DOH The Department of Health (DOH) encouraged health workers to receive their second Covid-19 booster shot. “Among those healthcare workers na hindi pa ho nakakapag second booster shot, tayo po still encouraging them,” said DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire in a press briefing on...
A total of 10 teams of high school students are set to receive a total of P4.3-M funding from the Department of Science and Technology- Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD). (DOST-PCIEERD) According to DOST-PCIEERD, this is for...
Budget deficit narrowed in November this year despite the government’s double-digit growth in expenditures, the Department of Finance (DOF) announced on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the national government incurred a P123.9 billion budget deficit last month, down...
Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday, December 21 said she hopes the Department of Tourism (DOT) will defer any plans to replace the country’s “It’s More Fun in the Philippines!” tourism campaign. Binay made the remark following President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s decision to veto...
The United States’ move to support the Philippines’ complaints against China is a “welcome development,” Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said on Wednesday, December 21. “Salamat, salamat! It’s a welcome development, yang statement ng US Department of State na yan (That statement...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) and the Malacañang Palace are currently discussing the possibility of extending the Covid-19 state of calamity. “Ngayon, tayo ay nakikipag-usap sa Office of the President kung ano yung best option natin since magi-expire na ang state of calamity by the end of...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) logged 626 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, Dec. 20. Based on the DOH Covid-19 tracker, the new infections brought the nationwide tally of active cases to 17,263. The regions with the most recorded cases in the past two weeks were the National Capital Region with...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) assured that the current stock of monovalent Covid-19 vaccines will still be used even once the bivalent vaccines arrive in the country. “Let me reiterate, ang (the) monovalent vaccine, ito yung mga nasa stocks natin ngayon, hindi po natin titigilan ang...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said that aside from Janssen–some vaccine manufacturers have also started applying for a Certificate of Product Registration (CPR)...
Brighter future for STEM in the Philippines? Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, hinted that the department is aiming to build the capacity of Filipino youth in the field of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics by...
The Philippines has an insufficient number of cybersecurity professionals, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy admitted in a press briefing on Tuesday, Dec. 20. One of the primary concerns of the DICT is to build up the country’s cybersecurity and...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, Dec. 19 a total of 7,572 Covid-19 cases were recorded during the past week. DOH/MB In its weekly case bulletin, DOH disclosed that the daily average cases are now at 1,082, which is 9 percent lower than cases from Dec. 5 11. The agency also...
