A lawmaker at the House of Representatives urged public and private education stakeholders to heed the call for a national academic health break and academic ease following the unprecedented rise in infections amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law an act mandating the full rehabilitation and maintenance of Kennon Road, one of the major access roads leading to the Benguet province.
San Miguel Corporation’s response efforts for provinces hit by typhoon Odette continue, with food and water donations totaling over P35 million to date.
More than 85 percent of teaching and non-teaching personnel in higher education institutions have been vaccinated against the Covid-19 as of January 11.
All barangays have been ordered to submit an inventory of unvaxxed persons in their localities, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said.
Only fully vaccinated individuals, with some exceptions, will be allowed to take public transportation beginning January 17, a Department of Transportation official said.