BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara The Senate recently ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the “Inclusive Education” Act, which aims to institutionalize a policy of inclusion and services for learners with disabilities (LWD) across the country’s education sector. The measure...
Editorial The country may be “winning” its battle versus COVID-19 with round-the-clock nationwide vaccinations and with hospitals registering zero new COVID admissions in the past few days. The reality, however, is that the pandemic is not yet over. There is still a need to enforce strict...
Local government units (LGUs) are earnestly preparing their needed logistic and manpower requirements for the massive inoculation drive against the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) for the “National Vaccination Days’’ slated from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. Department of the Interior and Local...
'Showbiz Play Pa More' Jeepney TV’s interactive game show “Showbiz Play Pa More (SPPM)” has returned this holiday season with former “PBB Kumunity Season 10” housemate Albie Casiño as its pilot episode’s celebrity player who also talked about his experiences inside Kuya’s house. Host...
Hard-pressed to achieve herd immunity, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) exhorted volunteers on Wednesday, Nov. 24 to lend support to the country’s coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) “National Vaccination Day (NVD)’’ slated from Nov. 29 to Dec.1. Dubbed as...
1_B1HSse604PYzBYclgLl-2Q The Air Carriers Association of the Philippines (ACAP) called on the government to further simplify travel requirements to meet the surge in travel demand for the holidays. Currently, local airlines experience high demand for flights based on forward bookings and passenger...
PAL-Aircraft_316x210px-1 More Philippine Airlines (PAL) overseas destinations made it to the “Green List’ effective November 16 to 30, 2021. Passengers traveling from countries in the Philippine Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF)'s Green List follow more relaxed quarantine protocols. The Green List...
The local government units (LGUs) outside Metro Manila have requested for additional coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines as the national government ramps up the country’s vaccination program. This is following the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG’s) call...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo While the political dynamics remains fluid and uncertain, the only information available to us at this point is that we have five serious presidential candidates. They are Mayor Domagoso, Senator Lacson, former Senator Marcos Jr., Senator Pacquiao and Vice...
EDITORIAL With more vaccine jabs administered each day, and all cities in the National Capital Region (NCR) exceeding 70 percent of their target, there still remains a portion of the population who are hesitant to get the vaccine. Their reasons vary with some saying that they would want to wait for...
A one-stop-shop mobile app dedicated to Philippine tourism products and services for Chinese mainland visitors was recently launched in China, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a statement Monday, Nov. 8. Boracay, arguably the crown jewel of Philippine tourism. (Photo by RJ...
More than 20,000 minors in the city of Manila have received their first dose of vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, Nov. 6. (Manila PIO photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on the city's bulletin, a total of 22,165 minors including those with comorbidities have received their...
