#COVID-19

Gov’t orders adoption of alternative validation for senior pensioners

The government has ordered pension-issuing agencies and their servicing banks to implement alternative validation modes for senior citizen pensioners to prevent personal contact amid the current pandemic. Based on Inter-Agency Task Force...

MM mayors, IATF agree on MGCQ for entire PH

The Metro Manila mayors and the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) have agreed to recommend placing the entire country under Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ)...

Statement of Speaker Lord Allan Velasco in support of the national government’s efforts to end COVID-19

The House of Representatives has always been supportive of the national government’s efforts to fight COVID-19. This support has been manifested a number of times with the passage of the 2021 national...

Alternative modes of validating senior citizen pensioners adopted

The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Thursday, February 18, 2021, mandated pension-issuing agencies and their servicing banks and other financial institutions to adopt alternative modes of validation for senior citizen pensioners. At...

House bill provision allowing LGU direct vaccine purchase out

The provision allowing local government units to directly purchase COVID-19 vaccines from manufacturers has been removed from the committee report released by the Lower House on House Bill No. 8648. With this,...

DOH: Additional PUVs instead of increased capacity

The Department of Health (DOH) advised that additional public utility vehicles (PUVs) must be allowed instead of increasing the capacity of public transportation. According to DOH Director of Knowledge Management and Information...

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