“The wheels of justice continue to grind despite the COVID-19 pandemic,” Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta said Friday, as he announced the resolution of 825 cases even if members of the court had to deliberate on them through technology while working at home due to the...
One month after Anak kalusugan partylist Rep. Mike Defensor, chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, charged that the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) lost P153.76 billion from 2013 to 2018 due to overpayments and fraud, various irregularities have been...
Many Filipinos are among the thousands who volunteered for the Phase III trials of a COVID-19 vaccine in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi said. The tests are being undertaken by the Group 42 (G42) healthcare station at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center,...
Many nations are still grappling with the deaths and the health problems raised by the COVID-19 as the global death toll surpassed 800,000, with infections rising in Spain, Italy, Germany, in Western Europe, in South Korea in Asia, and in the United Sates, Brazil, and Mexico in the western ...
Amid the many problems the nation is now confronting in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic -- the continuing infections and deaths, the looming economic repercussions, and the impact on the personal lives of countless Filipinos – we must carry on with various other concerns and issues affecting...
The Philippines continues to rely greatly on its fellow Asian nations, notably China, in its ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was highlighted in a webinar co-hosted by the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies (PACS) and the Philippine Studies Center (PSC) of Jinan University this...
After Russia announced it has approved its anti-COVID-19 vaccine “Sputnik V” and will administer it to its teachers and health workers in October, China announced this week that it too has approved its vaccine, saying tests have shown it is “safe and...
We can expect a rise in COVID-19 infections with the easing of restrictions in Metro Manila from Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) to General Community Quarantine (GCQ), because more people movement will now be allowed and a greater deal of the responsibility of keeping infections down...
One immediate response of our government to the COVID-19 pandemic has been the release of thousands of inmates in danger of infection and death in the nation’s congested prisons. Prison congestion has long been a problem in our justice system because of limited facilities and the detention of...
Japan last Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of its surrender in World War II on August 15, 1945. with Emperor Naruhito expressing “deep remorse” over the country’s wartime actions, which included the occupation of the Philippines for three years in 1942-1945. The emperor ...
The result of the July 3-6 poll of Social Weather Stations (SWS) on the people’s perception on their quality of life in the last 12 months was perhaps to be expected in this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey said 79 percent of Filipinos said their quality of life had worsened compared to...
School year 2020-2021 for public schools was scheduled to open one week from today, on Monday, August 24. It has now been moved 35 days to Monday, October 5, by President Duterte on recommendation of the Department of Education (DepEd). Before the presidential decision, the DepEd had been ready for...
