Philippines

MANILA – San Miguel Corporation (SMC) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has officially opened the final section of Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX). The 89.21-kilometer TPLEX aims to speed up travel to and from Northern Luzon. The final section is an 11-kilometer segment that will reduced the travel time from Metro Manila-to-Baguio to just 3 1/2hrs from …

MANILA – The Manila City government on Wednesday officially opened its own drive-thru coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) testing center to further booth their mass testing efforts. For Twitter users who missed it: The Manila City government has already started providing mass testing in the nation’s capital. #ManilaMassTesting #AlertoManileno #COVID19PH pic.twitter.com/tXkC7MsiGc— Manila Public Information Office (@ManilaPIO) July 17, 2020 According to Manila …

MANILA – The Metro Manila Council (MMC) has recommended the extension of the General Community Quarantine (GCQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) amid the increasing confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country. According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, President Duterte approved the recommendation of the University …

MANILA – The Department of Education (DepEd) has recommended to President the possibility of allowing limited face-to-face classes in areas classified under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ). According to Department of Education Secretary Leonor Briones, the DepEd’s stand is that the law provides school opening shall not start later than the last day of August. Briones plans to open the …

MANILA – Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar on Wednesday confirmed that he has tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus. In a Facebook post, Villar reveals that he has received his test results and it came back as Covid-19 positive. The announcement was made a day after he was designated as the government’s isolation czar. He …

MANILA – President Duterte on Monday says he is very happy that he has ‘dismantled the oligarchy’ in the country without declaring martial law. According to Philippine President, he was able to dismantle the oligarchy that is controlling the country’s economy while taking advantage of their political power. “If I die, if the plane crashes, I will be very happy,” …

MANILA – Grandmaster Rogelio “Banjo” Barcenilla Jr. eyes an Olympic stint after topping the topping the tournament in the FIDE Online Olympiad 2020. GM Barncenilla, a two time Asian Juniors champion in India and Dubai and a Bronze medalist in the 1991 World Juniors championship took a step closer toward slots to the inaugural FIDE Online Chess Olympiad. He will …

MANILA – Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday said that it was the owners of the ABS-CBN are to blame for the network’s shutdown. According to his Facebook post, It wasn’t the government’s fault but rather the network’s owners he described as “oligarchs” and has avoided billions of funds that can supposedly benefit the country by skirting the law. Cayetano …

MANILA – Solicitor General Jose Calida praised the House of representatives for the decision to kill the franchise application of ABS-CBN. With the Solicitor General paraphrasing one of lines of Frank Sinatra’s most popular songs, telling the network: “And now, the end has come.”, the House franchise committee voted 70-11 on Friday to reject ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal. According to Calida, …

MANILA – The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Monday has suspended the ABS-CBN Corp trading of shares to give time to the network to inform investors on how the denial of franchise renewal application could affect the company’s business moving forward. The PSE said in an advisory that the local bourse have suspended the Philippine Depositary Receipts (PDRs) of the …