A leader of the House of Representatives on Monday said it is high time to raise the daily minimum wage to provide Filipinos a "lifeline" as they suffer the "dual shock" of the Covid-19 pandemic and the unabated oil price hikes.
The Ilocos Norte provincial government is preparing the distribution of another round of cash assistance to tricycle and jeepney drivers affected by the oil price hike.
The Department of Public Works and Highways in Davao is now conducting simultaneous tunneling activities on the first-ever long-distance mountain tunnel in the Philippines.