Instead of new and higher taxes, the incoming chief of the Department of Finance (DOF) wants to focus mainly on the government’s tax administration during the first year of President-elect Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Incoming Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said he is not worried about the...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated that all Covid-19 vaccines in the country are safe and effective. "All vaccines provided by the government are proven safe and effective," the state health agency said in a statement on Thursday, May 26. "They have undergone...
Outgoing Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the next administration may possibly consider selling the property where the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is built on to raise more revenues. While privatization is not included in his fiscal consolidation program proposal to...
DOH The current Covid-19 reproduction number (Rt) of Metro Manila is at 1.25, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, May 26. A reproduction number is the average number of people that can be infected by a Covid-19 positive individual. If the reproduction number is less than one, the virus...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it is now preparing isolation facilities amid growing concerns about the viral disease called monkeypox. "The DOH Field Implementation and Coordination Team (FICT) and the One Hospital Command Center (OHCC) are working on the specific designation of isolation...
The average yield of palay farmers during the dry season has increased since the rice tariffication law (RTL) three-year ago, the Department of Finance (DOF) reported. In a statement, the DOF said on Thursday, May 26, that the implementation of RTL has raised palay output during the dry season from...
The 5th Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Benjamin Diokno has been nominated Secretary of the Department of Finance (DOF) by President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. BSP Governor Benjamin E. Diokno Read more here:...
Presumptive President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. would get P5.086 trillion national budget for 2023, almost a reenactment of the 2022 national budget of P5.024 trillion. The inter-agency Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) approved on Tuesday, May 24, the proposed appropriations next...
A medical worker prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, the United States, June 18, 2021. (Xinhua/ FILE/ MANILA BULLETIN) A pediatric infectious disease expert urged all eligible Filipinos to get vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to...
Given the 'slow uptick' of Covid-19 cases detected by the Department of Health (DOH), it said on Tuesday, May 24 that it does not want to downplay the situation or declare it as a cause for panic. Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo, Manila, on Oct. 14, 2021....
While the attention suddenly shifted from Covid-19 to Monkeypox, some infectious disease experts believe that the public should still be more concerned about Covid-19, citing several reasons as to why this should be the case. (Jansen Romero / Manila Bulletin File Photo) During a press briefing of...
Reemergence of Monkeypox, a viral zoonosis or a virus transmitted to humans from animals, recently made rounds on social media after it appeared in the middle of a global health crisis caused by Covid-19. Monkeypox (Photo courtesy of openwho.org) With its recent detection in some parts of Africa,...
