Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The country’s Covid-19 vaccine wastage is still within the acceptable threshold set by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Department of Health (DOH) said on...
The social welfare committee of the powerful bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA) deferred on Tuesday, November 22, the public hearings on the fitness of Erwin Teshiba Tulfo to become the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) secretary because of citizenship issues and his libel...
Undergraduate students and non-teaching personnel of Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU) - Bambang Campus have benefitted from the Department of Information and Communications Technology’s (DICT) five-day digital literacy and internet media training. “The training aims to provide ICT-related...
DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire speaks to members of the media during the first face-to-face press briefing after two years at the DOH Central Office in Manila on Wednesday, July 20. (MB Photo: Noel Pabalate) The Department of Health (DOH) encouraged pharmaceutical companies that have...
A clean tech startup funded through the Department of Science and Technology's (DOST) Business Innovation through S&T for Industry Program (DOST-BIST) won the grand prize of the Business Innovation Category, Top Ten Innovators (TTI) of the Shell liveWIRE (SLW) global. (Photo from Shell liveWIRE...
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) disclosed that a public hearing will be held in December for the deliberation of Sim Registration Act’s Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). “ are inviting all affected and interested parties to a public hearing on the proposed memorandum...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, Nov. 21 a total of 8,004 new Covid-19 cases during the past week. (DOH/MB) In its weekly case bulletin, DOH said that the daily average cases are now at 1,143, which is 12 percent lower than the cases from Nov. 7 to 13. It also recorded two...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, November 21 bared a reported plot by a Chinese syndicate to recruit and lure as many Filipinos to be part of a large-scale human trafficking scheme and investment fraud. Sen. Risa Hontiveros bares a reported plot by a Chinese syndicate to recruit Filipinos in a...
The Masungi Georeserve Foundation, Inc. (MGFI) released on Monday, Nov. 21, a statement denouncing the claims made by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) during the Senate hearing last Nov. 16 regarding the legality and integrity of the georeserve, citing them as "libelous,...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has laid out several important strategic priorities to address existing gaps on open and inclusive governance. At the Pilipinas Conference 2022 on Monday, Nov. 21, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman, said the government needs to leverage digital...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, November 21, urged the Department of Health (DOH) to do its best to prevent vaccine wastage saying the Philippines cannot afford to lose billions of funds amid an economic crisis and the need to fund essential government programs. Hontiveros said the DOH itself...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said that meeting the government’s economic growth target this year has become more certain, given the sustained recovery of domestic demand and improved labor market conditions. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the government would meet the 6.5 percent to...
