The Department of Health (DOH) reported the fourth Monkeypox case in the Philippines, Monday evening on August 22, 2022. The patient is a 25-year-old with no history of travel where there is a Monkeypox outbreak.
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna and Manila Vice Mayor Yul Servo Nieto visited several schools for inspection as the first day of classes started on Monday, 22 August 2022.
Thousands of indigents waited outside the DSWD Main Office in Batasan Complex, Quezon City on Saturday, August 20, 2022, after the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo announced the issuance of an Educational Assistance Fund available to students from primary to tertiary levels.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), as per its secretary, Erwin Tulfo, will start to distribute a one-time cash assistance to aid indigent Filipino students before the approaching academic year 2022-2023.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Monday, August 25, 2022, that the country’s poverty rate increased from 16.6 percent in 2018 to 18.1 percent in 2021 due to the COVID 19 pandemic, and income and employment losses.
Manila Mayor Dr. Honey Lacuna spearheaded the PinasLakas Campaign in SM Manila on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, to encourage individuals to get their booster shots.
The Commission on Audit (COA) discovered that over 21,824 donations remained undistributed. The goods were mainly damaged, expired, and almost eaten by rats, as observed during the inspection. These donations were stored in the Department of Social Welfare and Development warehouse for almost two years.
The Philippines has been experiencing aggressive typhoons, rising water levels, and abnormality in heat during summer in the past few years and are expected to further worsen in the future due to the rising global temperatures.
The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) faces denouncement from several language, cultural, and educational organizations after issuing a memorandum dated August 9, 2022, to ban “subversive” books for promoting “anti-government” agenda.
Senator Risa Hontiveros urged the Senate to investigate the "questionable releases" of CHED's scholarship agency amounting to almost P7 billion.