Only 1,532 confirmed Covid-19 cases were recorded from Jan. 4 to July 11, 70 percent fewer than the 5,070 cases reported during the same period last year, the Department of Health (DOH) bared on Friday, July 17. Although the number of cases is lower than last year, the agency said it will still...
CATIA LA MAR, Venezuela (AP) — Victims of the powerful twin earthquakes that jolted Venezuela last month as well as people spared by the destruction on Thursday flooded relief services offered by nongovernmental organizations in the hardest-hit areas. The demand for help comes as the United...
Last week, we saw the successful launch of the Artemis II spacecraft en route to the moon and back. It has been a long time since humans made a trip to the moon, the last one being the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. It is hopefully just a prelude to future moon landings and the establishment of a moon...
Several children were saved by the Binangonan Municipal Police from a senior citizen suffering from dementia in Barangay Palangoy on Saturday, Nov. 22, Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) Director Col. Feloteo Gonzalgo said. According to the police report, a 67-year-old woman sought police...
The Taguig City government recorded 1,860 cases of influenza-like illness (ILI) from January to Oct. 11. Of the total cases, 923 (49.6 percent) were male while 937 (50.4 percent) were female. Only one of the 1,860 ILI cases received anti-flu vaccine. The youngest who was afflicted with ILI in...
The Quezon City Epidemiology and Surveillance Division (QCESD) recorded a 67 percent increase in influenza-like illness (ILI) with a total of 2,070 cases recorded from January 1 to October 13, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. Health authorities said children aged 14 and below are the...
The Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO) advised the public about the influenza-like illness (ILI), which became one of the two main reasons for the suspension of classes on Oct. 13 and 14 in the National Capital Region (NCR). The World Health Organization (WHO) defines ILI as “an acute...
After noticing a steep rise in student and staff absences due to flu-like illnesses, several schools and universities across Metro Manila have issued health advisories, declared short “health breaks,” shifted to remote learning, and reinforced sanitation measures amid a surge in influenza and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 38-year-old woman allegedly strangled her five-year-old daughter to death then killed herself inside their residence here on Wednesday, July 2. Initial investigation said neighbors reported hearing cries of help from the victims’ house. These were left unheeded until a...
BATANGAS CITY – A 19-year-old man drowned on a river while being chased by patrolling barangay tanods or watchmen in Barangay Pallocan West here on Thursday, April 18. Police identified the victim as John Louie Aclan, alias “Sampu-Sampo,” 19, who reportedly was suffering from mental...
OTTAWA, Canada -- Canada on Thursday moved to delay a change to its euthanasia laws that would make mentally ill patients eligible, saying more time was needed to set up safeguards. Canada approved doctor-assisted suicide for the terminally ill in 2016 in response to the top court striking down a...
"Maybe I did something good," was President Duterte's candid remark on his becoming the President of the country, pausing to reflect that he may have "impressed Jesus with a past good deed." President Duterte (Malacañang photo) He also thinks that becoming President at 71 was also God's perfect...
