The Department of Health and the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases will discuss travel restrictions following reports of detection of United Kingdom’s new variant of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in more countries.
Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said Wednesday it was "not fair" to judge and blame the entire police force for an isolated incident involving an off-duty police officer who shot dead a mother and her son in Paniqui, Tarlac last Sunday.
Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista warned on Tuesday the Association of DSWD Social Workers Inc. of organizations with "malicious" intentions seeking partnerships.
No foreign contractors will be allowed to dredge the Cagayan River even for free, Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu said on Thursday.
Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu called for intensified monitoring of tree-cutting activities in the same area where authorities recently discovered a small-scale illegal mining operation.