President Marcos only learned about the removal of the acceptance rule for infrastructure projects three years into his presidency, Malacañang said. It was the reason why he was only able to bring it up now, Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said. When asked...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has approved the regulatory framework for merchant payment acceptance activities (MPAA) to widen the use of digital payments in the country. Merchants refer to physical or electronic retailers, service providers, billers and businesses that accept payments for...
Stress impacts everyone. Even celebrities. Liza Soberano attested to this, revealing how she battled Alopecia not long ago. She told Vicki Belo, " I got Alopecia actually around 2020 due to stress." The actress blamed the "nature of the industry" she's in and having her hair constantly done. ...
She talks about body acceptance International pop singer, 24-year-old Camila Cabello, goes onto TikTok to show that she's just like any human being. Posting a video inside her car, she started talking about the workout clothes she was wearing that didn't cover her belly. "I wasn't tucking it in,...
IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST Dr. Jose Pujalte, Jr. “Come lovely and soothing death” Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet “Leaves of Grass” (1900) I missed my mother’s death that Friday by an hour or so. I was at the Philippine Orthopedic Center seeing OPD patients when my sister from the US...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma High vaccine hesitancy continues to be a major stumbling block in the long road to herd immunity that the Philippines is aspiring to achieve by the end of this year. In the event that the government’s most optimistic scenarios on vaccine delivery and distribution...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid We thought that the main hurdle in the current mass vaccination program, the most ambitious health project we’ve ever undertaken, was the slow pace in the administration of the vaccine. It was at the beginning, but the low rate of acceptance of COVID-19...
The Department of Health (DOH) announced last April 8 that it has “adopted the recommendation of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to temporarily suspend the use of AstraZeneca vaccines for individuals aged below 60 years old, following recent reports of rare cases of blood clots with low...
