In line with the celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity, the Department of Education (DepEd), in collaboration with the Biodiversity Conservation Society of the Philippines (BCSP), launched a toolkit on Philippine biodiversity. (Screenshot from BCSP) "Samot-Saring Buhay: A...
The coronavirus vaccines are distributed for free in the country. Las Pinas City residents wait for their turn to get vaccinated at a vaccination hub inside a shopping mall on May 30, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) President Duterte made the assurance after warning about the possible charges...
President Duterte has certified as urgent the Senate Bill creating the Department of Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos (DMWOF) that aims to oversee all policies protecting the welfare of Filipinos abroad. Some of the stranded OFWs at NAIA on Friday morning, May 28, 2021. (Ariel Fernandez /...
The Offshore Mining Chamber of the Philippines (OMCP) has batted for restricted coastal mining after they expressed their support to the proposed ban on sand mining in some coastal towns in the Ilocos region. In a statement, OMCP, composed of operational and non-operational offshore mining firms in...
Filipino farmers may just be able to recover their losses from infestation and natural calamities under a P1-billion insurance fund intended for Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) beneficiaries. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) The DAR and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation...
More than 22,000 tourism workers from Bulacan and Baguio City who were displaced by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic have received much-needed financial aid or "ayuda" from the national government. CASH AID DELIVERED--National Artist for Film Eric “Kidlat Tahimik” de Guia of the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday called on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to start naming and identifying the rocks and features of the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG). Hontiveros said such move will strengthen and assert the Philippines’ claim in the West Philippine Sea....
From May 29 to June 29, 2021, the Philippine Botanical Art Society (PhilBAS) together with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will be featuring over a hundred botanical artworks in an online exhibit entitled “Philippine Flora: An Online Botanical Art Exhibition.” This includes...
(DOH / MANILA BULLETIN) The utilization rate of the intensive care unit (ICU) beds in six regions of the country are now at the “high-risk” level due to the rising number of coronavirus disease (COVID) cases, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Saturday, May 29. These regions are Cordillera...
The Philippines has called for a "united front" to address challenges to the peace and stability in the region amid its protest against the continued stay of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea. TIGHT WATCH – Crew members of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel BRP Cabra monitor the...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported another case of the B.1.617.2 variant, raising the total number of cases of this variant in the country to 13. The B.1.617.2 variant of coronavirus first emerged in India in December last year. In a statement on Saturday, May 29, the DOH said that the new...
The Department of Health (DOH) did not record any serious adverse effects among the recipients of Russsian-made COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V in the Philippines. A health worker shows Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines at a vaccination hub in Taguig City on May 4, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) “Ito...
