WASHINGTON, United States – The bells at Washington National Cathedral rang out 1,000 times Monday, with each toll representing 1,000 deaths from Covid-19, as the United States closed in on the grim milestone of almost one million Covid dead. The National Cathedral The United States has...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The Covid-19 pandemic killed around 15 million people worldwide in 2020 and 2021, the WHO estimated Thursday -- nearly triple the number of deaths officially attributed to the disease. The World Health Organization's long-awaited estimate of the total number of deaths caused...
Philippine General Hospital (PGH) Director Dr. Gerardo Legaspi, on Friday, April 22, said that a huge percentage of healthcare takes place outside hospitals. In a webinar held by the University of the Philippines (UP), Legaspi stressed the importance of well-established primary care facilities...
A local association partnered with a non-governmental organization (NGO) to halve road crash deaths, or even reduce fatalities to zero, by the end of this decade. The Vehicle Inspection Centers Operators Association of the Philippines (VICOAP) teamed up with Project C.A.R.E.S. (Community Activities...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, April 4, a total of 2,679 new COVID-19 cases in the past week. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Monday's weekly case bulletin was recorded from March 28 to April 3. There was one additional case tagged under critical and severe cases. According to the...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, March 28, a total of 2,726 new Covid-19 cases recorded in the past week. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3 starting Jan. 3 until Jan. 15, 2022 due to the rise of COVID-19 cases. (ALI...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, March 21 that it recorded 3,572 new Covid-19 cases in the past week. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3 starting Jan. 3 until Jan. 15, 2022 due to the rise of COVID-19 cases. (ALI...
Award-winning director Eduardo Roy Jr. has passed away. He was 41. In an official statement published on PEP.ph, the sibling of the seasoned artist, Myla Roy, said: "It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Eduardo “Edong” Roy Jr. on February 21, 2022 at the Saint Luke’s...
About 15,200 deaths for every 1 million coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines have been recorded, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Feb. 22. A health worker prepares a syringe with the Sinovac Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine during a vaccination drive for schoolchildren...
The Department of Health reported on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2,196 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and 107 deaths due to the virus. Members of the Manila Police District (MPD) Precinct Station 2 remind bargain shoppers along Ilaya in Tondo, Manila, that children, senior citizens and...
"Good riddance." This is what President Duterte has to say for those who died of the coronavirus (COVID-19) because they refuse to get vaccinated against the virus as he reiterated that the country is not yet out of the woods. President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) During his pre-recorded...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Monday, Feb. 7 that the majority of those who have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were unvaccinated. Hospital staff take out a body from an ambulance at a mortuary in New Delhi on May 24, 2021, as India passes more than 300,000 deaths from...
