The Philippines is the fourth most attacked country in the world, with over 50 million web threat attempts last year, according to latest statistics from Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), the cybersecurity company’s cloud-based threat intelligence service. media From 2017 to 2021, the...
Cavite Gov. Jonvic Remulla has described his province as "Marcos country", something that the camp of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. trumpeted on Saturday, Feb. 12. Former senator Bongbong Marcos (Photo from Bongbong Marcos's Facebook) This came after Marcos Jr. wooed on...
EDITORIAL As the health pandemic calms down with more vaccinations, appropriate government response, and build up of our immunity, another pandemic is looming over the horizon. Dubbed the “plastic pandemic,” countries all over the world, including the Philippines, are waking up to the reality...
Photo courtesy: Department of Health World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe was conferred with the Order of the Golden Heart by the Philippine government, through the Department of Health (DOH). The Order of the Golden Heart is an award given to...
Malacañang said that the new testing and quarantine protocols that the government's pandemic task force has set for travelers coming from "green" and "yellow" countries will apply retroactively to travelers who may have arrived in the Philippines before the policy took effect. PIXABAY / MANILA...
The Philippines has secured a fresh loan from the World Bank to fund the purchase of additional doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines needed for booster shots. The Washington-based multilateral institution announced on Wednesday, Dec. 22, the approval of the government’s...
Editorial The Department of Health (DOH) issued a public advisory last Dec 15, 2021 informing the detection of the Omicron variant in two international travelers who arrived in the country onboard different flights. Both of them are currently in strict quarantine, an assurance the DOH has given the...
The Philippines has secured fresh contingent funds from the World Bank to strengthen the country's institutional and financial capacity in managing risks from disasters and disease outbreaks. In a statement, the Washington-based multilateral institution said on Thursday, Nov. 18, that it earmarked...
A Palace official has defended the Inter-Agency Task Force's (IATF) inclusion of China in the government's "green-list" countries despite the reported coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks there. (Photos from Facebook/ Unsplash) Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque enumerated in a virtual press...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta These days, the query — what have you done for the country? (Ano bang nagawa mo para sa bayan?) — is a galling trick question intended to mock and discredit. The malicious interrogator does not want you to state how you perform your civic duties, on the contrary, he...
Not even half of the coronavirus vaccine doses funded by the World Bank have arrived in the Philippines, the Washington-based multilateral institution reported on Tuesday, Oct. 19. In a statement, Ndiame Diop, World Bank country director for the Philippines said only 4.73 million doses of vaccines...
There’s a nature trail in Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija that gives bike enthusiasts a good reason to get off the pedal and stare at God’s masterpiece. It's called Colosboa Hills and it is also known as the town’s New Zealand. Edrie Ocampo, who designed the single-track of Colosboa Hills, takes a moment...
