Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Authorities are currently checking the source of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that were allegedly sold by some individuals, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. FDA Director General Rolando Enrique...
If the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) will be prevented from dismantling shanties built by informal settlers within the National Bilibid Prison (NBP) area in Muntinlupa City, BuCor chief Undersecretary Gerald Bantag said he should also be given the same right to build a house inside Camp Aguinaldo....
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima is pushing for a bill that seeks to declare the San Roque Cathedral in Caloocan City as a national historical site for history, freedom and independence. De Lima, in filing Senate Bill No 2301, said the parish bore witness to centuries-worth of Filipino’s triumphs...
The Department of Science and Technology – Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) said data collection for the last leg of the Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) which was called off due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has already begun. A member of the Department of...
Senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao is confident that he will not be ousted as the legitimate president of the Partido Demokratiko ng Pilipinas-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban). Senator Emmanuel 'Manny' Pacquiao (Screen grab from May 25, 2021 Senate plenary session/Senate PRIB) In an online press...
After over a year of distance learning, a students' group said school closures and unstable Internet connections during online classes "compromise" the quality of education. 11447 This after the World Bank reported that over 80 percent of Filipino students fall below the minimum proficiency levels....
Ormoc City mayor and Philippine Fencing Association (PFA) chief Richard Gomez, eighth from right back row, and national team mentor Ronald "Amat" Canlas Jr., fourth from left front row, athletes and coaches prior to the National Open Fencing Championships in Ormoc City. (Photo from Amat Canlas) Now...
Industry thought leaders called for urgent coordinated policy reforms and new development strategies to strengthen the country’s competitiveness through trade and investments. Former BSP Deputy Governor for Monetary and Economics Sector Diwa C. Guinigundo in his keynote address at the recent...
A police lieutenant assigned in Southern Leyte has died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), adding to the growing list of police personnel who succumbed to the respiratory ailment, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed Friday, July 2. Latest figures on the COVID-19 situation in the...
An elderly woman who lost her home to a recent fire received the surprise of her life when members of the Banaue Municipal Police Station (MPS) in Ifugao province gifted her with a new house that the latter built with their own hands. The good deed did not escape Philippine National Police (PNP)...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) announced Friday, July 2, that it had seized a cache of firearms and 11 kilos of suspected marijuana worth P2,240,800 from a suspected crime syndicate leader during a search operation in Malolos, Bulacan. The operation was part of the larger crackdown on private...
The Department of Science and Technology – Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) has announced that it will continue conducting the Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) to look into the nutrition and nutritional health status of Filipinos. DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña...
