Jollibee Foods Corp (JFC) said on Monday, March 22 that all employees of its group of restaurants would be receiving free vaccination against COVID-19. In a statement, the fast-food restaurant chain chairman Tony Tan Caktiong said the free vaccination program for its workers is consistent with the company’s commitment to employee health and safety. “The company is also sourcing vaccines for employees’ dependents and extended family and household members. “Our employees’ safety and well-being has always been paramount,” said Tan Caktiong. Communication efforts like a series of webinars on vaccine education have been started to help employees become more...

  The National Task Force Against COVID-19 (NTF) has revised its earlier memorandum regarding pandemic-related restrictions on international travel, and has now allowed the entry of all Filipino citizens to the Philippines as the country stepped up measures to address the fast-rising coronavirus cases. In Memorandum Circular No. 6 dated March 18, 2021, the NTF clarified that all Filipino citizens, including those that are not overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), will now be allowed to enter the Philippines. The entry of certain foreign nationals to the country, however, is still suspended from March 22 to April 21. The new circular revised...

  Following the malicious post on People's Television NetworkPTV's Twitter account on Tuesday, March 26, with the caption "President Rodrigo R. #dutertepalpak BTS reiterated his order to provide free masks for the public especially to those who cannot buy their own," the state-run broadcaster vowed to take action against the people behind it. “The erroneous message that was inadvertently posted by the PTV New Media was the result of autocorrecting systems in the text entry phase and a failure to adequately review and screen the message that got posted,” PTV said in a statement. “The management will certainly institute disciplinary...

  The Metro Manila Council (MMC) has agreed to implement uniform curfew in the National Capital Region starting Monday, March 15, Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Benhur Abalos Jr. said on Thursday, March 11. Some cities in Metro Manila however, have already imposed different curfew hours earlier, anew to curb COVID-19 infections as the capital region continued to record an increase in active cases in the past few weeks. Abalos in a press briefing, said the 17 Metro Manila mayors have agreed to implement the curfew hours, which would run from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. for two weeks....

  The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has claimed on Monday, March 8, that the allegedly stolen P15 billion fund wasn’t pocketed by several executives but was distributed to different hospitals around the country. PhilHealth has been under deep scrutiny due to scandals since last year, this is due to a corruption anomaly after its former anti-fraud officer Thorrsson Montes Keith claimed during Senate inquiry in August 2020 that all members of PhilHealth’s executive committee composed the “mafia,” which had been allegedly defrauding the corporation for around P15 billion in the past several years. PhilHealth, however, announced on Monday as...