Taguig City is ready for this year's opening of classes on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. The Department of Education (DepEd) has also approved Taguig as one of the pilot cities in Metro Manila to open with in-person learning once this is allowed in the National Capital Region (NCR).
The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Sunday (Sept. 12) released an initial estimate of about P6.5 million damage and losses in the agriculture sector in typhoon-stricken Cagayan Province.
Besides the COVID-19 case count, healthcare utilization and average daily attack rate will also be considered in placing alert levels in the National Capital Region (NCR) one week after its pilot implementation of alert level system according to Interior Undersecretary Epimaco Densing.
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said on Friday (Sept. 10) that the Academic Year 2021-2022 has successfully opened as one-third of the universities and colleges here began the semester in August, while the remaining will open in September and October.
Some local government units in Metro Manila have opened their pre-registration for vaccination of individuals aged 12 to 17 years old, following the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval on the use of Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for adolescents.
To achieve the national government’s goal to vaccinate at least 100 million residents here by the end of the year, the country needs about nine million doses of vaccine delivery every week, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said on Friday (Sept. 10).
