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May 18, 2024
The local government units (LGUs) have the final say on the requirements for travelers who will visit areas that are within their jurisdiction, Malacañang said on Friday. The clarification was made after some LGUs expressed concern over the Inter-Agency Task Force the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases’ (IATF-EID) previous resolution relaxing domestic travel protocols. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the IATF-EID issued on Thursday a new resolution revising its earlier policy to avoid confusion and emphasize that LGUs can still require domestic travelers to take a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test. “This means that LGUs retain the discretion in
The World Bank apologized Thursday to the Philippine government over the “inadvertent” release of a report about the allegedly poor learning results among Filipino students. In a statement uploaded on its official website, the World Bank acknowledged that its report titled “Improving Student Learning Outcomes and Well-Being in the Philippines: What are International Assessments Telling Us? (Vol.2): Synthesis Report Presentation” was published sans any inputs from the Department of Education (DepEd). “We deeply regret that the report on education was inadvertently published earlier than scheduled and before the Department of Education had enough chance to provide inputs. This was an
The Philippine office market appears ready to take off and resume its pre-pandemic growth trajectory, according to a study by Leechiu Property Consultants (LPC). Demand for office space nationwide grew by 38 percent from 122,000 square meters (sqm) in the first quarter of 2021 to 169,00 sqm. in the second quarter. Office demand is the highest it has been since the start of the pandemic, LPC chief executive officer David Leechiu said. As of the first half of 2021, demand is now at 291,000 sqm. “This is already 75 percent of demand for the entire 2020. There is no doubt
The programs for the cooperative sector are laid down in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). One of which is the construction of a two-story Cooperative and Women Multi-purpose Building in Barangay Batulawan, Pikit, North Cotabato. The project worth PHP4.6 million was included in the 2020 Transitional Development Impact Fund (TDIF) of the Office of Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Member of Parliament Diamila Disimban-Ramos. The Bangsamoro Ministry of Public Works (MPW) Maguindanao I District Engineering Office is the implementing agency, under the leadership of Minister Eduard Guerra. In a news release on Friday, Ramos said this institutional project
There are emerging markets for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the United Kingdom, aside from job opportunities for nurses and healthcare workers (HCWs). Labor Attaché Amuerfina Reyes in London, England, said though medical personnel are the in-demand workers in the host country, there are other industries that are employing Filipino workers “Employers are looking for auditors, accountants, linesmen. Another emerging market is the agricultural sector,” she said in a virtual forum on Friday. The Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) official added that they have recently received job orders for senior care workers. Since nurses and HCWs are in demand in
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Thursday said areas with high cases of Covid-19 infections will get AstraZeneca vaccines donated by Japan to the Philippines. This, after the 1.124 million doses AstraZeneca vaccine arrived on board an All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight around 9 p.m. Thursday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Japanese Chargé d’affaires ad interim Masahiro Nakata led the turnover rites held at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City. The donation was first announced by Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu last June 15. Two weeks later, the governments of Japan and the
