The Department of Social Welfare and Development continues to receive various donations and volunteering offers, boosting the government’s relief efforts for the Typhoon Odette victims.
The Philippine Army 52nd Engineer Brigade is assisting local government units in northeastern Mindanao in rebuilding and reconstruction efforts in communities severely affected by the onslaught of Typhoon Odette.
Sweet success! A Filipino-inspired doughnut shop in New York that began as a short-term initiative after its owners lost their jobs due to the pandemic has amassed a waiting list of 10,000 people.
Children in some World Vision communities in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao gathered to teach and learn about online safety to prevent online abuses and sexual exploitation of children.
As the pilot face-to-face classes in Ilocos Norte are set to end, Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc has urged the national government to adopt a localized education policy, allowing in-person classes in low-risk areas.
Negros Occidental has scheduled a three-day “walk-in” vaX at the Capitol-owned Negros Residences for employees who want to avail of booster dose against the Covid-19.
Eighty-eight public schools in Aurora and Nueva Ecija provinces reopened Monday as the Department of Education started the mass expansion of limited face-to-face classes in Central Luzon.
Manila City government advised residents with mild to moderate COVID-19 infections to rest at home if there is proper space for isolation to avoid in contact with severe to critical COVID-19 patients.
More than 71.16 million adult Filipinos are expected to have received booster vaccine doses against Covid-19 by the end of the third quarter this year.
Unvaccinated individuals were directed to limit their movements to prevent further spread of the Covid-19, said Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, also pointed out that arrests are only a last resort for stubborn individuals.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government in Antique has called local government units to extend the period of renewal of business permits without penalty in support of their financial recovery.
The OCTA Research Group said NCR’s current average daily attack rate is above the threshold for a severe outbreak which is greater than 75 per 100,000 individuals per day.
Children experiencing the symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 should get checked by a physician for better evaluation, an infectious diseases expert advised parents.
The Ilocos Norte government has set aside PHP65 million this year to assist learners under its intensified scholarship program, now available in six categories.
The Philippine Army has installed very small aperture terminals in four far-flung detachments to strengthen and enhance communications among military troops and even for students having online classes.
Chevron Philippines Inc. successfully completed its second annual blended Chevron Volunteer Week, providing sustainable lifestyle assistance to local communities.
26,000 families in Bohol who spent Christmas in evacuation centers are about to receive their own aguinaldo (gifts) from the Energy Development Corporation.
The presidential yacht, which was repurposed into a floating hospital, provided medical aid to 235 patients to Typhoon Odette-battered Siargao Island from January 6 to 7.
Cagayan de Oro City government started the new year with more than a million doses of various vaccine brands already administered to combat the Covid-19.
Cebu City's police stations have intensified checkpoints to enforce the gun ban and ensure that no gun-related violence will occur during the election period, a ranking police official said.
Olongapo City government has ordered the setting up of border checkpoints requiring non-residents to present proof of vaccination before they can enter the city.
Energy Development Corporation, which operates the 222.5-megawatt geothermal power plants in Negros Oriental, gives relief assistance to thousands of households in the province.
The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority imposed stricter border control, requiring all persons entering Subic Bay Freeport to show vaccination cards to prevent the further spread of Covid-19 in the area.
Individuals who are unvaccinated against the Covid-19 will only be requested to go home and will not be arrested, Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año clarified.
The Diocese of Dumaguete, in collaboration with the National Secretariat for Social Action Caritas Philippines, continues to bring relief aid to victims of Typhoon Odette in Negros Oriental.
"Ang silver lining talaga natin dito ay marami nang nabakunahan," said Presidential Adviser on Covid-19 response Vince Dizon amid the rise in Covid-19 cases.
“Let us not be greedy..," an official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines appealed to the people not to buy essential medicines in bulk if they do not need them.