The foreign service oral examinations for aspiring diplomats will push through before the end of the month. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA/Facebook) The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF) has allowed the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to hold...
DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire Countries worldwide are vulnerable to the threats brought about by the emerging variants of the virus that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, July 9. “Lahat ng bansa ngayon vulnerable sa variants. Walang...
Philippines’ pork imports for this year are still seen to go higher at 425,000 metric tons (MT), even despite the already 401 percent surge in pork imports the country recorded from January to April of this year. This is following the release of the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) guidelines...
Total vaccine administered as of July 8, 2021 (Source: DOH) The Department of Health (DOH) said that more than 12 million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have already been administered nationwide. A total of 12,703,081 Filipinos have already already been vaccinated against the...
The Philippine government, in partnership with one of Thailand’s biggest agriculture and food conglomerates, has launched a credit program for local hog raisers affected by the dreaded animal disease African Swine Fever (ASF). In a statement, the Department of Agriculture (DA), Development Bank...
The Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) is jointly implementing a project with the Philippine Army and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to develop and field test its ready-to-eat products as food rations for men in uniform during combat...
The offer to sell a tertiary hospital in Quezon City has fueled speculations that private health care establishments are struggling financially as a result of the on-going public health crisis triggered by the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. MEDICAL CHECK UP Anakalusugan Partylist...
The Manila Health Department (MHD) has issued a memorandum to all private hospitals, institutions, corporations, groups, organizations and private entities in the city calling for their strict compliance with City Ordinance No. 8740 which prohibits the sale of vaccines which are being given to the...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is committed to ensure that the gong-making tradition in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), especially among the youth, will be preserved. Gongs, or locally known in Cordilleran communities as “gangsa” (DOST-CAR Facebook Page) DOST Secretary...
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles on Friday, July 9 called on government to move for the adoption of the US State Department’s recommendations to eliminate human trafficking in the Philippines notwithstanding improving its efforts towards this end. Human Trafficking image Nograles, vice...
Local officials want residents and travelers entering Western Visayas region to present test results they are negative for COVID-19. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin/FILE PHOTO) The government’s pandemic task force has allowed local government units (LGUs) to still have an option of requiring fully...
The Alipugpug Tech Solution (ATS), which is composed of students from the University of Mindanao – Davao City Campus will be representing the Philippines in the prestigious Hult Prize International 2021, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has announced. (Screenshot from Hult.org...
