Omicron variant of COVID-19 Could the Omicron coronavirus variant act as a "natural vaccine" and be the "beginning of an end" of the COVID-19 pandemic? The Department of Health (DOH) and some local medical experts disapproved of this notion. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire pointed out...
• The Senate once again reinforced its role as the nation’s fiscalizer in the midst of perceived lack of direction of government response to pandemic • The Senate pursued legislation that would help quell the rising number of cases of COVID-19 in the country, and to ensure that the government...
(SCREENGRAB FROM PAGASA YOUTUBE CHANNEL) The shear line, also known as tail-end of frontal system, may bring scattered light rains with occasional heavy rains and thunderstorms over Caraga and Davao regions in the next 24 hours, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
(Philippine Commission on Women’s official page) The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) enjoined the public to participate in the virtual kick off ceremony of the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women on Thursday, Nov. 25. The campaign is in support of the national government’s goal...
Senators questioned the plan of the Presidential Broadcast Staff-Radio Television Malacañang’s (RTVM) plan to buy eight laptops next year worth P2.2-million. Senate President Vicente Sotto III said the laptops would be used supposedly for video editing and for the use of the “Davao team,”...
By Dr. Manuel M. Dayrit MD, MSc, Former Secretary of Health Many of us have lost loved ones, friends, or acquaintances to COVID-19. Just this month, I lost a medical school classmate who is an ENT surgeon. On the other hand, I have classmates and friends who battled COVID and survived. The spectre...
(SCREENGRAB FROM PAGASA YOUTUBE CHANNEL) The shear line or tail-end of the frontal system could bring scattered light to, at times, heavy rains over Bicol region and Quezon province within the next 24 hours, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)...
EDITORS DESK Robert Requintina Did you know that the first film showing in the Philippines happened in Intramuros, Manila in 1900? According to the National Commission for the Culture and the Arts, a British identified only as Walgrah opened the first hall exclusively for movie viewing at No. 60...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) expressed its support to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) following recent calls to cut the budget and defund the anti-insurgency task force. TESDA SECRETARY ISIDRO LAPEÑA (MANILA BULLETIN) In...
(SCREENGRAB FROM PAGASA YOUTUBE CHANNEL) Cloudy and rainy weather prevails over some areas in Luzon and Mindanao due to the prevalence of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) and shear line, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on...
(SCREENGRAB FROM PAGASA FACEBOOK) Several parts of the country may continue to experience cloudy skies with scattered rain showers due to the prevalence of a low pressure area (LPA) and intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ). The LPA, which is embedded along the ITCZ, was estimated at 615 kilometers...
WORD ALIVE Fr. Bel San Luis There was a young lady-lector at Mass who was reading the Scriptures for the first time before a large congregation in church. Visibly nervous, she blurted out as she concluded: “This...this is the end of the world” (She meant Word). And the congregation chorused:...
