Agriculture Secretary William Dar has downgraded his year-end growth target for the Philippines’ farm sector, from 2.5 percent to 2 percent, amid the prevalence of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the continuous spread of African Swine Fever (ASF). “We always would like to be optimistic but our...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año is calling for unity in the fight against the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) Delta variant, saying the strength that comes from a unity and cooperation of the people is the best way to defeat the deadly virus. In a...
Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III announced the imposition of granular lockdown in several areas in Pateros due to the sharp increase in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the municipality. “You know, our COVID-19 positive cases are very high. To date, we have 197 positives and based on our...
Seven of eight allotted pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) beds in the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) are currently occupied, its spokesperson said Wednesday, Aug. 4. Philippine General Hospital (Wikimedia Commons / MB file photo) "Out of the eight beds, seven are occupied right now. Three are...
To achieve Malacañang’s goal to make the reimposition of a two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila the country’s “last ever lockdown,” Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, August 4, offered to help and made several recommendations. Vice President Leni Robredo...
The intensive care unit (ICU) of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is 90 percent full, its spokesperson said Wednesday, Aug. 4. Philippine General Hospital (Photo from University of the Philippines) In an interview over CNN Philippines, PGH Spokesperson Dr. Jonas Del Rosario said the hospital...
The San Juan City local government started on Wednesday, August 4, its house to house vaccination of bedridden citizens to protect them against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora's Facebook Live) San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora witnesses the inoculation of the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) warned a group of anti-COVID vaccination to refrain from pursuing its plan of holding mass action aimed at protesting the government’s ongoing free vaccination from the deadly virus. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar said the same group has been...
National Task Force (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer and Testing Czar Vince Dizon on Wednesday, Aug. 4, said the Philippines is capable of testing "more" people now, compared to a year ago when the country didn't have "the capacity to do so." (JANSEN ROMERO / MB FILE PHOTO) During the virtual Town...
"It's a race to the unvaccinated." This was how Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion described the importance of the upcoming shift of Metro Manila to the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), saying the two-week period will allow the government to get to the unvaccinated first...
It's a tall order, but it will be done. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos gave this assurance to National Capital Region (NCR) residents Wednesday, Aug. 4 during Go Negosyo's virtual town hall...
The Philippines administered record-high 680,883 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines on Tuesday, Aug. 3, National Task Force (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon announced Wednesday, Aug. 4. (JUAN CARLOS DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) Dizon said the country has already administered...
