In this file photo taken on June 03, 2021, an employee of Japan's Olympic Museum is seen in front of the Olympic rings in Tokyo on June 3, 2021. (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP) Japan has been backed into a corner over the Tokyo Games, a member of the country's Olympic committee said Friday, arguing...
The Cannes Film Festival returns in July with a rich official selection competing for the Palme d'Or after the Covid pandemic robbed the world's leading film festival of its 2020 edition. Here are the 24 films competing from July 5 to 17 for the prestigious prize awarded by a jury headed by US...
The government's pandemic task force has allowed those who received their two doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines in the Philippines to re-enter the country, Malacañang said. Returning Overseas Filipino Workers at the NAIA (Ted ALJIBE / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, Presidential...
The Senate on Thursday, June 3, closed the second regular session of the 18th Congress with its members taking pride on the legislative measures they crafted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Senate of the Philippines) The second regular session of 18th...
The government's pandemic task force has issued a provisional approval to the professional licensure examinations scheduled this July to September 2021. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members...
DAVAO CITY - Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced Friday that Davao City will be placed under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) starting June 5. In a statement, Roque said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Thursday (June 3) has approved to place Davao City under MECQ...
The statement of Manila mayor Isko Moreno against the mandatory wearing of face shields in public places created a buzz on social media recently. He is requesting that the government to restudy the policy and possibly revise it. According to Mayor Isko, if there's no scientific proof about the face...
The United States Embassy in Manila on Friday confirmed the inclusion of the Philippines among the priority countries to receive its share from the initial batch of 25 million doses of coronavirus vaccines that the US intends to donate globally. United States Embassy Charge d'Affaires John Law...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III is supremely confident that Filipino seafarers' chances of employment will remain high amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (Photo from DOLE Facebook page) "It's high time that we...
As far as the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is concerned, celebrity couple Aga Muhlach and Charlene Gonzales-Muhlach, along with their two children are qualified beneficiaries of their local government unit's (LGU) vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)....
The Muntinlupa City government said celebrity couple Aga Muhlach and Charlene Gonzalez and their two children did not get any special treatment when they were vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) last June 1. Muhlach’s family received their AstraZeneca shots at the Festival Mall...
A total of 300 employees of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) have already been vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo from CHED) The vaccination of the education frontliners was held at the CHED Auditorium on Thursday, June 3. It was made possible though the CHED’s...
