Mass testing of individuals with the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) symptoms is a must with the highly contagious omicron variant spreading rapidly as evidenced by the soaring number of active positive cases of the virus in the country. League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) and...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced Saturday, Jan. 15 that it would limit onsite working capacity to 30 percent in offices within areas placed under Alert Level 3 amid the rising coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections among its personnel. DFA (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The DFA...
Anson Seabra Anson Seabra is welcoming 2022 in his own way by releasing his latest single, "Come Close." The song highlights a central message of heartbreak and wishing for their partners to find someone "who puts you first, who keeps you close, who knows your heart, and sees your worth." After the...
The government's pandemic task force has approved the policy shift in the quarantine and isolation of coronavirus (COVID-19) patients and their close contacts, Malacañang announced. Home quarantine and isolation guidelines for COVID-19 patients and close contacts. (DOH) Cabinet Secretary Karlo...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has temporarily closed its central office in Quezon City to give way for the mass swab testing of all its personnel amid a renewed surge in COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila. (File Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) "Dahil sa tumataas na kaso ng...
BEIJING, China -- Beijing on Tuesday accused the United States of irresponsible and unsafe conduct in space over two ''close encounters'' between the Chinese space station and satellites operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX. AFP combination photos Tiangong, China's new space station, had to maneuver to...
PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) said it already identified eight passengers— who were considered as close contacts of the country’s first two cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant. The 48-year-old returning overseas Filipino who arrived from Japan only had one close...
OFW FORUM The Philippine government can’t seem to make up its mind on how best to use temporary bans on deployments of Filipino workers to Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Middle East. On Dec. 2, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello ordered new OFW deployments to Saudi Arabia suspended after the...
By Faith Argosino A close encounter with someone who tests positive for COVID-19 can be inevitable, especially for people who need to work or run errands outside their homes. That’s why the Inter Agency Task Force for the Management of Infectious Disease (IATF) requires people to use face mask,...
The government's pandemic task force has allowed the interzonal point-to-point travel of individuals from the National Capital Region (NCR) to areas under general community quarantine (GCQ) and modified GCQ (MGCQ). Based on the Resolution No. 142 of the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the...
UNITED NATIONS -- The UN General Assembly in New York ends Monday but without speeches by those in power in Afghanistan and Myanmar, one of many quirks at this year's diplomatic marathon that saw 100 leaders defy coronavirus fears to meet in person. The flag of the United Nations is seen is seen on...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III defended his controversial policy to put yellow ribbons on houses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-positive individuals and their close contacts. Houses of COVID-19 patients and their close contacts are put under granular lockdown for 14 days in Pateros....
