The country’s Covid-19 health protocols remain effective against the virus and its subvariants, the Department of Health (DOH) stressed on Monday, Jan. 2, amid the uptick in China’s Covid-19 infections. (DOH / Manila Bulletin) The DOH, in a statement on Monday, assured the public that the...
The latest tally of firecracker-related injuries has climbed to 211 after the Department of Health (DOH) logged 74 additional cases on Sunday, Jan. 1. (MICHAEL VARCAS / MANILA BULLETIN) In an advisory released on Monday, Jan. 2, DOH stressed that the injuries were reported from 61 DOH sentinel...
The country’s 2022 tourism industry generated P208.96 billion ($3.68 billion) in revenues, a whopping 2,465 percent increase from 2021, with 2.65 million international visitor arrivals as of end this year and setting the stage for a more vibrant 2023, the Department of Tourism reported. In a...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro doesn't think that implementing a suggested retail price (SRP) on onions can solve the outrageous price surge for the produce. "Imposing a suggested retail price (SRP) on onions is at best a band aid solution to the exceedingly high prices of onions in the...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday, Jan. 1, assured that the country’s healthcare system is “ready” should there be an increase in Covid-19 cases after the holiday season. Families welcome the new year as fireworks light up the sky at ACEA beach resort in Subic Bay Freeport Zone,...
2023 budget to address immediate concerns—DBM By Chino S. Leyco The spending priorities of the Marcos administration’s first national budget for the new year, amounting to P5.268 trillion, is the starting point of the eight-point socioeconomic agenda in the near term. This aims to address the...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday, Jan. 1, said that there are 137 reported cases of fireworks-related injuries (FWRI) mostly coming from Metro Manila. A teenager fires a 'boga' which is an improvised cannon made of cans and PVC pipe at Brgy. Culiat in Quezon City on Dec. 29, 2022. The...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has inked a Memorandum of agreement with the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to work together in raising the quality of the country's public transportation systems to be at par with global standards. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)...
DOH Eleven additional fireworks-related injuries were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) on Dec. 30 to 31. The new cases brought the tally of fireworks-related injuries to 52 since the DOH started its surveillance last Dec. 21. The DOH noted that the current total was 30 percent higher...
Department of Health The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) will meet to discuss measures on how to deal with the resurgence of Covid-19 in China, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, Dec. 30. DOH said the discussion will include border control measures for...
(DOH / FACEBOOK) Five more cases of fireworks-related injuries were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH), the agency said on Friday, Dec. 30. This brings the number of firework-related injuries to 41. “Since yesterday, Dec. 29, five new cases of fireworks-related injuries have been recorded...
As the world teeters on the brink of another recession, the Department of Finance (DOF) assured that the Philippine would weather the looming sharp contraction in global economic output next year. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the Philippines has the adequate buffers against external...
