For the second time since he took office in 2016, President Duterte is expected to address the United Nations (UN) and put forward the Philippines' stand on urgent issues such as coronavirus (COVID-19) response, and human rights concerns, among others. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang File...
A ray of hope and joy flickered inside an isolation facility at Camp Crame in Quezon City after a healthy baby boy was born from a policewoman who is being treated for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Thanks to the assistance of a police doctor and a civilian employee of the Philippine National...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reported 19,271 more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Sunday, Sept. 19. The country's total case count stood at 2,366,749. Of the total, 7.5 percent or 178,196 are active infections. Ninety-two percent of the active cases are in mild condition, 3.1 percent...
Bishop Gerardo Alminaza, chairperson of Church People-Workers Solidarity. (Photo from the Diocese of San Carlos/CBCP News) San Carlos, Negros Occidental Bishop Gerardo Alminaza has tested positive again for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Diocese of San Carlos announced on Sunday, Sept. 19. "I...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año remained mum on Vice-President Leni Robredo's criticism that the department is more focused on scare tactics on individuals who refused to undergo coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) swab test than convincing them to do...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) now has 21 vaccination centers across the country after it established a new “Bakuna Center” in Ilocos Norte recently to vaccinate more people against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Photo from Philippine Red Cross The humanitarian organization said it opened its...
The Commission on Audit (COA) and the Office of the Ombudsman should start conducting its own investigation into the multi-billion deals between the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS) and Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. amid revelations of anomalies in the awarding...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T Eleazar warned a group of anti-vaxxers for holding protest action in Manila purposely to defy the public health safety protocol being implemented by the national government to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and reportedly to convince the pubic not...
The enforcement of the Alert Level System in Metro Manila has been orderly so far and has been receiving good feedback, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Sunday, Sept. 19. “Maganda ang feedback at maayos naman ang pagpapatupad ng Alert Level System...
A senior citizen in Muntinluap poses with the sign "we got fully vaccinated" after getting the single shot johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine (MunCoVac) Over 18 million people in the Philippines have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), data from the national...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said Sunday, Sept. 19 that its molecular laboratories across the country conducted a total of 17,361 coronavirus tests last Sept. 17. Philippine Red Cross According to the PRC, the figure is one of humanitarian organization’s highest testing output since the...
If there's one good thing that came out of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is the peace that was achieved between several New People's Army (NPA) fighters and the Philippine Army (PA). At least 40 communist rebels, including a high-ranking officer, and 10 of their dependents who surrendered to the...
