The Philippines’ Labor Day celebration should be symbolically marked by a massive coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination drive for the country’s workers. Senator Joel Villanueva, chair of the Senate Committee on Labor and Employment, said the government’s plan to vaccinate a select group of...
Senator Joel Villanueva urged on Wednesday, April 28, the government to include perks for health workers in its programs set for Labor Day. (MANILA BULLETIN/Jansen Romero) “Given today’s circumstances, I think that should be a major plank of the traditional May 1 announcement by Malacañang,”...
Two senators have raised alarm over the continuous surge of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines, with the number of infections now exceeding one million. Unmindful of the danger due to COVID-19, shoppers flock in Divisoria, Manila, on March 20, 2021. The Philippines, on...
Senator Joel Villanueva urged the government to consider rolling out home and drive-thru vaccinations for senior citizens. Villanueva's proposals come on the heels of the World Immunization Week which starts Saturday, April 24, saying these are the "safest and most convenient" mode of inoculation...
Christians abstain from eating flesh meat for a celebratory meal during Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and Fridays of Lent. Thus, fish is the best option. However, the fish dish doesn’t have to be plain fried. Adding some sauce would not be considered negating penance and sacrifice. So if...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) should clear the air with all government agencies regarding the lifetime validity of birth certificates, Senator Joel Villanueva said on Sunday, March 14. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULELTIN) “It’s very clear that birth certificates should be...
CHAFF FROM THE GRAIN “We haven’t the time to take our time.” – Eugene Ionesco Hector RR Villanueva The economic managers are hedging and preparing the mind of the public that economic recovery and going back pandemic normalcy will be a long time in coming and uncertain. And, our procurement...
CHAFF FROM THE GRAIN “Asia-Pacific countries do not wish to be forced to choose between the United States and China.” – Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Hector RR Villanueva What if the United States decides to pay the maintenance of American troops stationed in the Philippines under...
CHAFF FROM THE GRAIN Hector RR Villanueva “The race is to the swift; the battle to the strong.” – John Davidson The next president must not take off where President Rodrigo Roa Duterte had left off in his obsessive war against drug trafficking and drug addiction,...
CHAFF FROM THE GRAIN Hector RR Villanueva “The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty.” – George Bernard Shaw The periodic announcement by the Bangko Sentral of the rate of inflation is generally meaningless to the ordinary man in the street. What he knows is that prices are...
Online distance learning can be overwhelming, most especially when you have a lot to catch up with. When 41-year-old housewife Lea R. Villanueva shared a photo of her 18-year-old daughter Kyla Mhikaela engrossed in finishing her schoolwork, the post garnered over 7,000 shares. Manila Bulletin...
CHAFF FROM THE GRAIN Hector RR Villanueva “If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.” – Giuseppe di Lampadusa The solution to every problem it seems is to create a task force and leave it at that. With vaccines at hand to tame the raging coronavirus pandemic, and...
