Other Field Offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have stepped up to augment the food and non-food item supplies of the regions affected by the onslaught of typhoon Odette. DSWD Region IX Facebook page) The gesture of the FOs that were spared by "Odette" was an...
The Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC) effectively protected the country’s national interest when it blocked the sale of Shell Philippines Exploration B.V.’s (SPEX) stakes to Malampaya Energy XP Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of Dennis Uy-led Udenna Corp., in the...
PH posts in Canada put spotlight on Filipino-Canadian healthcare professionals . PPC social media project, Filipinos in the Field Early this month, the Philippine Posts in Canada (PPC) launched “Filipinos in the Field,” a social media project in honor of the countless Filipino-Canadians working...
House Asst. Majority Leader and Cebu First District Rep. Eduardo Gullas slammed on Wednesday, Dec. 8 the Makati Business Club (MBC) for calling on the government to take control of the operations of the offshore Malampaya gas field. Malampaya gas field Gullas, chairman of the House Committee on...
The city government of Manila announced on Tuesday, Nov. 23, that it has already received the first batch of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) antiviral drug, Molnupiravir. PHOTO COURTESY OF MANILA PIO/ MANILA BULLETIN Around 40,000 capsules of Molnupiravir were delivered to the Sta. Ana Hospital...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has poured in more than P1 million to fund the development of field-test kits for detection of methanol contamination in coconut wine, known locally as lambanog. Dr. Hosea Matel (right) of CvSu and Science Research Specialist Jon Uriel Layos of (left)...
For those lovers of lambanog or coconut wine, worry not. (Photo by Utsman Media on Unsplash) The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)- Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) in partnership with the Cavite State University (CVSU) has developed cheaper field-test kit that would...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured the public Thursday, Aug. 19, that the P5.3-million worth of financial aid given to 330 former rebels in Caraga Region was accounted for, and that it was coordinating with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to...
With the surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, the Emergency Field Hospital (EFH) of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) at the National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI) and Lung Centre of the Philippines (LCP) is nearing its full capacity. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross)...
The bed occupancy rate of Mega COVID-19 Field Hospital reached 88 percent, Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said on Saturday (August 7). (Manila Public Information Office / MANILA BULLETIN) The COVID-19 Field Hospital has a 344 bed capacity, 302 of which are now occupied with patients...
EJ Obiena and her mother Jeanette (Screenshot from The Chasedown) Ahead of the highly anticipated men’s final of pole vault event in athletics of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Jeanette Obiena thinks her son, Ernest John Obiena, is already a champion by being an Olympian. The elder Obiena said it was a...
Medical experts from Israel were all praises for Manila City’s COVID-19 Field Hospital. (Mayor Isko Moreno / MANILA BULLETIN) Dafna Segal, one of the three experts from Israel’s Ministry of Health who visited the facility on June 23, said her team was “really impressed” with the facility....
