The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) advised the public on Saturday to take the necessary precautions, as high levels of sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission have been observed in the Taal Volcano in the past two days. The public is urged to protect themselves but Phivolcs is not necessarily advising them to opt for…
MANILA – The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has endorsed to the Office of the Ombudsman the filing of charges against the head of the Food and Drug Administration – Center for Drug Regulation and Research (FDA – CDRR) for sitting on hundreds of Automatic Renewal (AR) drug applications. In its motu propio disposition dated June…
MANILA – Fully vaccinated senior citizens residing in areas under general community quarantine (GCQ) and modified GCQ (MGCQ) can now enjoy more liberty despite the coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic after the government allowed them to leave their homes. “The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, in a meeting held Thursday, agreed…
MANILA – The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), must surrender those behind the anti-personnel mine (APM) blast that killed a college football player and his cousin. Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez on Friday said a mere apology without accountability is “unacceptable”. In a statement,…
MANILA – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Friday reported that it has already cleared the latest shipment of over 3 million coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines that recently arrived in the country. In a statement, the bureau’s Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) reported that a total of 3,074,410 doses, which arrived on…
MANILA – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Friday asked the Makabayan bloc to stop insisting on the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Laws (CARHRIHL) because the country already has Republic Act (RA) 9851 or the Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and…
