More families, including those with kids and seniors, will now be able to enjoy tourist destinations in the country with the easing of restrictions in Metro Manila after the capital region was placed under Alert Level 2 until Nov. 21. Kids swim in Boracay Island when the country’s most famous...
The Philippines and the United Kingdom (UK) have agreed to launch an "enhanced partnership" on trade and investment, technology, security and defense, and coronavirus (COVID-19) response, among others. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro...
Business groups are opposed to the proposed suspension of oil and electricity even as they called on presidential candidates and other politicians to carefully consider their request amid rising consumer prices in the country. “We understand the desire to bring relief to the public and offset...
Most local tourists are planning to go on short road trips to hotels and resorts near Metro Manila as a breather amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic based on a recently concluded month-long online travel sale of a hotel marketing group. Twin Lakes Tagaytay (Photo from Hotel Sales and...
(JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is currently evaluating the need for people to wear face shields in areas with a low number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the use of a face shield was...
DOH Another 2,376 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were detected nationwide, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Based on Friday's COVID-19 update, the number of active infections in the country stood at 37,377. Of these active infections, 69 percent have mild symptoms, 13.94 percent...
Vaccination of higher education personnel (Photo from CHED) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed its support to proposals making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory, but only for specific sectors. “One of the things that we are looking at, we will never achieve yung immunity na kailangan ng...
A broad network of Filipino teachers, researchers, school administrators, and other education professionals commended the University of the Philippines Board of Regents (UP BOR) for “unanimously approving” a resolution on the institutionalization of the UP-DND (Department of National Defense)...
Given the calls to further protect the healthcare workers and senior citizens from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by giving them booster shots, the Food and Drug Administration reiterated that the vaccination of those who still have not received a single dose stands as the top priority....
MB/ FILE PHOTO The Department of Health (DOH) said that a “thorough” assessment is needed before a disease can be declared as an "endemic" in a certain area. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that it is not just local authorities who will conduct such an assessment but also...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) believes that the increase in the number of unemployed Filipinos in September was only a "temporary setback" towards a continued and sustained recovery of the labor market. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on the latest Philippine Statistics...
The Manila City Hall clock tower is seen illuminated with colorful lights display (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the consistent decline in the Philippines’ coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases being reported daily is not artificial. Based on their metrics,...
