With many of his constituents and even relatives dying of and currently afflicted with the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez slammed national government officials for their alleged slow response to the immediate needs of Mindanao to...
The World Health Organization (WHO) solidarity vaccine trials could possibly include barangays in Visayas and Mindanao with high cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an official of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said on Friday night, June 11. (Photo by Orlando SIERRA / AFP /...
DOH/MB Hospitals in Visayas and Mindanao were asked to increase their bed capacity for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients amid the spike in virus infections, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, June 11. DOH Undersecretary Abdullah Dumama said public hospitals were...
The increase in the number of infections in Mindanao has decelerated, according to experts studying the coronavirus pandemic in the country. (MANILA BULLETIN/ FILE PHOTO) In its monitoring report issued on Friday, June 11, the OCTA Research Group reported that the rise in coronavirus disease...
DOH/MB The country recorded 6,955 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), pushing the nationwide tally to 1,262,273, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Saturday, June 5. The active cases stood at 59,543. Of these, 93.5 percent were mild cases, 2.4 percent were asymptomatic, 1.3...
Lt. Gen. Jose Faustino Jr., whose stint as the acting Commanding General of the Philippine Army (PA) was cut short in May due to retirement issues, has been designated as the new commander of a newly-formed joint task force (JTF) that aims to "widen the military's efforts in dismantling threat...
A Moro IT software engineer’s view By Zainal Limpao I am a Moro, a member of the Maranao tribe, one of the 13 identified ethnolinguistic groups of Muslim Filipinos from Mindanao. I come from an academic family, my parents having been former university...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) said it has observed a sharp spike of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Mindanao. The increase in COVID-19 cases in the country has become “more evident in the past week,” particularly in Mindanao, said DOH Epidemiology Bureau OIC Director Dr. Alethea...
The damage wrought by massive flooding in Mindanao due to the onslaught of tropical storm "Dante" is now at P14.6 million, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Wednesday, June 2, citing initial result of the assessment. (File photo/Keith Bacongco/Manila Bulletin) According to the latest bulletin...
Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Wednesday, June 2, expressed confidence that the Philippines can forge a peace agreement with communist rebels in Mindanao as long as it is forged within the framework of the Constitution. “A peace agreement with the communist rebels should...
With government still unable to fulfill its pledge for the swift rehabilitation of war-ravaged Marawi City, displaced residents who were forced to live in temporary shelters have become desperate to return to their communities. Speaking through their leaders, the Marawi siege victims lamented that...
At least three people died while multi-million pesos worth of damage in agriculture and infrastructure is expected as massive flooding swept several parts of Mindanao due to incessant rains in the past days. The Office of Civil Defense confirmed the death of two people in Davao region—a...
