Vice President Leni Robredo’s recent remark that she is still open to run as president next year is a “welcome development,” opposition coalition 1Sambayan said on Sunday, June 6. As this developed, 1Sambayan convenor and lawyer Howard Calleja said during an interview on DZMM TeleRadyo that the
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the country’s largest business organization, has joined other business groups in asking the Department of Environment to extend for three years without penalties the deadline on businesses’ compliance to water and effluent standards.
“The PC
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Senate President Vicente ‘Tito’ Sotto III
“Calling on IATF/DOH (Interagency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases/Department of Health) to remove the 14-day quarantine on fully-vaccinated persons entering the Philippines as long as health standards are followed,” Sotto said in message to reporters.
“Why do fully vaccinated people have to still do the two-week quarantine when traveling to the Philippines? it doesn’t make sense!” he added.
According to the Senate chief, the mandatory quarantine discourages investors who are interested to do business in the Philippines.
“Vaccinated investors won’t come because they have to quarantine or even Filipinos who are vaccinated are having second thoughts,” he stressed.