NO PHYSICAL DISTANCING -- Dozens of people gather sans minimum physical distancing in front of Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) building on Cabaguio Ave., Davao City. Health authorities have attributed the surge of COVID-19 cases in the region to complacency. (Keith Bacongco/MB/ FILE PHOTO)...
A total of 221 Filipino professors, academics, and education workers from various universities here and abroad signed a unity statement to call for an end to President Duterte's “misrule.” Academics Unite for Democracy and Human Rights The unity statement of the academic sector was released on...
All senior citizens in Pasig City, who were targeted to be immunized, have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Mayor Vico Sotto said on Thursday (July 22). Mayor Vico Sotto (PASIG LGU/ MANILA BULLETIN) “Kinilala rin ng nasyonal ang Pasig bilang isa sa unang LGU (local government units)...
Illustration of coronavirus / File Photo One of the new Delta variant cases reported earlier was not a local case in the Bicol region, the Department of Health (DOH)-Bicol clarified on Thursday, July 22. The DOH announced 12 new cases of Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) virus,...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, July 22, announced the five vaccination sites that will be used for the Nagavax Express, the spinoff of her Vaccine Express initiative, in her hometown of Naga to help vaccinate senior citizens and persons with comorbidities. (Nagavax/Facebook) The Naga City...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) To provide a safer avenue for teaching and non-teaching personnel to share information and status of their vaccination against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Education (DepEd) developed its own mobile app. “We decided to create this platform to...
The mental health impact of the pandemic will be "long-term and far-reaching", the World Health Organization said Thursday, as experts and leaders called for action on Covid-linked anxiety and stress. "Everyone is affected in one way or another," the WHO said in a statement at the start of a...
King Kang-min One of the actors in the recently concluded Korean drama “My Roommate Is a Gumiho” has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The agency Initial Entertainment made the announcement on July 22 about 25-year-old actor Kim Kang-min, who played the role of Jung Seok...
Hospitals have started seeing the impacts of rising coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and admissions as the spread of the more transmissible Delta variant looms, the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) said Thursday, July 22. (Unsplash) In an interview over DZBB, PCP President Dr. Maricar...
Following the announcement of the opening of classes for the upcoming school year, an official of the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, July 22, said that the official school calendar will also be released soon. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN “Ilalabas na ang DO soon (We will come out with...
Recognizing how technology can make the delivery of education more effective, the Department of Education (DepEd) continues to initiate efforts to ensure the stakeholders - particularly the teachers - are equipped with educational technology skills that they might need. (Photo from DepEd) “There...
DOH/MB The Philippines has recorded 5,828 more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, July 22. The country's total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is at 1,530,266, of which, 50,562 cases are still active. Of the active cases, 92.7 percent have mild...
