The local government units (LGUs) outside Metro Manila have requested for additional coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines as the national government ramps up the country’s vaccination program. This is following the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG’s) call...
Local government units (LGUs) must adhere to the national government’s coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic guidelines in enforcing the face shield use in their respective areas, League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) president and Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr. said on...
A new species of Tristaniopsis in the Myrtaceae family (of makopa, guava, and eucalyptus among others) has been discovered by a professor from the University of the Philippines - Los Baños (UPLB), the university said on Tuesday, November 9. (Photo from Telopea, the Journal of Plant Systematics /...
A Christian students' group is calling anew for the abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) after its budget was cut by the Senate Finance Committee from P28 billion to P4 billion. (Photo from SCMP) In a statement on Tuesday, Nov. 9, the Student...
Education stakeholders called on the government on Monday, Nov. 8, to provide students with assistance, and ensure the safe resumption of in-person classes amid the ongoing threat of the pandemic. Student Christian Movement of the Philippines Ecumenical youth group Student Christian Movement of the...
General Jose Faustino Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), bestowed the Medal of Valor (Medalya ng Kagitingan) to a Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) officer who offered his life to save four of his comrades and extricate the body of another who was slain during the Marawi...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) activated on Monday, Nov. 8, a new unit which will coordinate the efforts of the military to keep the peace and order in the country with the help of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). AFP Chief of Staff, General Jose...
The Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) has lauded the government’s decision that lowered Metro Manila’s quarantine status to a more relaxed alert level. In a statement, Francisco Ed Lim, FINEX president said the National Capital Region’s (NCR) shift to Alert Level 2...
Cherry Ann Mejia Iloilo routed its rivals to share the lead with Team Paralympics in the third conference of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) online tournament over the weekend. The Kisela Knights first trounced the Camarines Soaring Eagle, 15-6, then hammered down the...
The Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP) condemned the banning of subversive books and literature in libraries. In September, Kalinga State University, Isabela State University, and Aklan State University pulled out books authored by or related to the National Democratic Front of...
A strong opposition was expressed by the System-wide University Library Council of the University of the Philippines (UP) to the removal and banning of "subversive" books and materials from libraries not just in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) but anywhere else in the country. (Photo...
Paolo Benjamin Guico of the OPM band Ben&Ben paid tribute to a Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) student who died in the fire. (Photo from Elise Danielle Delos Reyes) Guico performed in the wake of Melanie Trinidad, a graduating student from PUP who died i n a fire after she...
