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SMC sets higher target for Tullahan River cleanup
San Miguel Corporation (SMC)’s massive environment sustainability and flood mitigation initiative to clean up the 27-kilometer Tullahan River system, is shifting to higher gear come December, as the company is set to acquire additional new equipment to double its solid waste extraction capacit...
House approves bill on easier tax payments
The government will soon be making it easier to pay taxes as a measure seeking to modernize tax administration and improve tax compliance hurdled final reading at the House of Representatives, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. During Wednesday's plenary session, a total of 1...
Enrollement allowed until Sept. 30
An education official on Monday said the Department of Education (DepEd) would accept enrollees for school year 2021 to 2022 until Sept. 30, hoping to surpass the number of enrollees the previous school year, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. During the national program for the ...
Red Cross observes World 1st Aid Day 2021
Recognizing the importance of basic first aid skills, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is set to conduct a webinar in celebration of World First Aid Day (WFAD) on September 11, with the theme “Be a First Aid Hero at School and in Your Community”, according to a report by Philippine Ne...
DOH registers 18,012 new Covid cases on Sept. 7
An additional 18,945 patients have beaten the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), pushing the country’s overall recovery count to 1,928,173 as of Tuesday, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. The Department of Health (DOH), in its latest Covid-19 bulletin, said recoveries account...
Duterte to decide on new quarantine status
President Rodrigo Duterte is yet to approve "new quarantine responses", including possible granular lockdowns in Metro Manila, Malacañang said in a report by Philippine News Agency. This, after Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said on Saturday the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Managem...
PNP chief asks policemen to comply with court order
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar on Monday ordered police officers to comply with the court orders to release detainees under custody after posting bail, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. Eleazar also tasked the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group ...
DOH reports 16,621 new Covid cases
The country recorded 16,621 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the nationwide tally to 2,020,484, the Department of Health said in a report by CNN Philippines. Of the total, 146,510 are active cases or currently ill patients, DOH's latest bulletin showed. This is the seventh straight day that the coun...
DOH confirms 4,500 vaccine doses wasted
The Department of Health on Wednesday said over 4,500 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been wasted, but stressed that the figure is still relatively low, according to a report by GMA News. During the briefing of the House committee on health on the DOH's proposed P242.22 billion budget for 2022,...
NCR cities distribute over 90% of ECQ aid
Around 94.73% of the cash aid under the enhanced community quarantine has been distributed to beneficiaries in Metro Manila, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said in a report by GMA News. At the Laging Handa public briefing, DILG spokesperson Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said t...
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