Anak Mindanao (AMIN) Partylist Rep. Amihilda Sangcopan has called for an end to forced and fixed child marriages that remain a practice in the Philippines, more particularly in areas in Mindanao. Child marriage Sangcopan aired the appeal as she reiterated the call for the swift passage of...
Manny Pacquiao is out to defy Father time anew when he takes on Cuban boxer Yordenis Ugas for the super WBA welterweight title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, Aug. 21 there. Manny Pacquiao (left) and Cuban boxer Yordenis Ugas, the super WBA welterweight champion, face off...
If the upcoming super WBA welterweight title bout against Manny Pacquiao would be the last for the Filipino boxing legend, Cuban boxer Yordenis Ugas is hoping to give a performance to remember for all the boxing fans around the world. Super WBA welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas (Wendell Alinea /...
Monico Puentevella Weightlifting president Monico Puentevella is confident they can sustain their Tokyo Olympics success in the 2024 Paris Games. “I can foresee na magme-medal tayo sa Paris Olympics sa babae,” Puentevella said in Tuesday’s Philippine Sportswriters Association Online Forum....
Weightlifting chief Monico Puentevella Hidilyn Diaz is planning to return to Malaysia by September to resume her training for the World Championship in Lima, Peru scheduled in November. Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas President Monico Puentevella disclosed this Tuesday, adding that Diaz and her...
Screen shot from Philippine Sportswriters Association Online Forum Members of the Philippine Paralympic team are drawing inspiration from their national team counterparts when they compete in the Tokyo Paralympics from Aug. 24 to Sept. 5. Francis Diaz, the country’s chief of mission to the...
The domestic plastics industry has been alarmed by the passage in the Lower House of HB 9147 (Single-Use Plastic Products or SUPs Regulation Act) and HB 9171 (Plastic Tax Act), imposing P20 per kg. excise tax on plastic bag products, which seek to curb the plastic waste problem. Photo credit:...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) A group of private hospitals appealed to some healthcare workers who threatened to go on mass resignation not to push through with their plan as the country continues its fight against the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “Sana naman...
(JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) A group of nurses discouraged the plan of some healthcare workers to go on mass resignation amid the country’s ongoing battle against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “As much a possible, we don’t encourage them na gawin yan kasi ang...
The American Psychological Association (APA) has conferred the 2021 Global Citizen Psychologist Citation to Filipino psychologist Dr. Maria Regina M. Hechanova-Alampay for the development community interventions for mental health and drug rehabilitation. (DOST-NRCP Facebook page) The Department of...
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) (MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said it is currently coordinating with hospital groups to speed up payment of unsettled financial obligations to medical facilities. PhilHealth Vice President for...
A medical students group on Thursday, Aug. 12, called for the "equitable" distribution of vaccines as the threat of the Delta variant looms. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) "In terms of pandemic response, we must call for better surveillance and contact tracing system; expansive and more...
