In a briefing with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. last Saturday, October 29,  National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Executive Director Raymundo Ferrer recommended the declaration of a national state of calamity for at least one year to allow access to response funds and implement a price freeze on basic goods.

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.

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. 

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.  

A commentator from radio station DWBL was shot dead on Monday night, October 3, at 8:30 pm.
The broadcaster was shot at the Santa Cecilia Gate of the BF Resort Village in Talon Dos, Las Pias, by a suspect riding a motorcycle, according to an incident report from the Southern Police District (SPD).

Amid the havoc brought about by Typhoon Karding on its landfall on September 26, Monday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on September 27, Tuesday, that eight people and three others went missing. 

Grade 11 and Grade 12 students of the Science, Technology, Mathematics, and Engineering (STEM) Strand participated in the first major project of its Projects Committee: the STEM Beyond last September 15 and 16, 2022.