The Department of Tourism (DOT) rolled out on Thursday, Aug. 12 a two-day vaccination program in San Fernando City, Pampanga which aims to inoculate at least a thousand active tourism workers there. (Photo from Department of Tourism) Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat led the vaccination...
More than 2.5 million school children have benefited from the government's milk feeding program, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Friday, August 13. (Photo courtesy of the DA-PCC) Jointly implemented by the Department of Education (DepEd) and DA through its National Dairy Authority (NDA) and...
(FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) The number of fresh coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases being reported daily continue to rise as 13,177 new infections were reported by the Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, August 13. The fresh cases set the second-highest number of new cases reported in a...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) said that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines increased by 31 percent in the past week amid the threat of the more contagious Delta coronavirus variant. “National cases saw an increase in the recent week,” said DOH Undersecretary Maria...
An investigation is now underway to validate reports about the alleged presence of a Chinese research vessel spotted near Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Department of National Defense (DND) has revealed. DND Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Thursday, Aug. 12, that...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has filed several complaints against suspected tax evaders before the Department of Justice (DOJ) involving billions of pesos in estimated tax liabilities in the first half of the year. BIR In a report submitted to the Department of Finance (DOF), BIR Deputy...
The Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) has expressed hope that the United States’ Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) “continuous recognition” of the Electronics Product Development Center’s (EPDC) testing capabilities will...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) has welcomed the House Committee on Ways and Means’ approval of a substitute bill seeking the creation of the Philippine Atomic Regulatory Commission (PARC). (Photo from DOST-PNRI) The DOST-PNRI thanked the...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) said administration allies and trolls were hard at work spreading false information about Vice President Leni Robredo to divert the public's attention from the Department of Health's (DOH's) supposed mishandling of coronavirus funds amounting to P67 billion....
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles on Friday, August 13 called on the Department of Agriculture to take seriously reports that a large number of hog raisers have decided to stop repopulating. Hogs pigs Nograles said the DA must study ways to support the ailing industry of hog raisers that has...
Balik Scientists. Balik Puso. Balik Pilipinas. (Photos from DOST) Seven Filipino virologists who were trained abroad responded to the call of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to be part of the first-of-its-kind Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines or VIP. As they are...
A modern government media facility will soon rise in the Visayas after an allocation of ₱ 200 million has been approved by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (File photo/PCOO) Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar...
