The 2018 Miss Universe titlist braved the pandemic to spend time with her parents. She updated fans about it on social media recently. Sharing a view from inside a plane, she wrote, "After countless rescheduled flights, two flight cancellations, swab tests, stress, applications and waiting...I'm...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday expressed his appreciation for the work of the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong in defending the rights of overseas Filipino workers from the selective plan to vaccinate 370,000 foreign domestic helpers. Foreign Affairs Secretary...
The first modular hemodialysis facility at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City has been completed. HEMODIALYSIS FACILITY-- The first modular hemodialysis facility at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City will soon be operational following...
NEW YORK (AFP) - Pfizer sharply increased its 2021 profit projections on Tuesday, citing much higher Covid-19 vaccine sales which are on track to provide a ''durable'' revenue stream in the wake of the pandemic. The drugmaker reported a jump in first-quarter profits based on surging revenues, with...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday, May 5, rejected President Duterte’s pronouncement that Health Secretary Francisco Duque III is the “hero” behind the government’s response to the pandemic, saying the Philippine’s coronavirus (COVID-19) management is a failure under his...
A ranking official of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has denied that that the government's multi-billion Calamity Fund remain unspent, stressing that it is continuously being spent by the agency to address the needs of victims of various disasters and other...
The Department of Health (DOH) said over two million doses of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have already been administered in the country, as of May 4. A senior citizen receives her first dose of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine at the Andres Bonifacio Elementary School in Manila on...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) is pushing for the inclusion of economic frontline workers among the A4 priority group in the government's mass vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Mark Balmores/ File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “PEZA-registered companies,...
A member of the country’s vaccine expert panel (VEP) is seeing President Duterte’s decision to receive the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine as a boon for the government’s vaccination program, saying it would encourage more people to get themselves vaccinated. Dr. Rontgene Solante, chief of the...
Congress can call for a special audit of the funds of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Wednesday. Drilon on Tuesday questioned the “speedy” release of the government’s controversial anti-insurgency task...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has transported coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines from Legazpi City in Albay to the provinces of Catanduanes and Masbate as part of its efforts to assist the national government in containing the spread of the pandemic. In a statement issued on Tuesday, May 4,...
The Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday, May 5, that it would recommend that incoming travelers will be tested for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) seven or eight days after their arrival in the country. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario...