President Duterte on Thursday night witnessed the signing between the government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) of loan agreement that will finance the construction of a railway system that will easily connect Metro Manila and the province of Laguna. Duterte graced the ceremonial signing held...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) clarified on Thursday, June 16, that Metro Manila remains under the low-risk classification for Covid-19 despite an uptick in new infections. In a statement, the state health agency “reiterates that NCR is still at low risk classification as of today, June 16,...
Metro Manila’s risk classification for Covid-19 has moved from low to moderate risk, said an OCTA Research fellow on Thursday, June 16. (Unsplash) In an interview with CNN Philippines on Thursday morning, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said that based on their metrics, Metro Manila is now...
REFLECTIONS TODAY The Lord’s Prayer shares some semblance with the ancient Jewish prayers, the Qaddish and the Amidah. The Qaddish prayer is a hymn of praise to God (doxology) recited in Aramaic within synagogue services. A prayer leader proclaims, “Glorified and sanctified be God’s great...
The government's pandemic task force has decided to keep the entire National capital Region (NCR) under Alert Level 1, the least strict among all risk level classifications, until the end of the month despite a reported spike in Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila, Malacañang said. (ALI VICOY /...
A police officer checks the vaccination cards of passengers at a jeepney stop in Divisoria, Manila on Jan. 14, 2022 in line with the implementation of the Department of Transportation’s “No Vaccination, No Ride” policy in the capital region while under the more stringent Alert Level 3. (Ali...
K-pop group Seventeen will be coming back to the Philippines to hold a concert in October. Pledis Entertainment, the group’s agency, announced on June 15 the Asia leg of “Seventeen World Tour: Be the Sun.” Seventeen's "Be the Sun" world tour schedule in Asia (Pledis Entertainment) Seventeen's...
Releected Senator Joel Villanueva said Tuesday, June 14 that placing the National Capital Region (NCR) back to alert level 2 would affect the country’s growth rate. ‘’The World Bank is expecting the Philippines to grow at 5.7 percent this year, among the highest in Asia. NCR going back to...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) is boosting its international network by adding flights to Singapore from two of its largest hubs, Manila and Cebu. CEB doubles its daily frequency between Manila and Singapore on July 1 as it adds a morning schedule option. 88474 CEB said Flight 5J 813 is scheduled to depart...
Philippine Airlines (PAL) will resume flights between Manila and Denpasar Bali starting July 1 as part of the flag carrier's major international expansion coinciding with the reopening of international travel. Next month, PAL will fly thrice weekly services between Manila and Bali’s Ngurah Rai...
