The Department of Education (DepEd) has set Aug. 23 as the tentative date for the opening of School Year (SY) 2021-2022 amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the country. (DepEd/MB) DepEd Undersecretary for Curriculum and Instruction Diosdado San Antonio confirmed this on Tuesday,...
Reopening the Philippine economy from all the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-triggered lockdowns presents a "challenge" to the local power industry. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Photo from DOE Facebook) Thus, said Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi on Tuesday,...
Metro Manila residents will be the recipients of the initial batch of 15,000 doses of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines upon its arrival on Wednesday, April 28, Malacañang said. Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine (Photo by Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN In his virtual press briefing, President...
Despite delays in the delivery of vaccines, the country is expected to hit its target of inoculating around 70 million Filipinos to achieve herd immunity by the end of 2021. This was declared by Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF)...
The healthcare utilization rate in Metro Manila has decreased in the past weeks, the country’s treatment czar and Health Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega said Tuesday, April 27. Health Sec. Francisco Duque with Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega inspect a new isolation facility at the Eva Macapagal...
Two senators have raised alarm over the continuous surge of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines, with the number of infections now exceeding one million. Unmindful of the danger due to COVID-19, shoppers flock in Divisoria, Manila, on March 20, 2021. The Philippines, on...
More than 925,000 individuals have recovered from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, April 27, reported 10,109 new recoveries bringing the total recoveries to 925,027. DOH/MB The total number of COVID-19 cases also rose to 1,013,618 with the addition...
Two Filipinos died due to COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) in India while 20 others were infected, Philippine Ambassador to India Ramon Bagatsing, Jr. said Tuesday, as India is battling the world’s worst health crisis that is claiming thousands of lives each day. Philippine Ambassador to India...
The public were urged not to let their guard down despite the signs of a decrease in the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the recent weeks following the reimposition of strict quarantine measures. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire made the...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima was discharged from the Manila Doctors Hospital on Tuesday morning, April 27, after a three-day medical furlough. Senator Leila de Lima is discharged from the Manila Doctors' Hospital Tuesday, April 27, 2021 and is escorted to detention at the PNP Custodial Center...
GMA News reporter Tina Panganiban-Perez Using social media as a powerful tool, digital powerhouse GMA Public Affairs is encouraging more Filipinos to get vaccinated against the coronavirus and help curb its spread through informed choices by launching the online advocacy campaign...
Progressive lawmakers on Tuesday, April 27, slammed anew the Duterte administration for its supposed mismanagement of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the Philippines, with cases breaching the one million mark. President Duterte (left) speaks to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III...
