Philippines

MANILA – The country is already in the middle of its “second wave”, the country’s health chief said on Wednesday. “Actually we are now on the second wave. We are now in the lower part of the second wave.” “There was a very small wave last few days of January, and then there was a lull, and then we had …

METRO MANILA – The House of Representatives bill granting ABS-CBN a temporary franchise would require the media titan to cough up 10% of its paid advertisements to the government. In Section 4 on the Responsibility to the Public of House Bill (HB) No. 6732, which was signed by House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and seven other members of the House …

MANILA – Businessman and controversial online personality Francis Leo Marcos was nabbed by the the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Monday for alleged violations of the optometry law. The NBI Cybercrime Division took custody of Norman Mangusin, also known as “Francis Leo Marcos” after the Baguio City Court issued a warrant of arrest against him on Tuesday noon. The …

It is shocking that the National Capital Region (NCR), has 8,245 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with a doubling duration (the span needed for the number of cases to double) of 5.53 days as of May 18, which was confirmed by the Department of Health (DOH). During the online hearing of the House of Representatives Committee on Metro Manila …

METRO MANILA – As several malls begins to reopen in the modified enhanced community quarantine areas in the Philippines, Joint Task Force Covid Shield commander, Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar reminded the business owners that failures to implement safe physical distancing will result in the closure of their establishments. There were pictures circulating on social media of long lines and crowds …

MANILA – Malacañang is leaving the discretion to the private sector to  to conduct the testing for their employees due to the government’s lack of testing capacity. “As much as possible, we are raising our testing capacity that’s why we’re aiming that we reach 30,000 (a day), but in terms of mass testing like what is being done by Wuhan …

MANILA – The Department of Finance (DoF) has announced that a two-month wage subsidy package worth P16.4-B will be credited to the accounts of more than 2.1 million qualified beneficiary-workers of the Small Business Wage Subsidy (SBWS) program. The Small Business Wage Subsidy (SBWS) program, jointly implemented by the Department of Finance (DOF), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), and the …

MANILA – Social media personality Emman Nimedez on Sunday revealed that he had acute myeloid leukemia. Nimedez uploaded a 10-minute video on his YouTube channel, where he confesses his toughest battle yet. He also thanked everyone  for their support. In the video, Nimedez revealed that he was initially admitted to the hospital for a fever, which they thought was due …

MANILA – The government through the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases has allowed non-contact sports such as tennis, golf, biking and outdoor exercise in areas under  general community quarantine (GCQ). According to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, the only sports with physical distancing can be observed will be permitted un GCQ. “..Sports that are authorized now are non-contact sports …

MANILA – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended the deadlines for the reportorial requirement of companies with fiscal years ending amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. In an en banc meeting on May 7, SEC would allow companies with fiscal years ending between Jan. 31, 2020 and Mar. 31, 2020 to submit their annual reports and/or audited …