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First Posted: May 07, 2021 01:13 AM EDT Photo : Photo by John Moore/Getty Images Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday that the Biden administration is working to reunite entire migrant families separated at the southern border during the previous administration. Mayorkas noted that not only parents but also siblings of separated children would have a chance to get permanent legal status in the United States, NBC News reported. The reunification o...

Published May 8, 2021, 12:59 AM PBA commissioner Willie Marcial (center) is flanked (from left) by former Batangas City councilor Mando Lazarte, Edilberto Perez (executive asst), Gilberto Alea (sports and development) and Jocelyn Cantre (gen. services head) during a meeting yesterday in the provincial capital. (PBA images) PBA teams could be allowed to hold 5-on-5 scrimmages in areas under General Community Quarantine starting May 18 following the approval of the Inter-Agency Task Force. Commis...

And it seems like a déjà vu for the Magnolia guard. “Kelan kaya tayo makakabalik at makakapaglaro ulit??? Sobrang miss ko na ang PBA!!! Konting konti na lang….. magiging ganyan na ulit ako,” wrote Lee in jest on his Instagram caption, referring to a throwback close-up photo of him — the chubby and goatie-less version. “Pero habang naghihihintay tayo, tayo po ay mag-ingat at sumunod sa mga protocol na binigay po sa atin. Para kahit dun lang po makatulong na tayo, malaking bagay na po...

Governor Gwendolyn Garcia (Governor Gwendolyn Garcia FB Page)   Garcia agreed with Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan, who previously proposed that foreign tourists who have been fully vaccinated should already be allowed to enter the city.     Garcia said before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Cebu was frequently visited most by tourists from Korea, China and Japan.   The governor said the province can set up a “tourism bubble plan subject to protocols that the province has been ...

Published May 3, 2021, 9:51 PM The occupancy rate of the isolation facilities in the province of Pangasinan is only at 8.4 percent, according to the provincial Inter-Agency Task Force. UNDER CONTROL. Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office chief, Rhodyn Lunchivar Oro, gives an update on the coronavirus disease 2019 situation in Pangasinan on May 3, 2021. (Screenshot from province of Pangasinan’s live stream) During the question hour of the Provincial Board (Sanggun...

AP Photo/Julio Cortez Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced today that four families separated by the Trump administration’s border security policies will be reunited this week. This announcement comes as the Biden administration is trying desperately to pin the border crisis on the former president’s administration. Mayorkas calls this just the beginning of a broader effort to reunite families. You may remember that Joe Biden put Kamala Harris in cha...

Former House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. (Congressman Feliciano Belmonte Jr./Facebook) In his Labor Day statement Saturday, May 1, Belmonte said it is imperative that the government further open up the economy to address unemployment and hunger as a result of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “The paramount concern this labor day is for our leaders to ensure existing jobs are preserved and new employment is created. 4.2 million Filipinos are now unemployed nationwide, wit...

Camaarines Sur 2nd District Rep. LRay Villafuerte Villafuerte said this would enable the government to continue implementing its recovery and stimulus measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the economy and the people, amid the new surge in the virus caseload that already breached the one-million mark. The Bayanihan 2 or Republic Act (RA) No. 11494, which originally was set to lapse on December 19 last year, was extended through RA 11519 up to June 30, 2021. It appropriated P165.5 billio...

Today Thunderstorms early, then mainly cloudy after midnight with light rain possible. Low 64F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 80%.. Tonight Thunderstorms early, then mainly cloudy after midnight with light rain possible. Low 64F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 80%. Updated: April 28, 2021 @ 9:56 pm

Published April 29, 2021, 11:38 AM An official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (CBCP-ECMI) has asked the faithful to include India, which is experiencing a surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in their prayers. Bishop Ruperto Santos (CBCP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) CBCP-ECMI Vice Chairperson Bishop Ruperto Santos also called for the inclusion of India in Mass prayer intentions. “...