Deputy Speaker and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Monday, Dec. 20 called on the Senate to fast track the approval of its version of the Permanent Evacuation Centers Bill that proposes to ensure safe and secured evacuation venues for victims of typhoons and other natural and man-made...
(PIXABAY) The government's One Hospital Command Center (OHCC) said it is receiving at least 200 calls per day amid the decreasing number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. OHCC Officer Dr. Marylaine Padlan said they were receiving a “mixture” of calls every day. “So, iyon po...
Make your holiday (or everyday) meals merrier with these tried and tested food combinations Paired's featured five-course menu Christmas is among the most celebrated holidays around the world for so many reasons. One is, of course, food. The occasion allows us to eat to our heart’s content....
At least 300 minors will ‘cheat’ possible death and as a bonus, will be able to play, study and spend birthdays like ordinary normal children after expenses for their surgery were assured by the 1PACMAN Partylist on Thursday, Dec. 16. A two-year-old girl with CHD thanks to Deputy Speaker Romero...
The Cardinal Santos Medical Center (CSMC) has zero coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients, the hospital reported Tuesday, Dec. 14. "Being the first hospital to attend to the first recorded local transmission of COVID-19 in the Philippines, we are glad to announce that we have ZERO active COVID-19...
Kababayans celebrate Simbang Gabi at the Philippine Center on Fifth Avenue CHOIR OF FRIENDS ‘The Voices of Friendship,’ a Queens-based Filipino choir, sings Filipino Christmas songs (Photo from PCG NY by Monina E. Tran) The Philippine Consulate General in New York has officially started the...
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is eyeing to increase the number of government-run dialysis centers in the province should he get the highest post in the country. Marcos said Tuesday, Dec. 14, that he wants that more Filipinos would have access to essential services, such as...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sen. Dick Gordon announced on Tuesday, Dec. 14 that PRC has opened its 26th Bakuna Center in the Department of Education (DepEd) - San Carlos City. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, PRC said that...
Amid fears that workers of the business process outsourcing (BPO) companies in Cebu City might get disenfranchised come election day, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo has backed calls for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to open voting centers for BPO employees. Vice President...
The Commission on Audit has upheld the decision of two state-run firms engaged in power management and distribution to spend US$ 2.69 million (approximately P134.5 million) in hiring foreign and local lawyers, together with expert witnesses, for legal representation in the arbitration proceedings...
The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) stressed on Saturday, Dec. 11, urged laboratories in airports, ports of entry, and in various regions of the country to send additional samples for genome sequence given the imminent entry of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant Omicron. (Photo from the...
Efforts are underway to develop a “potential” vaccine against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, Dec. 10. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said they supported a study on a potential candidate for...
