’s registration will be affected by the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) starting Aug. 6.   The ECQ will be in effect until August 21 in some provinces in the country, including Metro Manila.   “The return of NCR to a state of ECQ will undoubtedly have […]

President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Lt. Gen. Jose Faustino as the next Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Faustino will replace AFP Chief of Staff Cirilito Sobejana who will retire on July 31, 2021. The President signed Faustino’s appointment paper on Thursday, July 29, 2021. It is known that Faustino will […]

Zamboanga native weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz clinched the first-ever gold medal for the Philippines, from the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. In his initial lifting, Diaz was a little hesitant so he tried to perfect his next lift, up to 127 kg. Diaz surpassed the representatives of China and Kazakhstan. Earlier, the Pinay weightlifter also won a silver […]

The number of vaccines against COVID-19 has reached more than 17.20 million. According to the Department of Health (DOH) and the National Task Force Against COVID-19 as of Monday (July 25, 2021), a total of 17,202,421 vaccines against the infectious disease have been injected. Of the said number, 11,113,107 were given the first dose while […]

“Corruption is endemic.” This is what President Rodrigo Duterte called government corruption. In his last State of the Nation Address (SONA), the President mentioned the ‘pastillas’ scheme in which he removed some immigration personnel from office. Following this, the Chief Executive advised the next president -elect to declare martial law in the country to stop […]

According to Phivolcs, the volcanic gas emitted by the said volcano has decreased. The agency further clarified that the lowering of Alert Level 2 should not be considered as lowering the fear of a volcanic eruption. Phivolcs still warns that they can still return Taal Volcano to Alert Level 3 when its activity returns.

Filipino athletes who will compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan will receive an additional allowance. This is what Sen. Christopher Go and said that the Office of the President granted the request of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to give more allowance to Filipino Olympians. “We thank the dear President, the Office of […]

President Rodrigo Duterte has already approved the Inter-Agency Task Force’s recommendation to place the National Capital Region and four other provinces under General Community Quarantine with heightened restrictions. The government has tightened because of the threat of the Delta variant of COVID-19 as well. According to Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque, the new order will be […]

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is confident that the country’s e-commerce will swell even more in 2022. According to DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez who is considered to have saved E-commerce this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 scandal in 2020, the number of online sellers has increased. From […]

The Department of Education (DepEd) has issued additional Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) to all public schools nationwide. The department said it aims to strengthen response measures amid the COVID-19 threat. “We have to implement enabling fiscal policies to keep supporting our stakeholders in the field. We have to fight for it and we […]