Going viral over the weekend was 26-year-old nurse Alyssa Legaspi's Facebook post on fake negative RT-PCR results. "I needed a facility that can do home service with fast results and can be booked that day or the next day," she tells Manila Bulletin Lifestyle. "I found this facebook group called...
GENEVA (AFP) – An international expert mission to Wuhan concluded in a report seen Monday, March 29, that COVID-19 likely first passed to humans from a bat through an intermediary animal, with investigators all but ruling out a laboratory leak. The intermediate host hypothesis was deemed...
All Metro Manila local government units are working round the clock this week in making sure that their constituents have a quick and fast vaccination experience so they can go home right away. Here's the list of cities and their vaccination registration links: Caloocan Registration is via a google...
Kapamilya talent Hashtag Nikko is fond of cracking jokes, but his recent attempt at the same garnered mixed reactions. On Instagram, the host-performer posted a snap of himself lying on what seemed like a hospital gurney. He captioned it: "Maraming salamat po sa mga nagpadala ng kanilang mga...
Duterte clips FIRB powers, oil refinery gets perks By Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat and Chino S. Leyco Despite misgivings, the business sector lauded President Duterte for signing the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act (CREATE), a game-changer law that is expected to support the...
Former President Joseph Estrada was tested positive for COVID-19, according to his son former Senator Jinggoy Estrada. In a report by ABS-CBN March 29, the former-actor-turned politician was rushed to the hospital after he felt weak. Reports said the 13th president of the Philippines is in...
Sen. Manny Pacquiao dedicates his "Manok ng Bayan Award" to the COVID-19 frontliners during the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards Night held virtually for the first time at the TV5 Media Center Saturday night, March 27. Sen. Manny Pacquiao, the only eight-division world boxing...
THINKING PINOY RJ Nieto Everybody’s agog over Ivermectin, an antihelmintic drug that, based on preliminary studies, may be useful in our fight against COVID-19. And it appears that some people have already been taking it to prevent infections. We should wait a little. In a widely cited 2020...
Moody’s Analytics says International economists have sounded the alarm over the Philippines’ economic situation as the World Bank said the nation is suffering a triple whammy blow from the COVID-19 pandemic, while Moody’s Analytics describes the unfolding events in the country as...
Precious Lara Quigaman and Marco Alcaraz Kapuso actor Marco Alcaraz, husband of beauty queen-actress Lara Quigaman, is now undergoing quarantine after he tested positive for COVID-19. On a recent vlog, Marco was emotional as he believed that he got positive during a lock-in taping for a...
It is dubbed as the “plastic water bottle” of the pandemic. Those face masks, a “must” these days, are set to become the looming environment crisis that we would face. Though light as a feather (at least four grams each), millions of face masks are discarded each day, some even thrown on...
Angel Locsin Forty-four entertainment personalities led by Angel Locsin donated P6 million cash raised from an initiative that will help the country in the fight against COVID-19. On Instagram March 25, Locsin said that the P6 million proceeds from Shop and Share online store will be split...
