After temporarily leading the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) as its Officer-In-Charge, lawyer Romando Artes has been named as the agency's chairman at least for the remainder of the Duterte administration. This, after President Duterte appointed him as chairman effective March 1.
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Jan. 20, clarified that the policy requiring teachers to be vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before they are allowed to handle face-to-face classes was not meant to “unjustly discriminate” those who refuse to get the jab.
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The Department of Education (DepEd) is requiring teachers handling face-to-face classes to get the Covid vaccine. DepEd said this policy has been approved by the Office of the President and is in line with the Inter Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases resolution on the requirement for vaccination or negative RT-PCR […]
BACK TO SCHOOL. Teacher Serafin Salamanes shows the types of electrical installations to Grade 12 students during the resumption of limited face-to-face classes at the Las Pinas National High School on Monday (Dec. 6, 2021). School principal Ignacio Son Jr. said 20 Grade 12 students who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 are attending in-person classes with the consent of their parents. (PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - The Department of Education (DepEd) said Thursday its requirement of coronavirus vaccination for teaching and non-teaching personnel who will participate in limited face-to-face classes is to prevent the spread of the virus, not a discrimination. In a statement, the DepEd said such policy is a way of preventing the spread of Covid-19 in schools and DepEd offices for the protection of learners, clients and employees. "The said policy does not and is not intended to unjustly discriminate against any DepEd employee who chooses not to be vaccinated," it
THE Manuel V. Pangilinan (MVP) group of companies’ vaccine task force (VTF) reported on Monday that 98 percent of its nationwide workforce has been vaccinated against Covid-19, with over 60,000 company-procured Moderna jabs administered under its own MVP Group #WeGotYourVac Immunization Program by mid-December. The task force also reported that…