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Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Sec. Joey Concepcion: We have to open the economy because this is the last quarter. This is the time when most negosyantes can get back what they lost in the previous months.

Sec. Concepcion: Nasa 30% lang ang pwede buksan ngayon sa publiko, sa mga vaccinated. Kailangan tumaas yan sa 50%. And eventually, if we're able to go down to Level 1 by November or even December, then they should open up more and that can go up to 70%

Sec. Concepcion: Ang mga sinehan, ginagamit namin sa pagbakuna ng mga empleyado. So kung ginamit yung sinehan sa pagbakuna ng mga empleyado, halos lahat ng sinehan dito sa mga malls, di dapat safe na rin 'yan, di ba?

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Sec. Concepcion: Ito ang pahanon that we should start to live with COVID. At kung pabagsak yung trajectory ng infection level, then we should open up more and more.

Sec. Concepcion: We should keep an eye out. If it reverses, then we pull back so we can push back. But now, it's only one quarter left until the end of the year, ibigay na natin ito sa mga negosyante para mabuhay sila until next year.

Sec. Concepcion says the level of vacicnation acceptance in the private sector is high: Umaabot ng 90-100%. Marami ang gustong magpabakuna.

Sec. Concepcion says they are looking into vaccinating the children of employees: We have to vaccinate everyone in the family bubble as we are looking into vaccinating everybody in the negosyo bubble

Sec. Concepcion: Ngayon na approved na ang Pfizer at Moderna for children by our FDA and they are testing for 12 to 17... Once that passes, then we can be given the go signal to vaccinate.

DOE Oil Industry Management Bureau Director Rino Abad says the cause of recent oil price increases is the "fundamental insufficiency of crude oil supply" in the international market

DOE: Meron po tayong projection na ang kulang po ngayon ay umaabot sa 2-3 million barrels of crude oil per day

DOE: Marami nang paghahandang ginagawa, hindi lang ng DOE kundi pati ang LTFRB... May hinaharap sila ngayong evaluation doon sa fare hike na hinihingi ng transport sector at ito'y binigyan ng atensyon at tinulungan ang LTFRB na ipaliwanag ang mga nangyayari sa presyo.

DOE: Natapos na ang consultation with LTFRB at hinihintay na lang ngayon sa kanila ay yung kanilang eventual decision on how much; or if there is a fare hike, how much ang fare hike. At kung hindi naman, agaran ding nagkaroon ng utos from Sec. Cusi aralin yung posibleng kapalit.

DOE says there are discussions on cash assistance that could be given in case a fare hike will not happen

DOE encourages the public to look at offers given by different oil companies concerning discounts and incentives.

DOE also advises the public on wiser consumption of fuel, encourages them to use public transportation whenever possible.

LTFRB executive director Joel Bolano says they are waiting for the petition of PUV drivers for a request for fare adjustment

LTFRB: Kung sakaling ito ay mapa-receive sa aming opisina, pag-aaralan po ng ating board... Kasi kailangan balansehin at dahil nasa pandemic pa tayo, naintindihan po yung mataas na fuel prices pero tinitignan rin yung capacity ng pasahero at commuters sa ganitong sitwasyon.

LTFRB: Kung pagbabasehan yung formula na ginagamit batay sa mga increases ng petrolyo, based dun sa aming computation, kung babalikan yung year-on-year, hindi lalampas sa ₱1.26 more or less

LTFRB says the government's Libreng Sakay program is continuing nationwide

LTFRB says unauthorized fare increases should be reported so the operator and driver can be made to explain

NDRRMC Executive Director Ricardo Jalad says based on reports, as of 8am, deaths due to landslides in Benguet and Baguio City as well as flooding in several areas have been reported. "Malawak ang epekto ni #MaringPH"

NDRRMC says it has received reports of 11 people missing due to landslides and flooding, adds it will give an update on how many people are still in evacuation centers due to the storm