Cavite 4th district (Dasmariñas City) Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. has slammed Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairman Prospero "Popoy" De Vera III for what the solon described as the "stonewalling" of his year-old request for the agency to lift its 11-year ban on new nursing programs in the...
Compared to the recorded number of Covid-19 cases from May 30 to June 5, the average daily rate from June 6 to 12 is 30.4 percent higher. Omicron variant of COVID-19 (MB FILE PHOTO) This was according to the weekly Covid-19 data of the country released by the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday,...
Outgoing Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III Monday, June 13 said policies on how to contain Covid-19 pandemic should be science-based and science-driven. Senate President Tito Sotto (Photo from Senate President Tito Sotto's office) Sotto stressed this as Cebu officials made a decision making...
Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo has expressed gratitude to Swedish Ambassador to the Philippines Annika Thunborg for helping the Office of the Vice President (OVP) in its programs under her term. Vice President Leni Robredo welcomes the Ambassador of Sweden to the Philippines Annika Thunborg...
An infectious disease expert said the slight increase in Covid-19 cases is not something to be worried about. Dr. Rontgene M. Solante (Screenshot taken from the Facebook Live of ‘Laging Handa’) On Sunday, June 12, the country recorded a total of 308 new Covid-19 cases. Dr. Rontgene M. Solante,...
More than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the mandatory use of face masks continues to be a topic of debates among experts in the Philippines. (REUTERS / Feline Lim/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Face masks have long been proven effective at reducing the transmission of SARS-Cov-2, the virus...
BEIJING, China -- Beijing started a new round of mass testing in its most populous downtown district on Monday after a rapidly spreading outbreak linked to a bar saw Covid rules tightened again in the capital. People queue to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a swab collection site in...
GROCERY store workers rest in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – The unemployment rate in Western Visayas or Region 6 dropped as restrictions from the Covid-19 pandemic ease and businesses are returning to more normal operations. Data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Eduardo Año made his last command visit on Monday, June 13, at the National Headquarters of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Quezon City. BJMP photo In his message, Año commended the BJMP personnel for their sacrifices...
Should the Covid-19 cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) continue to rise, the quarantine level may be raised to the more restrictive Alert Level 2. DOH UNDERSECRETARY MARIA ROSARIO VERGEIRE (Manila Bulletin File Photo) This was according to Department of Health (DOH) spokesperson Usec. Maria...
Another member of K-pop boy band The Boyz has tested positive for Covid-19. They are in the US for “The Boyz World Tour: The B-Zone in USA” concert tour. The Boyz's Jacob has tested positive for Covid-19 for the second time (Instagram) According to IST Entertainment on June 13, The Boyz’s...
Outgoing House Majority Leader and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez said the just-concluded 18th Congress managed to "outwork" the Covid-19 pandemic, and brought the numbers to prove it. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) During the three-year run of the 18th Congress from July 22, 2019 to June...
