CEBU CITY – Tourism activities in Dapitan City are back in full swing, the city’s tourism officer declared. Apple Marie Agolong said the easing of Covid-19 restrictions has allowed the city’s tourism activities to pick up with local and foreign tourists starting to come in once again. In a...
CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's Prime Minister (PM) Anthony Albanese has called an emergency national cabinet meeting to discuss the escalating coronavirus crisis in the current winter months. Albanese said he will meet with state and territory leaders on Monday amid pressure for the federal...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that "maximum caution" is necessary amid a resurgence of Covid-19 cases in Japan. Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. (Photo from Xinhua) The prime minister's remarks were made as the government confirmed 97,788 new infections...
Diane Cabusas is an incoming fourth year agricultural engineering student taking her internship in Sanctuario. The current generation of college students will graduate, with more than half of their college life reduced to an online experience. There are plans to re-open schools within 2022, but...
With the government’s plans to implement full face-to-face classes in basic education by November, Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte urged the public to get vaccinated against Covid-19. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview on Thursday, July 14,...
Acting Senate President Pro Tempore Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday, July 14 said he is ecstatic on the designation of Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary and spokesperson Ma. Rosario S. Vergeire as DOH officer-in-charge (OIC). “She brings with her all her experience fighting this Covid-19...
DAVAO CITY – The Covid-19 positivity rate here increased to 5.6 percent as of Wednesday, July 13, an official of the local Covid-19 Task Force said. Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson for the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force, said the recent positivity rate, which is now above the acceptable...
An infectious disease expert believes that the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic is already over as several people are now vaccinated against the viral disease. Dr. Edsel Salvana said that even though coronavirus cases currently has "tripled" because of the Omicron and its subvariants, the number of...
Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday said she sees a need for the Senate to convene the Committee of the Whole to discuss the pending concerns regarding the Covid-19 pandemic. Senator Nancy Binay (Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN) Binay said it is imperative for the Senate in the 19 th...
Metro Manila’s Covid-19 positivity rate has increased from 10.9 percent to 11.5 percent as of July 13, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said on Thursday, July 14. This increase in the positivity rate could lead to over 1,000 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, July 14, said David in a tweet....
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon recently visited the SM Muntinlupa vaccination site which was reopened to cater to more people. The SM Muntinlupa vaccination site reopened on July 11 after closing on April 29 and is administering the first and second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and first and...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The Netherlands announced on Wednesday it has become the latest country to detect a case of the Covid Omicron subvariant BA.2.75, as experts expressed concern about the strain's rapid spread. The subvariant, nicknamed "Centaurus", first emerged in India in May and has...
