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Published February 26, 2021, 11:50 AM Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez today called for transformational leaders in government with crucial traits in integrity, competence and energy (ICE) specially in this pandemic period where the country continued to wallow in hunger and unemployment on prolonged strict quarantine restrictions. In a speech at the 2021 Career Executive Service Leadership Conclave of the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) of the Civil Service Commission, the DTI ...

CoP: 1,260 cops to get first covid19 vaccine doses Thursday 25 February 2021 In this file photo, Police Commissioner Gary Griffith puts on his mask during a media briefing at the Police Administration Building in Port of Spain. - Angelo Marcelle Police Commissioner Gary Griffith announced on Thursday that he, along with over 1,000 police officers from different frontline units, will be getting the first doses of the covid19 vaccine when it becomes available. Griffith announced that officers fro...

The Department of Health (DOH) urged Saturday, Feb. 20, all local government units (LGUs) to further strengthen their measures against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the government is inclined to place the entire country under the least restrictive modified general community quarantine (MGCQ

MMDA: Mayors await government decision on cinema reopening Ghio Ong © Miguel De Guzman, file MMDA: Mayors await government decision on cinema reopening MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila mayors are ready to follow the national government’s decision on the reopening of cinemas, which was deferred to next month after mayors voiced their opposition, a Metropolitan Manila Development Official said yesterday. “Our Metro Manila mayors are ready to follow and of course, we wil...

(3RD UPDATE) Researchers from the Philippine Genome Center say one of the mutations may possibly reduce the efficacy of COVID-19 antibodies

By MA. ANGELICA GARCIA, GMA News Published February 17, 2021 11:38pm The OCTA Research Team on Wednesday warned of a surge in COVID-19 cases if President Rodrigo Duterte  approved the National Economic Development Authority’s proposal to place the whole Philippines under the least stringent modified general community quarantine. In its latest report, OCTA indicated that the proposal for a nationwide shift to MGCQ starting on March 1 was particularly risky for Metro Manila because of th...

Priests usually impose ashes on the forehead of the faithful during Ash Wednesday but with the threat of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Liturgy has come up with different recommendations on how to distribute the as

By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT and JEAN FERNANDO The reopening of traditional cinemas is expected to bring back displaced workers and help revive the entertainment industry, which was pegged at P13 billion and employed roughly 300,000 Filipinos before COVID-19 lockdowns and quarantines padlocked thea

Published February 14, 2021, 6:30 AM The Philippines has not been chosen among the 9 new data centers that Oracle will set up this year bringing a massive 38 centers globally, but the world’s leading Cloud service provider said there are other options that would support its bullish outlook for the domestic market. Oracle Philippines Country Managing Director Mina Lim said at the virtual media interview “Road to Recovery” the global technology giant is targeting a total of 38 of data cente...

DAVAO DEL NORTE, Feb. 9 (PIA)—The BIDA Solusyon advocacy campaign pushing a behavioral change for people to adopt the standard health protocols, has been expanded to cover government’s massive vaccination drive against COVID-19. “Mask, Iwas, Hugas plus Bakuna. That is why it’s now BIDA Plus. We won’t be able to fully fight COVID-19 unless we combine the four,” Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Director General Ramon Cualoping explained in a recent press conference held in the City...