The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) fielded eight military nurses to the Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon City on Monday, Oct. 11, to augment its workforce while dealing with a recent spike of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) deploys...
State-run Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) is lending P500 million to the local government unit (LGU) of Pangasinan largely to help the province buy more palay direct from farmers. A statement showed that LANDBANK signed a P500-million loan agreement with Pangasinan LGU particularly to...
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Monday, Oct. 11, congratulated journalist Maria Ressa for winning the Nobel Peace Prize award. Maria Ressa (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) CBCP President Archbishop Romulo Valles highlighted the importance of journalists in the current political...
Taguig City recorded the highest number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines in the Oct. 9 tally. This is according to Dr. Guido David of OCTA Research based on data from the Department of Health (DOH). PCR testing in Taguig (Taguig City government) According to David,...
Various media groups lauded Filipino journalist Maria Ressa for winning the Nobel Peace Prize for 2022 for exemplary efforts to "safeguard freedom of expression" in the Philippines. Maria Ressa (JANSEN ROMERO / MB FILE PHOTO) Ressa and fellow journalist Dmitry Muratov of Russia were jointly honored...
The National Reinsurance Corp. of the Philippines (Nat Re), the country’s national reinsurer, was recognized by the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) for good corporate governance practices. Allan R. Santos, Nat Re president and chief executive officer said the company bagged two Golden...
Major business groups in the country believe there is a need to restrict the activities of unvaccinated persons for the common good. “We do believe that the state and the private sector should be able to restrict the activities of unvaccinated persons for the common good,” said the 12 big...
Iloilo stretched its winning streak to 10 matches to remain unbeaten in the Southern Division of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines’s (PCAP) third conference online tournament over the weekend. The Iloilo Kisela Knights first crushed the Mindoro Tamaraws, 17-4, then disposed of...
Photo by AC Energy Country now in state of climate justice, passing mitigation The Philippines’ energy industry has to make and carry out firm decisions to become more independent and resilient as it has now arrived at a state of climate justice, which is well beyond mere mitigation. ...
Four specialty hospitals put up by government in Quezon City will suffer nearly P1 billion total cuts in their 2022 budget amid the continued onslaught of the COVID-19. Hospital scene COVID-19 QC Second District Rep. Precious Hipolito Castelo lamented the government decision to slash the 2022...
The Department of National Defense (DND) welcomed Thursday, September 30, the passage of a Senate bill which will provide fixed terms for military officials holding senior positions and ranks in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and remove the "revolving door policy" within the...
A community library bucked the pull out of books and documents published by the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in at least three state university libraries. (Unsplash) The Kalinga State University (KSU), Isabela State University (ISU), and Aklan State University (ASU) removed...
