Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday, Aug. 29 expressed belief the procurement of overpriced personal protective equipment (PPE) over P8-billion from an obscure company by the camp of former budget undersecretary Christopher Lao was premeditated. “Mukhang plinano talaga itong...
A scene in Cebu City went viral where cars are seen lining up in front of a private hospital with oxygen tanks stationed beside each vehicle on August 1, 2021. Those cars were said to have patients who are experiencing cough and difficulty in breathing and are waiting to be accommodated by the said...
A residential community in Barangay Tunasan in Muntinlupa has been placed under granular lockdown due to an alarming rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. Based on the recommendation of the City Health Office (CHO), Mayor Jaime Fresnedi ordered a 15-day Extreme Localized Community...
The Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) on Sunday, Aug. 29 said that emergency rooms in some hospitals in the country are now operating more than 100 percent as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continue to rise. (Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP / FILE PHOTO) "Hindi na kami masyadong...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has identified at least three causes of delay in the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation's (PhilHealth) processing of payments of hospital claims amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) and Philippine Health Insurance...
(Photo by Garrett Ellwood / NBAE / Getty Images / AFP) (AFP) -- The NBA said Saturday it will require Covid-19 vaccinations for all referees working games in the 2021-22 season. The league said in a statement that the requirement was agreed with the National Basketball Referees Association. It...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar expressed confidence that the Philippines will be able to reopen its economy by 2022 after suffering a blow due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (File photo/PCOO/Facebook) Andanar made the statement...
With the policies prepared by the current government, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar is optimistic that the Duterte administration will be able to pass on the leadership confidently to its successors. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (PCOO/FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN)...
(UNSPLASH) Intensive care unit (ICU) occupancy rates in Metro Manila have already breached the April levels as the number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continue to increase in the region, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said on Sunday, Aug. 29. David said that more COVID-19...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Recently, there have been a spate of televised exposés and senate hearings regarding the misuse of Philhealth and COVID-19 funds. Media journalists add fuel to these exposés, through tidbits of information that steer us in certain directions...
The Philippine received on Saturday, Aug. 28, a total of 100 oxygen concentrators donated by the Australian government, as the country battles the spread of the highly-transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Australian Ambassador Steven J. Robinson hands over 100 oxygen...
Bangued Bishop Leopoldo Jaucian has tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Bishop Leopoldo Jaucian of Bangued (Photo courtesy of CBCP-ECY) Jaucian disclosed the result of his swab test in a brief statement released by the diocese on Saturday, Aug. 28, said the Catholic Bishops’...
