Philippines

It’s a big question if a poor mix of economic meltdown, massive unemployment, and spiking inflation in the Philippines are happening at the same time now? But Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas wants to share that they don’t think and believe that way. In view of this, after a state statistician announced that price rises soared beyond forecasts in January, concerns …

It has been decided that janitors, medical students and comorbidity patients are among the priority recipients of COVID-19 shots in the vaccination campaign of the government which is scheduled to begin this month. In view of this, A prioritization criteria has been approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) for the distribution of …

The Senate Public Services Committee is expected to hold an investigation into Private Motor Vehicle Inspection Centers activities, with motorists currently paying more than twice their normal licensing fees for cars. The inquiry was initiated by a resolution filed by Sen. Grace Poe, who chairs the panel and who wants to investigate the application of the Department of Transportation Department …

Unexpectedly, the party delegate Rowena Nina Taduran recently achieved a big win in her media workers’ crusade for a more stable life which made it more interesting for the programs in the future. The former journalist, who co-anchored the public service program “Wanted sa Radyo,” by Raffy Tulfo, declared that after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly accepted her media workers …

In the Philippines, the use of plastic soft drink straws and coffee stirrers could soon be prohibited but civil society and academic organizations highlighted that this is not enough to solve the country’s plastic pandemic. In view of this, The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shared that plastic soft drink straws and coffee stirrers are now included in the …

Here’s something that’s getting a lot of attention as the launch of fameplus.com last year, the Center for Foreign Trade Expositions and Missions placed micro, small and medium-sized businesses at the forefront of the digital space were amazed. The strong and user-friendly web marketplace brings together buyers and sellers within the Philippine design industry, clearly dubbed as FAME+. For Manila …

Mayor Isko Moreno declared that Manila plans to vaccinate at least 18,000 people against COVID-19 every day until the city government carries out the inoculation scheme. Surprisingly, this will amount to 540,000 inoculated people every month. He shared that there are 18 vaccination centers in operation, mainly public schools, to roll out the vaccines. Meanwhile, To expand the number of …

After coronavirus vaccinations began arrival in the Philippines this month, the acting planning head shared that the quarantine restrictions could be more eased by as early as March. Metro Manila, where general population quarantine (GCQ) has been in place since the government began to steadily remove prohibitions and aid the economy recover from pandemic shock, is most useful for some …

It was not easy to deal with the coastal issues in the country but days after a diplomatic complaint against China’s new coast guard legislation was lodged by the Philippines, Beijing insisted that its implementation specifically target any certain country. In Manila, the Chinese Embassy pointed out that the current law authorizing Chinese coast guards to fire on foreign ships …

After the World Boxing Association’s decision to strip him of his super welterweight crown, Manny Pacquiao is now a retired champion. This follows the failure of the Philippine senator to defend his title after taking it in July 2019 due to the new coronavirus virus. In view of this, Pacquiao has been named Champion in Recess per the WBA, while …