Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the hard work of the City Health Office (CHO) and the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) brought the number of COVID-19 cases down to 66 on Nov. 23. Olivarez said the city suffered a big blow when the cases reached 3,000 during the surge of the...
Deputy House Speaker Loren Legarda donated 500 Moderna vaccines to the city government during its regular flag raising ceremony on Monday, Nov. 22. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano thanked Legarda for the donation, saying it is a big help in the city's fight against COVID-19. Rubiano told City Hall...
Speaking Out Ignacio R. Bunye In line with Ayala’s commitment to achieve net zero GHG by 2050, AC Energy (ACEN) and Ayala Land (ALI) have signed a power supply agreement for ACEN’s 120-MW solar plant in Alaminos, Laguna, to supply renewable energy that will help ALI’s demand up to 2050. ...
One of the many trends that people have enjoyed and, at the same time, dreaded during the pandemic is decluttering. Most of us continue to accumulate more things as online shopping grows more popular, turning our homes into a cramped space. This dilemma actively plays a factor as the Philippines is...
Beyond Zero House of Mentorque gathered together seven talented social media phenoms to form a boy group that will take the music scene into a whole new level of performances highlighted by their individual passion and intensity to entertain, known as Beyond Zero. ANDREI DUKE The leading production...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is set to start today, Oct. 28, the gradual rollout of driver’s license that is valid for 10 years to qualified motorists. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) LTO Assistant Secretary Edgar C. Galvante said the distribution of the license with extended validity will...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles recently led the virtual turnover of 619 permanent housing units to family-beneficiaries in Batad, Iloilo as part of the housing commitment of Task Force Yolanda, which the official heads. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from Karlo Nograles's Facebook)...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) highlighted the importance of regional innovation hubs in addressing the incidence of hunger and in ensuring food security in the country. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The DOST vowed to continue capacitating regional higher educational institutions’...
President Duterte has dared the Senate to make good of its supposed threats to slash the allocations of certain agencies amid the ongoing 2022 national budget hearings of the legislative chamber. JUST DO IT--President Duterte challenges the Senate to significantly reduce the budgets of certain...
On October 16, the day on which the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) marks the anniversary of its founding, the world observes World Food Day. Last year, the UN’s World Food Programme was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize for its “ efforts to combat hunger,...
A total of 1,000 permanent housing units have been turned over to family-beneficiaries in Pandan, Antique as part of the housing commitment of Task Force Yolanda, task force head and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Wednesday, Oct. 13. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from Karlo...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern admitted Monday that New Zealand's widely praised "Covid zero" strategy had failed to halt a stubborn outbreak in Auckland and said a new approach was needed. (AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN) The hardline elimination policy had largely protected the country from the pandemic,...
