The earlier-anticipated hike in the electricity rate of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) was overturned, resulting in overall reduction of P0.1185 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in the February billing cycle due to the "cover cost" or compensation generated by power supplier First Gen Corporation (FGen)....
BRAZZAVILLE, Congo -- Africa must boost the vaccination rate against COVID-19 ''six times'' to reach the target of 70 percent vaccine coverage set for the end of the first half of 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. President Cyril Ramaphosa gets his COVID-19 vaccine (AFP)...
The Philippines has registered its highest mortality rate in 63 years in 2021, with more than 760,000 deaths recorded mostly due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and heart attacks, the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) said. (FILE PHOTO) Citing data from the Philippine Statistics...
Metro Manila’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) risk level classification could improve to “low risk” within two weeks if the downtrend continues, an OCTA Research fellow said on Sunday, Jan. 30. (Image courtesy of Dr. Guido David) OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David, in a Twitter post, disclosed the...
Malacañang said that the government's pandemic task force is "open" to having another round of discussions in an attempt to bring down again the prices of coronavirus (COVID-19) tests. (MB file photo) Last December, the Department of Health (DOH) set price caps of P2,800 for plate-based and...
As the country continues to address a surge of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, the government's pandemic task force has ordered for the urgent increase of COVID-19 dedicated beds and manpower and to decongest hospitals of mild and asymptomatic cases. (FILE PHOTO) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made...
Amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Civil Service Commission’s (CSC) Contact Center ng Bayan (CCB) has posted a resolution rate of 99.69 percent. (CSC / MANILA BULLETIN) According to CSC, this means that the CCB resolved a total of 211,726 transactions in 2021 out of a total of...
Malacañang explained that despite the rising number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, Metro Manila will be staying under Alert Level 3 until the end of the month because the region did not meet the required bed utilization rate. File Photo by Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin Cabinet Secretary Karlo...
Amid the challenges brought by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) implemented 96 percent of its total funds. Education Undersecretary for Finance Annalyn Sevilla (Photo from DepEd) DepEd, in a statement issued Tuesday, Jan. 11, said that it was...
President Duterte has said that the country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation is "becoming more alarming every day". President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte gave this description of the situation after the Department of Health (DOH) recorded on Monday, Jan. 10 a new...
Due to the recent spike of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, the country’s vaccination rate has slowed down, said the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 on Monday, Jan. 10. MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO “Ang gusto nating rate ay 1 million to 1.5 million per day. Unfortunately,...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said Filipinos need to learn to live with COVID-19 despite the fear of it, but at the same time the country should remain vigilant as the coronavirus’ mutations continue to occur. As current surge accelerates way faster than the previous wave of infections, Finance...
