The province of Antique has lifted the Safe, Swift, and Smart Passage Travel Management System (S-PaSS) requirement for fully vaccinated tourists and returning residents.
The Department of Health noted a significant drop in new Covid-19 cases in Eastern Visayas in the past two weeks as the government continues to ramp up the vaccination rollout.
Local government units in Region 7 should strive to ramp up the inoculation of senior citizens to meet the requirements for the Alert Level 1 or the new normal category of quarantine restrictions, a health official said.
Fifty micro-entrepreneurs from Iloilo are recipients of sari-sari store kits under the Livelihood Seeding Program-Negosyo Serbisyo sa Barangay of the Department of Trade and Industry.
The Iloilo City local government will be ready to face the new normal once the 76-bed modular hospital complies with the additional health requirements.
The National Housing Authority, with the Iloilo City government, will build four five-story low-rise buildings worth PHP200 million for qualified informal settler families affected by various infrastructure projects.
The Emergency Operations Center Task Force in Bacolod City has opened Covid-19 vaccination hubs for children aged 5 to 11 in three shopping malls starting this week.