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BusinessWorld May 13, 2021 | 7:45 pm PHILSTAR THE SENATE will prioritize the priority measures such as the amendments to the Public Service Act, Retail Trade Liberal Act and the formation of the Department of Overseas Filipinos, among other measures, when it resumes session Monday, Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III said. “Priorities will be Public Service Act, Retail Trade Act, Dep’t of OFW and a few others,” he told reporters in a phone message on Thursday. The measures were among the those identified by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council as pri...

BusinessWorld May 13, 2021 | 8:07 pm PHILSTAR ONLY two-thirds of the capital region’s intensive care unit (ICU) beds for coronavirus patients have been used, suggesting the continued decrease in infections, according to the presidential palace. The use rate of the beds in Metro Manila and nearby provinces are now below critical levels, presidential spokesperson Herminio “Harry” L. Roque, Jr. told a televised news briefing on Thursday. Only 46% of isolation beds in the regions were occupied, while 50% of ward beds for coronavirus patients had been used, he added. About 48...

BusinessWorld May 11, 2021 | 7:51 pm Reporters PHILIPPINE health authorities on Tuesday said a least two people have tested positive for the coronavirus variant first detected in India, a day after the World Health Organization (WHO) classified it as a variant of concern. One was a 37-year-old migrant Filipino from Oman, while the other is a 38-year-old who came from the United Arab Emirates, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told an online news briefing. Both patients have recovered. The first patient arrived on April 10 and recovered from COVID-19 16 days later. ...

BusinessWorld May 10, 2021 | 8:50 pm THE PHILIPPINES is expected to take delivery of as many as 40 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer, Inc. by the third quarter, as it tries to boost its vaccination drive, according to the presidential palace. The government expects to receive 20 to 40 million doses, vaccine czar Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. told a televised news briefing on Tuesday. The government also expects to take delivery of Pfizer vaccines under a global initiative for equal access, he said. The first shipment of Pfizer vaccines should have arrived in Fe...

BusinessWorld May 10, 2021 | 8:17 pm PHILIPPINE STAR/ EDD GUMBAN THE DEPARTMENT of Budget and Management (DBM) recommended to President Rodrigo R. Duterte the provision of an additional P5.2 billion to fund the overseas worker repatriation program, the Labor department said Monday. “In our last IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force) meeting, the DBM clearly stated that it has recommended to the President the budgetary allocation for repatriation of the amount of P5.2 billion,” Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III told a Senate Labor committee hearing. Mr. Bello said the Overseas...