(OCTA RESEARCH) Months after it saw a surge in cases driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant, Metro Manila is now at "very low risk" status for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the independent research group OCTA said Friday, Dec. 3. "We are down to 138 cases per day . That used to be the...
The head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has lamented the growing “escapism” among many Filipinos. Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David (COURTESY OF RYAN REZO/DIOCESE OF KALOOKAN) Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David said such an attitude is “very wrong”...
Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David has been conferred a Doctorate in Humanities, Honoris Causa, by the Holy Angel University on Wednesday, Dec. 1. Kalookan Bishop Pablo David (Photo CBCP Secretariat) The new president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines was conferred the...
Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David said electronic cockfight betting or “e-sabong” is way much worse than traditional cockfighting. Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David (COURTESY OF RYAN REZO/DIOCESE OF KALOOKAN) He said this is because it can be accessed by anyone as it is available online....
Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David will formally assume his post as president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Wednesday, December 1. Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David (COURTESY OF RYAN REZO/DIOCESE OF KALOOKAN) The prelate was elected to the post last July...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The average number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases per day in the Philippines is now below 1,000, the independent research group OCTA said on Sunday, Nov. 28. "As predicted, the seven-day average of new cases in the Philippines has decreased to less than...
(PIXABAY) Amid the discovery of a new heavily mutated coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant in South Africa, an OCTA research fellow on Friday, Nov. 26, said that this "could definitely be a potential for serious concern." The variant, called B.1.1.529, has been detected in South Africa in small...
(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The independent research group OCTA is still not seeing a sustained increase in the number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, as the country registered a -32 percent COVID growth rate over the past week. "I don't see a rise in cases. Even with...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Metro Manila's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test positivity rate dropped to 2 percent for the first time since the region started testing people who may have been exposed to the infection, the independent research group OCTA said on Friday, Nov. 19. In an update via...
Party-list groups denied accreditation by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) may still go to the Supreme Court (SC) to appeal their cases, a poll official said. Comelec/MB "They still have a remedy, file an injunction before the SC," Comelec - Education and Information Department (EID) Assistant...
Some people in Divisoria, Manila are no longer wearing face shield on Nov. 8, 2021, the same day the City of Manila scrapped the face shield policy except in hospital and other medical facilities. (Photo by Noel B. Pabalate) The Philippines may continue to see a decline in the number of coronavirus...
People stroll near a mall in Pasay City on Nov. 7, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) Metro Manila is back in its track after its one-week growth rate for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases improved anew, the OCTA Research group said Thursday, Nov. 18. OCTA fellow Prof. Guido David said the average daily...
