The damage that severe tropical storm Maring has brought to the country’s agriculture sector has already ballooned to more than half a billion peso, but is likely to increase further since the Department of Agriculture (DA) is yet to fully assess the impact to farm production. Latest report from...
(FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) encouraged parents to get their children immunized against various vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles and polio. The DOH urged parents to coordinate with their respective local health centers for the schedule of the immunization activities....
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has teamed up with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to launch an alternative livelihood program for displaced transport workers amid the pandemic. Jeepney driver Ricardo Legaspi now lives inside his jeepney with his family after the lockdown...
The country’s clinical trials seeking to assess the efficacy, safety, and effect on viral clearance of anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin in asymptomatic and mild coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients confined in isolation facilities will begin on Oct. 15, the Department of Science and Technology...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will unveil next month its major programs and technologies, including its interventions against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as an expression of support to the government’s whole-of-nation approach to recovery from the pandemic. (DOST) The launch...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) Amid the continuous decline in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that he is in favor of placing Metro Manila under Alert Level 3. Although the health secretary was in favor of downgrading the...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-VII through the Provincial Science and Technology (PSTC) Cebu and the municipality of Alegria signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to strengthen the implementation of enhanced bamboo processing technology initiatives in the area. Bamboo culms...
(Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) A group of nurses has called on the government to give the country's healthcare workers better working conditions and salary. In a statement on Tuesday, Oct. 12, the Filipino Nurses United (FNU) said “the conditions of Filipino nurses have not...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has P300 million left under its Quick Response Fund (QRF) that could be used to assist farmers and fishermen that were affected by Typhoon Maring. 38281 “QRF allocation will be based on the damage report. Our remaining budget for QRF is at P300 million,” said...
DOH The Philippines has recorded 8,615 more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday, Oct. 12. The country's COVID-19 tally grew to 2,683,372 since the pandemic hit the country last year. About 3.1 percent or 82,228 of the total case count remained...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is now rushing the completion of an on-going expansion works of the 24.61-kilometer Arterial Road Bypass in the province of Bulacan. “With an overall accomplishment of 47.8 percent, we are trying to move forward as quickly as possible to...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines continue to provide protection among those vaccinated as it has yet to observe a waning effect in the vaccines. FDA Director-General Rolando Enrique Domingo said that a small...
