SINGAPORE Intending to speed up the country's post-pandemic recovery, President Marcos has invited Singaporean business leaders to look at the Philippines and consider investing in Asia's "fastest-rising star." President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas screenshot)...
Despite the slight slowdown in the country’s inflation rate, House Senior Deputy Minority Leader and Northern Samar 1st District Rep. Paul Daza warned the public against expecting prices of commodities to also decrease. Northern Samar Rep. Paul Daza (left) and Albay Rep. Joey Salceda (right)...
DOH The country recorded 1,326 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, Sept. 6, as shown in the latest data of the Department of Health (DOH). Active cases stood at 23,272, the DOH Covid-19 tracker showed. The regions with the most cases in the recent 14 days were Metro Manila with 9,025, followed by...
The San Juan City local government announced that it will launch satellite Covid-19 vaccination sites in all barangays on Wednesday, Sept. 7, as part of its efforts to curb the spread of disease and its more contagious Omicron subvariants. According to San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, the city...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The OCTA Research Group on Tuesday, Sept. 6 said that Metro Manila’s Covid-19 daily positivity rate was down slightly over the past week. In an update shared on Twitter, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said that Metro Manila’s positivity rate...
BUTUAN CITY -- The number of COVID-19 cases in Northeastern Mindanao (The Caraga Region) surged to 237, the government health office reported on Tuesday, Sept. 6. With these new positive cases, the regional office of the Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday appealed to Caraganons to continue...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Health Office here reported that nine students were infected with COVID-19, barely 16 days since face-to-face classes started in most schools. File photo of the first day of classes last August 22 at a Zamboanga City elementary school. (ZCPS-8 photo) City Health...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda thinks that "carelessness" on the part of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) may have facilitated the annoying and worrisome spam text blasts of today. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda According to Salceda, the IATF was...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has enumerated what he believed were the government’s missteps in handling the Covid-19 pandemic, which struck the country in early 2020. (Martin Sanchez/ Unsplash) Villafuerte made these remarks in the context of his call for a more relaxed rule...
A health expert warned the national government and the public against premature lifting of Covid-19 health protocols, particularly the wearing of face masks. Following Cebu City’s issuance of the controversial Executive Order No. 5, lifting their mandatory face mask use outdoors, health experts...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The city government is discontinuing the first dose vaccination against Covid-19 for children aged five- to 11-years-old. Dr. Ina Grace Chiu of the City Health Office (CHO) and the National Immunization Program coordinator said Monday, Sept. 5, that the decision was made...
The Covid-19 state of calamity imposed throughout the Philippines plays a vital role in the country’s endeavors to procure vaccines, a health expert said on Monday, Sept. 5. A health worker showing Covid-19 vaccines (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin) University of the Philippines Philippine General...
