The Department of Transportation (DOTr) was urged to allow more public utility vehicles (PUVs) back on the road to meet the increasing demand of passengers and ensure the observance of strict health protocols in public transport. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Commuter advocacy group The...
There’s a great need for companies and private institutions to empower their female employees by providing programs that will help them cope in these very trying times SHE CARES Female team members of Telus PH at a volunteering activity One year in the world’s longest lockdown, our country and...
Senator Risa Hontiveros is now pushing for a measure seeking to create the Philippine Geriatric Center, “one-stop” dedicated public hospital that would provide free medical services to the country’s growing number of senior citizens in the country. Sen. Risa Hontiveros (Senate of the...
The government's pandemic task force agreed that the measures being implemented to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic should be intensified as the country saw a recent spike in cases due to the new and more contagious variants of the disease. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
While the country leads in various aspects of gender parity, it is time to acknowledge where we are falling behind. The woman was made out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his...
According to a new study, getting protein from plant-based sources instead of animals is linked to fewer deaths related to dementia and heart disease. The study observed more than 100,000 post-menopausal women for nearly 20 years. The women involved who ate more protein by following a...
A group of health advocates urged the government to be transparent and efficient in spending the P205.8 billion health budget during the first-year implementation of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act. In a statement, the UHC Watch called on civil society to be vigilant and actively...
President Duterte urged Filipinos to get vaccinated, assuring the public that the vaccines certified by the Food and Drug Administration for immunization against COVID-19 are safe and effective. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte shows a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by British-Swedish...
President Duterte said that while he respects the preference of doctors to western brands, he claimed they were "discriminating" for refusing to be vaccinated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine that came from China. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (RICHARD MADELO/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA...
Paolo Valenciano Live events Director Paolo Valenciano has a very creative mind and it shows in one of his conversations with his father Gary V while he was recovering from a recent health concern. In an online event for AIA PhilAm Life, Gary V, Paolo and his wife Sam Godinez-Valenciano sat down...
Ayala Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (AC Health), through Healthway Philippines, Inc. (HPI), has completed its acquisition of a majority stake of Mercado General Hospital Inc. (MGHI). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Ayala said it purchased shares from White Knight Holdings, Inc., a...
Growing up with frequent trips to her father's country France, Solenn Heussaff was exposed to art quite a lot, eventually making her fall in love with painting. "Art is amazing! And with makeup, of course, you’re still playing with colors, but you’re helping someone feel beautiful, so it’s...
