The Philippine government has asked the World Bank to restructure and partially cancel over $2.34 million in unused proceeds from a Duterte-era loan supporting the country’s flagship Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), even as the Washington-based multilateral lender cited the project’s...
Post Covid-19 pandemic, we are still under threat from various microorganisms that cause infections. From a simple cold to more serious ones like pneumonia, tuberculosis, and recently, the Andes virus, a type of hantavirus that can be transmitted from close contact with an infected individual. We...
The recent Andes hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius highlighted the unpredictable nature of infectious diseases in the modern age. While sensationalist social media posts were declaring the outbreak a prelude to the next pandemic, the World Health Organization has reassured a worried...
Samarkand, UZBEKISTAN — Amid comparisons by some local firms claiming that the ongoing oil crisis triggered by the conflict in the Middle East is hurting their business operations more severely than the Covid-19 pandemic, economists from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said the broader...
Kris Aquino has tested positive for COVID-19 once again after being hospitalized several days ago. The Queen of All Media revealed that she had been suffering from fever and persistent coughing since last week while continuing her fight against multiple autoimmune diseases. On Instagram, Kris...
The University of the Philippines (UP) has expressed sorrow over the deaths of two of its students who were killed, along with 17 others, during a military operation in Toboso, Negros Occidental last week. The university identified the students as Alyssa Alano and Maureen Santuyo in a statement...
Sy-led top lender BDO Unibank Inc. said the escalating Middle East war is weighing on its outlook, though its chief maintained that the Philippine economy would remain relatively resilient compared with past global crises like the Covid-19 pandemic. BDO President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...
It seems that every time we start to relax, a new Covid-19 variant surfaces. Covid-19 fatigue is real, and many people just aren’t paying attention anymore. The latest SARS-CoV-2 variant to make headlines is, surprisingly, not all that new. BA.3.2, an Omicron subvariant, was first detected in...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Miro Quimbo believes that the Marcos administration won 't have to incur debt to make the envisioned "Bayanihan 3" law work and provide relief to Filipinos amid the fuel price crisis. In a virtual press conference Tuesday, Quimbo was asked whether or not he...
House Deputy Speaker Bacolod City lone district Rep. Albee Benitez wants to employ the lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic in helping the government tackle the current state of national energy emergency. "If there is anything we should have learned from the Covid-19 pandemic, it is that...
International arrivals in the Philippines climbed to 6.48 million in 2025, a strong post-pandemic recovery that remained below pre-pandemic levels of about eight million, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said. DOT Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco said the Bureau of Immigration (BI) recorded 5.9...
Two lucky bettors became instant multi-millionaires after winning the P50,952,075.80 jackpot prize in the Ultra Lotto 6/58, as announced by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Monday, October 20. The Ultra Lotto 6/58 draw held on October 19 yielded two jackpot-winning tickets—one...
