WASHINGTON, United States -- US COVID-19 new cases, hospitalizations, deaths continue to climb due to the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed. Pedestrians walk in the rain caused by tropical storm Henri, in Times...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japan's health ministry and the Tokyo metropolitan government on Monday directed hospitals in the capital to secure beds and accept as many COVID-19 patients as possible amid pressure on the city's medical system in a recent resurgence of infections. Japanese Prime Minister...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has reported a total of 946 new confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and 35 new deaths in connection with the dreaded disease among overseas Filipinos during the past week. Department of Foreign Affairs Amid the increasing number of new COVID-19...
Believing that distance learning poses more disadvantages than advantages, over 124 organizations called on the government to ensure quality and accessible education by allowing the safe reopening of schools that would pave the way for face-to-face classes. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “There...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) As the overall public health situation is closely linked with education, a group of teachers expressed support to health workers and called on the government to give them what they deserve. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, on...
Answering the call of the national government, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) gave its commitment to test thousands of specimens in a day in the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR). (Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Richard Gordon said that...
With a sharp drop in enrollment practically conspiring with the imposition of higher taxes by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the country’s private schools are turning to Congress for help in the swift adoption of legislative policy intervention. COCOPEA LOGO In a statement issued after the House...
Department of Health A six-week modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) with “improved” interventions may result to a lower number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila by the end of September, according to the Department of Health (DOH). Based on the projection...
A residential building in Muntinlupa is now under granular lockdown due to clustering of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. Mayor Jaime Fresnedi placed under a 15-day Extreme Localized Community Quarantine (ELCQ) the Building 2 of the BLISS (Bagong Lipunan Sites and Services) Complex in Brgy....
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, August 23, recorded 18,332 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, a new record high. DOH/MB The number surpassed the August 20 record of 17,231. The additional new cases brought the nationwide total to 1,857,646. The Health department also reported...
Malacañang said there were no plans yet to implement other special arrangements such as "bubbles" as the government was still in the process of vaccinating the population against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA amid heightened movement restrictions...
There are three countries that have pledged to give 5.5 million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the country for free, the country's vaccine czar bared Monday, Aug. 23. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. presents updates on COVID-19 vaccination program on July 12, 2021. (Screenshot...
