As it continues to bear the brunt of the pandemic, the country’s private education is now in a “critical state” especially with the steady decrease in enrollment in the past two years. (Photo from Unsplash) “As we start a new school year, the private education sector is in critical...
The 53-year-old succumbed to COVID-19. In a Facebook post earlier today, September 13, the wife of Rafa Dinglasan confirmed that the former De La Salle University captain has succumbed to COVID-19. He is survived by his wife and two children. "Rafa is healed! He has won the biggest game of his life...
With the months-long preparation undertaken by the entire Department of Education (DepEd), Secretary Leonor Briones on Monday, Sept. 13, assured that the newly-opened School Year (SY) 2021-2022 will not be a “repeat” of last school year. Education Secretary Leonor Briones / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday, Sept. 13, appealed to the government's interagency task force for the COVID-19 pandemic to reconsider the prohibition on religious gatherings under their new quarantine classifications for Metro Manila. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Senate PRIB)...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Monday, Sept. 13, deployed its “Bakuna Bus” in Cagayan and in Cavite in line with its efforts to support the government in its national coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination initiative. Photo from Philippine Red Cross (PRC) PRC’s “Bakuna Bus” were...
Actress Angel Locsin is not satisfied with Harry Roque's apology. The actress took to social media to question his actions prior when he seemingly berated medical professionals during a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF)....
BIÑAN CITY, Laguna - The local government unit (LGU) inaugurated on Monday, Sept. 13, its Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facility at the Biñan City People's Center in the City Hall compound. Jery Jimenez / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN The center will serve as a quarantine facility for...
President Duterte's advisers have expressed their support for the legislation that would institutionalize the use of vaccine passports in international and domestic travel, both for essential and non-essential purposes. A health worker injects a dose COVID-19 vaccine to a woman. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA...
Amid “unaddressed” challenges under the distance learning set-up first implemented last school year, a group of education workers criticized Education Secretary Leonor Briones for declaring a “successful” opening of School Year (SY) 2021-2022. Grade 2 pupil Kesha Aranez from Atienza...
Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA as the government enforces movement curbs against the coronavirus outbreak in this August 2021 file photo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) Another 20,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday,...
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines (AFP) Two pediatric groups in the country still recommend prioritizing the adult population in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination. The Philippine Pediatric Society (PPS) and the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines (PIDSP) said that the adult...
Healthcare workers (HCWs) will be the first ones to be given a booster shot for an added protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (Screenshot from RTVM livestream) Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Monday, Sept. 13, that the administration of booster shots...
