This designer bag is not only a collector’s item, it also supports sustainability and Filipino craftsmanship BAGThe ‘Harvest’ mooncake bags by Zarah Juan Three fundamental pillars of sustainability are economics, environment, and society. The so called “cherry on top” of its recent...
Filipinos for Filipinos The Philippine Embassy in The Hague commended Filipino community organizations for their humanitarian assistance programs for their fellow Filipinos experiencing difficulties in this pandemic. The commendations were made during a picnic organized by the embassy for Filipino...
Check out Richmonde Hotel’s room packages ESSENTIAL STAYS Richmonde Hotel Iloilo Deluxe King Room When traveling to Iloilo City for work or other important matters, current requirements of the local government for non-residents include a negative RT-PCR test taken at least three days before...
No one is immune against COVID-19. Not even beauty queens. Miss Universe Philippines national director Shamcey Supsup recently took to social media relating to fans how she battled COVID-19 for three weeks. Thankfully, she won. According to the Miss Universe 2011 third-runner up, she...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday, September 11, pressed the government to allow as soon as possible limited face-to-face classes in the country as he cited long-term effects of school closure on children and national development. Lack of gadgets and unreliable internet connection are just...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines saw 26,303 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, Sept. 11—the highest number of new infections reported in a single day since the pandemic hit the country last year. The latest figure pushed the country’s running...
Granular lockdowns and alert level restrictions should not be confused with each other as they are totally different systems aimed at slowing down the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) transmission, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Epimaco Densing III said on...
Photo from Philippine Red Cross The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) reported on Saturday, Sept. 11, that it has now vaccinated 201,267 individuals against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Of the figure, the humanitarian organization said 61,915 individuals have been fully vaccinated through their Bakuna...
The national government's mass vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is doing well, President Duterte said in his latest "Talk to the People" public address on Friday night, Sept. 10. Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "Let me stress...
Despite the initial slippage in vaccine production, around 17 million doses of Pfizer and Sinovac Biotech's CoronaVac vaccines will be delivered to the country in September, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said. Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (Screwnshot from RTVM livestream) In a pre-recorded Cabinet...
The Caloocan city government has started the profiling of minors aged 12-17 in preparation for their vaccination against COVID-19. According to Mayor Oca Malapitan, it is important that the vaccination program is prepared as early as possible since minors belong to the age group that needs the...
The University of Santo Tomas Central Student Council (UST CSC) asked administrators to implement University-wide academic ease or academic break, citing the rising coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the country. University of Santo Tomas (ust.edu.ph) In a survey conducted by UST CSC,...
