MANILA — Authorities are finalizing guidelines for in-person classes in Metro Manila and 38 other areas that will shift to the loosest of 5 COVID-19 alert levels from March 1, Malacañang said on Monday. Previous rules for Alert Level 1 allowed face-to-face classes as permitted by the President, noted Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles. Right now, ang tini-tweak na lang po at p...

MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila mayors have “unanimously” vote to downgrade to Alert Level 1 starting March 1, Parañaque City Mayor and Metro Manila Council (MMC) Chairman Edwin Olivarez revealed on Wednesday. This was the result of the MMC meeting held on Tuesday night, according to Olivarez. The Department of the Interior and Local Government, however, has misgivings on th...

The Makati City Central Business District

MANILA – Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez is confident that the country will sustain the Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) privileges granted by the European Union (EU). This is amid new threats from the EU Parliament to temporarily withdraw trade perks for the Philippines due to alleged human rights abuses and lack of press freedom. �...

MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila will remain under COVID-19 Alert Level 2 until February 28, Malacañang announced Monday. The National Capital Region has been under Alert Level 2 since the start of this month. Malacañang also said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has decided to place seven areas under Alert Level 3 from February 16-28. These areas are: • Davao de Or...

A man getting swabbed for COVID-19

MANILA, Philippines — With just three months before the May 9 elections, the race to various national posts kicked off Tuesday in different areas in the country. According to the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec), the campaign period for national positions (president, vice president, senator and party-list groups) will be from Feb. 8 to May 7. The campaign period for those ...