PhilHealth to unveil benefit packages for mild, moderate COVID-19 patients on home isolation

Daphne Galvez 08/23/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is set to roll out benefit packages for COVID-19 patients with mild and moderate symptoms isolating at home or other care facilities, an official of the Department of…

NCR, four other provinces under GCQ ‘with heightened restrictions’ until July 31

Daphne Galvez 07/23/2021

MANILA, Philippines — General community quarantine (GCQ) “with heightened restrictions” will be in effect starting Friday, July 23, until July 31 in Metro Manila and provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Davao de Oro, and Davao del…

PH extends travel ban on India, 6 other countries until July 31

Daphne Galvez 07/14/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Amid the threat of the feared Delta variant of COVID-19, the Philippines extended travel restrictions imposed on inbound travelers from India and six other countries until July 31, 2021, Malacañang said Wednesday. The travel…

Duterte ‘not inclined’ to allow in-person classes to resume

Daphne Galvez 06/22/2021

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte rejected again on Monday a bid by the Department of Education (DepEd) to resume in-person classes with most of the population still not vaccinated against COVID-19, especially amid the threat of…

Palace steps foot down; says Cebu must follow IATF protocols on arriving passengers

Daphne Galvez 06/14/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Monday ordered Cebu province to stand down and abide by health protocols set by the government’s pandemic task force, particularly on the testing of arriving passengers from abroad. Cebu province must abide…

Fully-vaccinated seniors in GCQ, MGCQ areas now allowed to go out, but…

Daphne Galvez 06/11/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Fully-vaccinated senior citizens in areas under general community quarantine (GCQ) and modified GCQ (MGCQ) are now allowed to go outside their residence Malacañang announced Friday, June 11, 2021. They should, however, present a duly…

Pagasa: Isolated rains, cloudy skies in Vis-Min; warm in Luzon

Daphne Galvez 05/20/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms are expected over the Visayas, Mindanao and Palawan on Thursday, May 20, 2021, due the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), the state weather bureau said. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical,…

Duterte: Jet ski promise just a campaign joke, stupid

Daphne Galvez 05/11/2021

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte admitted on Monday that his 2016 pledge to ride a jet ski to the Spratly Islands and plant a Philippine flag there was a “pure campaign joke,” calling those who believed…

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine gets emergency use authorization

Daphne Galvez 05/05/2021

MANILA, Philippine — The COVID-19 vaccine of American pharmaceutical firm Moderna has been granted an emergency use authorization (EUA), the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. FDA Director General Eric Domingo said the agency only took about…

‘I never promised‘ anything about West Philippine Sea during election campaign – Duterte

Daphne Galvez 05/04/2021

MANILA, Philippines — “I never, never in my campaign as president, promised the people that I would retake the West Philippine Sea,” President Rodrigo Duterte in a pre-recorded briefing that was aired on Monday. “I did not…

Pagasa: Storm off Mindanao may intensify into typhoon, enter PAR by Friday

Daphne Galvez 04/14/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The tropical storm east of Mindanao may further strengthen into a typhoon and is expected to enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Friday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa)…

Duterte creates office for adviser on streamlining gov’t processes to cut red tape

Daphne Galvez 04/14/2021

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the creation of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Streamlining Government Processes (OPASGP) in a bid to cut red tape. Duterte signed on Tuesday Executive Order No. 129,…

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