The Philippines could fill up its annual deployment cap of 5,000 nurses abroad as early as June, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Administrator Bernard Olalia said Wednesday, May 19. (Kevin Tristan Espiritu / The Medical City / File photo /MANILA BULLETIN) Once the limit is met,...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos has promised to help the struggling Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). From left to right: MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos, PBA Commissioner Willy Marcial, and MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia (Photo from the MMDA) This,...
Senators on Monday, May 17, appealed to the government to begin inoculating people who are next in the priority line and are willing to receive the vaccines against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A resident of Makati City receives a shot of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine from a health...
Expect more professional boxing tournaments to happen not only in the provinces but also in Metro Manila in the coming months after the Joint Administrative Order updated the supplemental guideline for sporting events. Games and Amusements (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra said that he and his counterpart...
The government's pandemic task force has placed governors and mayors further up in the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program priority list, putting them right behind medical frontliners and ahead of senior citizens. A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a vaccination center in...
In a bid to stress to the public the importance of following health protocols, the government's pandemic task force is set to distribute modules to different barangays in the country, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Nograles made...
Cabinet Secretary Nograles said there should not be any premium offers for reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in private laboratories because this allows individuals to jump the line. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (PCOO / MANILA...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the government is doing its best to address the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic but pointed out that the country's success lies in the people's compliance with health protocols. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares We laud the move by the Inter-agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to put the so-called NCR-plus bubble out of the MECQ status to the current “GCQ with heightened restrictions.” The move will now allow economic activities...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Saturday, May 15, appealed to the government task force handling the COVID-19 crisis to begin inoculations for economic and government frontliners under the A4 category of its priority list "as soon as possible". Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel 'Migz'...
Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan underscored on Saturday, May 15, the role of the private sector and local government units (LGUs) in COVID-19 response, saying they should be given a bigger participation in the government's vaccination program. Senator Francis Pangilinan (Senate of the...
The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) is now allowing the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) and its authorized agents to resume the selling of Lotto, Keno, Scratch-It and Small Town Lottery tickets nationwide even under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ). Philippine Charity...
