Philippines’ DoH wants to keep mask mandate

(BusnissWorld) PHILIPPINE health authorities want to keep the country’s face mask mandate amid a coronavirus pandemic. “The position of the Department of Health (DoH) is for us to continue on masking,” office-in-charge Maria Rosario S. Vergeire told the ABS-CBN News… Continue Reading →

PH asks ICC chamber to deny drug war probe request

(CNN Philippines) Metro Manila — The Philippine government asked the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) pre-trial chamber to deny the request for the resumption of the probe into the Duterte administration’s war on drugs. The country formally submitted its comment on… Continue Reading →

IATF recommends voluntary face mask wearing outdoors

(CNN Philippines) Metro Manila — The Inter-Agency Task Force has recommended the optional wearing of face masks outdoors nationwide, Malacañang announced on Wednesday. Department of Health Officer-in-Charge Ma. Rosario Vergeire said the recommendation was verbally approved by President Ferdinand Marcos,… Continue Reading →

DOF, BSP see inflation staying within range

(BusinessMirror) Tuesday, as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) signalled it will take further action to curb inflation, even after back-to-back hikes in recent months. The statement came after the government announced that local inflation hit 6.3 percent in August,… Continue Reading →