At the Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Locsin called for the Asean Comprehensive Recovery Plan to be a proactive “smart plan” and for it to be crafted as soon as possible rather than being a “post-pandemic recovery plan”.
The Department of Labor and Employment is waiting for President Rodrigo Duterte's approval on lifting the temporary ban on the deployment of nurses and other medical workers.
Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Sec. Eduardo del Rosario appeals to real estate brokers to join the government's fight against bogus transactions related to real estate property and other housing projects.
Public Works Secretary Mark Villar, who visited the typhoon-hit province Albay, said all national roads in the province have already been cleared by the DPWH teams with equipment from the DPWH Regional Office 5 and District Engineering Offices.
"If they were repatriated, it means that they were displaced due to COVID-19 pandemic. That’s the reason why they were sent back home. So, we are thinking once they arrive at the airport, we will give them the cash assistance given to them by President Rodrigo Duterte,” Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said.
"No processes will be changed, there may be additional ones, because we now have this vaccine czar, our leader, he may add more expeditious processes for our work to be easier," Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said.