Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday hit back at President Duterte saying he is not afraid of the chief executive’s attempts to destroy him over the Senate blue ribbon committee’s investigation into the alleged anomalies in the government’s procurement of COVID-19 pandemic supplies that they...
The Senate has ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the bill that would open up the Philippines to more foreign investors. Senate of the Philippines plenary hall (Senate PRIB) Senators on Monday, September 20, approved the bicam report which reconciled the disagreeing provisions of...
At least 25 priests and staff of Christ the King Mission Seminary in Quezon City tested positive for COVID-19 with one of them succumbing to the disease. According to the Quezon City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (QCESU), the seminary has 59 priests and staff. Nine priests and 16...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. recognized the COVID-19 response of Cebu City after private hospitals recorded no admission in their intensive care units (ICU) and emergency rooms (ER) in recent weeks. (File photo) During the weekly "Talk to the People" public address of President Duterte Monday...
The Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) is struggling from manpower shortage after some of its health workers tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Facebook/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a DZMM Teleradyo interview on Tuesday, Sept. 21, LCP spokesperson Dr. Norberto Francisco...
The Makati City local government has shut down another establishment on Tuesday for violating COVID-19 protocols. In a Facebook post, the local government unit (LGU) said that the Makati Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO) has closed down PRVT Resto-Bar for violating quarantine protocols,...
Around 9.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were delivered last week, marking the highest number of transported life-saving jabs to the country since February 2021 when the supplies started arriving. Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo / Screenshot from Kapihan sa Manila Bay livestream) Vaccine...
The Philippines’ innovation ranking slipped to the 51st spot out of the 132 economies in this year’s Global Innovation Index (GII). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) But the country remained at the fourth spot among the 34 lower middle-income group economies, and at the 11th spot among the 17...
Always treat them with dignity She appeared to be strong and physically healthy at the age 58 yet the forgetfulness became more pronounced as the days and weeks went by. Then came the inability to recall recent events in her life. She would ask the same question over and over again. There were mood...
Over two million doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have already been administered in the City of Manila. (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The Manila Health Department (MHD) reported that a total of 2,143,698 vaccine doses have already been administered...
Under the watchful eye of Chiqui KEY FRONTLINER Chiqui Blancaflor (Jules Vivas) Chiqui Blancaflor, the special assistant to the mayor, has her hands full monitoring the status of the pandemic. As the chief of Uswag Molecular Laboratory, her main duties include the testing and surveillance of...
President Duterte has addressed Senator Richard Gordon by his nickname--"Dick"--for the first time in his public briefings since he began to beef with the latter around three weeks ago. President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Senator Richard Gordon (Photos from Malacañang/ MANILA BULLETIN) But this...
