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3 Bataan LGUs cited for Manila Bay programs
By Mar T. Supnad EVEN under extreme condition, local government units should not remiss on environment programs, said the Department of Interior and Local Government, as it named three Bataan LGUs as awardees of the agency’s regional search for Manila BAYani. Named awardees are the local government units of Balanga City, Dinalupihan and Hermosa, all…
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DepEd central office goes on COVID-19 holiday
By Fernan Angeles THE Department of Education central office, which has been operating on a lean skeletal force, has declared a five-day holiday starting today, August 19, to give way for disinfection of the entire complex and contact tracing. In a press statement, DepEd said that their central office in Pasig City will resume operations…
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13 million families already got SAP 2 cash aid — DSWD
By John Clifford Lintao CLOSE to 13 million families have so far received cash assistance covered under the long overdue second tranche of the government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP). As of this posting, the Department of Social Welfare and Development claims to have disbursed to 12,930,324 someP77.4 billion even as they hinted at continuing distribution…
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Health workers can’t leave PHL for now
By Fernan Angeles The Philippine government maintained its overseas deployment ban on health workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a resolution issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF), the temporary ban on deployment of medical workers and those in the allied services to other countries was further extended.…
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PhilHealth to renegotiate with Red Cross over unpaid bills
By Fernan Angeles AMID ballooning bills covering government-procured services and supplies to test COVID-19 infected patients, the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) said on Tuesday that the state insurer needs to renegotiate with the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) for additional funds needed to cover for COVID-19 tests as its bills have already exceeded the agreed…
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MRT, LRT and PNR to resume operations Wednesday
By Fernan Angeles AFTER a two-week holiday in view of government restrictions that came along the imposition of a strict lockdown for Metro Manila and four adjoining provinces, the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT3), Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT2), Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT1), and Philippine National Railways are all set to…
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NCR mayors for stricter GCQ, experts want extension
By John Clifford Lintao IF they had their way, all 17 mayors in the National Capital Region would rather want to have a stricter general community quarantine (GCQ) guidelines. Experts however are calling for another two-week extension. In a virtual press briefing, MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia said: “We will recommend na yung GCQ po…
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AMLC to check bank records of 13 PhilHealth officials
By John Clifford Lintao EMBATTLED Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) chief Ricardo Morales and 13 other top executives of the state insurer already signed a waiver allowing the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to check their bank records. Aside from Morales, other who executed and signed their waives include: EVP COO Arnel De Jesus SVP Dennis…
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PNP should have chased rogue cops first, says Bato
By John Clifford Lintao Former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, now Senator Ronald dela Rosa, seemed regretful that he was not able to run after rogue policemen first before pursuing drug offenders outside through “Oplan Tokhang.” In a podcast released on August 14 by journalist Roby Alampay, Dela Rosa admitted that the drug war could…
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COVID-19 nightmare: Students party hard
Another school year is ramping up — and while some institutions are holding off on in-person classes, others are letting their students come back … including UNG, which is already proving to be a COVID nightmare even before Day 1. The first day of classes at the University of North Georgia begins on Monday, when…