The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is expected to bring home more than 7,000 stranded overseas Filipinos this month through a combination of chartered and Bayanihan flights. Photos of stranded Filipinos preparing to board a repatriation flight from Dubai last week. (DFA) This is despite the...
Over P174.28 million worth of blank passports have been deemed obsolete and ordered by the Commission on Audit (COA) to be subjected to impairment allowance. Passport In its 2020 Annual Audit Report of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), COA also noted that 14 government properties abroad...
The Philippine agriculture sector output decreased by 1.5 percent in the second quarter this year, its third consecutive quarter of decline, with its staple still reeling from the lingering impact of the African Swine Fever- (ASF). Farm workers thresh rice during a harvest, in the barangay of...
DOH/MB The Philippines has confirmed another 9,671 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Sunday, August 8. Active cases climbed to 77,516representing 4.7 percent of the country's overall tally of infections which stood at 1,658,916. Ninety-three percent of the currently ill-patients were...
Residents undergo Covid0-19 tests as the local government is now conducting "surveillance swabbing" in Davao City. The City Government of Davao has issued an executuve order requires all F1, F2 and F3 contacts of an RT- PCR confirmed positive case are mandated to be swabbed for testing. (Keith...
If the government is serious about reforming the country’s public school system and improve the learning outcomes of students, it should start by producing the best teachers, Senator Sonny Angara said on Sunday. Angara made the pitch as he renewed his push for the Senate to prioritize Senate Bill...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Thirteen hospitals in Metro Manila have already reached 100 percent utilization of their bed capacity dedicated for patients afflicted with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), based on the data of the Department of Health (DOH). As of August 6, the hospitals that hit full...
DOH/MB Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines are continuing to rise as the Department of Health (DOH) recorded 11,000 new infections on Saturday, Aug. 7. There were 11,021 new cases detected, putting the country's running tally of confirmed cases to 1,649,341, as shown in the...
Zamboanga authorities continue to implement strict health protocols amid a threat from the Delta variant. (FB photo, Zambo LGU/MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the public should still expect to see a spike in the number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the...
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat is pushing to inoculate more tourism workers in various destinations in the country to restore the public's confidence to travel and help in the industry's recovery from the pandemic. A tourism worker receives his first dose of COVID-19...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said there should be no discrimination against travelers who received Chinese-made coronavirus vaccines, saying it was the first brand to be made available. The country's vaccine stockpile reaches 30.9 million with the delivery of one million doses of...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. stressed that it was not hesitancy but the low global supply of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines that caused the Philippines to only vaccinate less than a quarter of its qualified population as of date. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO /...
