The number of students with poor performance might increase as the government continues to ban holding face-to-face classes due to the threat of COVID-19, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has warned.
Malls and other business establishments may now hold sales and other marketing events to spur consumer activity amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis, Malacañang said on Friday.
Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden on Monday slammed rival Donald Trump as a “climate arsonist” whose refusal to take global warming seriously would exacerbate the crisis if the Republican incumbent is re-elected in November.
Malacañang rejected on Thursday the statement of Vice President Leni Robredo that the country appears to have “no leader” during the coronavirus crisis.
President Rodrigo Duterte says he has nothing to do with the recent calls made by his supporters for the declaration of a revolutionary government amid the coronavirus disease crisis.
President Rodrigo Duterte said that Vice President Leni Robredo’s criticism of the government’s efforts to address the coronavirus crisis was adding “fuel to the fire.”
Malacañang on Monday reminded people with anxiety or depression during coronavirus pandemic that “it’s okay to not be okay.”
Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia stressed tourism activities must reopen as the fight against COVID-19 crisis continues.
President Donald Trump on Saturday signed executive actions extending financial relief to Americans hit by the coronavirus pandemic as polls showed a large majority of voters unhappy with his handling of the crisis.
MANILA – Opposition Senator Francis Pangilinan said he is willing to step down as chair of the Senate committee on constitutional amendments if that’s the will of the leadership of the Upper House.
President Rodrigo Duterte once again defended Health Secretary Francisco Duque III amid criticism for his handling of the coronavirus disease crisis in the country.
The coronavirus crisis has taken a much heavier toll on jobs than previously feared, the UN said Tuesday, warning that the situation in the Americas was particularly dire.
In one of the world’s most expensive cities, thousands of people lined up Saturday for free food, as the COVID-19 crisis casts a spotlight on Geneva’s usually invisible poor.
A large majority of Americans oppose reopening the country now, with Democrats and Republicans sharply divided on the question, according to a poll published on Friday.
Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) consultant Atty. Trixie Cruz-Angeles said in her Facebook blog that the IATF is being run by Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles. She said it a day after it was reported that Nograles was allegedly set aside as spokesperson of the task force handling the COVID-19 crisis.
President Rodrigo Duterte is in tip-top condition to lead the country amid coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, according to his spokesman.
Iran’s military spokesman on Wednesday said US President Donald Trump should concentrate on “saving” his own country from the “major crisis” caused by coronavirus, instead of making threats.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday about a “dangerous epidemic of misinformation” surrounding the global coronavirus outbreak.
The Philippine government’s response on the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis could last until “September or December,” the country’s chief implementer of the national plan against Covid-19 said.
Supreme Court (SC) Justice Marvic Leonen reminded the government to keep listening to the poor whenever coming up with plans to address the threat of the 2019 coronavirus (COVID).
President Rodrigo Duterte says he can’t emphasize enough the importance of staying at home or wearing masks while observing social distancing when going outside because anybody can die from COVID-19, rich or poor, old or young.
President Rodrigo Duterte admits that a looming rice shortage was the “greatest danger” facing millions of Filipinos.
President Rodrigo Duterte has realigned nearly P31 billion worth of infrastructure projects– which lawmakers had hoped to spend on their pet initiatives– to boost local government units’ (LGUs) capacity to address the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, Politiko has learned.
House committee on public accounts chair Mike Defensor urged the national government to advance the midyear bonus of its 1.6 million personnel, amid the country’s coronavirus crisis.
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