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Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco reported on Tuesday, October 25, that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. agreed to release an executive order declaring the voluntary wearing of face masks indoors.
The decision was made more than a month after Marcos Jr. issued a decree making it optional to wear face masks outdoors, and a week after the Department of Health (DOH) detected 81 cases of the Omicron XBB Subvariant in two regions and 193 cases of the XBC variant in 11 regions.
Following the increase in the Philippines’ balance of payments (BOP) deficit, the Philippine Peso (PHP) nearly depreciated to its all-time low value and is currently pegged at Php 58.986 per $1.
The BOP, or the summary of the country’s worldwide transactions recorded by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) as of September 2022, was publicized last October 21.
Despite out-of-the-blue announcements and undetailed responsibilities, filmmaker and director Paul Soriano was appointed Presidential Adviser on Creative Communications by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday, October 17. Witnessed by his wife—famous television and YouTube personality Toni Gonzaga—and son, Soriano took his oath on the same day in Malacañang Palace.
By Aura Sison The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Sunday, October 23, that former Philippine National Police Chief Camilo Cascolan has been appointed as an undersecretary of the agency. Cascolan filled the undersecretary position of Roger Tong-an, while the position of assistant secretary was handed to Atty. Charade Mercado-Grande. Along with Lilibeth David, Carolina…
“I will not comment anymore on other issues there, but it will not happen,” Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said as declined the general public’s demand for his resignation due to the drug-related allegations against his son, Juanito Jose Diaz Remulla III.
Progress. Community. Freedom. These are but a few of the words etched into the mind of a young transferee upon entering the walls of Ateneo for the first time. The courtyard had assemblies of trees, and the classrooms had top-of-the-line equipment. The one thing that caught their eye? The all-gender bathrooms on the second floor of the senior high building.
By Nikolai Ordoña The suspected gunman in the shooting of veteran broadcaster Percy Lapid has given himself up and is now under police custody, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) announced on Tuesday, October 18. In a press briefing held at the National Capital Region Police Office, DILG Sec. Benjamin Abalos Jr. presented…
The Department of Education (DepEd) released DepEd Order (DO) No. 44 series of 2022 on Monday, October 17, stating that private schools have the option to choose between implementing full in-person classes, blended learning, or full distance learning modality.
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. assigned film director Paul Soriano as the Presidential Adviser for Creative Communications on Monday, September 17.
Cheloy Garafil, Office of the Press Secretary Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary, informed the public that Soriano will take his oath in Malacañang Palace on the same day.
In the morning of October 9, Sunday, former senator Leila De Lima survived an attempted hostage-taking at the Camp Crame Custodial Center of the Philippine National Police (PNP), where she has been detained since 2017.
The PNP revealed the hostage-taker to be detainee Feliciano Sulayao Jr., who, just prior to taking De Lima hostage, attempted to escape the facility with fellow detainees Arnel Cabintoy and Idang Susukan. The group stabbed a policeman in the facility as they tried to escape, although Cabintoy and Susukan were shot to death by another officer upon witnessing this scene. Just like his companions, Sulayao was later shot dead. “After being told by the hostage-taker that since his two other companions were already dead, he’s certain he would also be killed and he might just as well also kill me,” De Lima shared in a statement, speaking about the supposed motives of the perpetrator.
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