Amid the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) opted to conduct the second quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) via virtual means on Thursday, June 9. 2nd quarter National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (Courtesy of...
71887 The country's Fiber-to-the-Home market is "still underpenetrated", at just 20 percent, and has much room for growth, according to PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. President and CEO Alfredo S. Panlilio. In contrast, fiber penetration in the Asian region already stands at 50 percent. For...
Vice presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio assured Filipinos that what she accomplished in Davao can also be done on a nationwide scale. Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio revs up a crowd in Laguna on March 11, 2022. (Lakas-CMD Media)...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno First of all, my heartfelt gratitude to Tatler for having included me in its “Asia's Most Influential List.” I am truly elated and honored to have been given the said recognition. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. *** Tomorrow, February 8, 2022, we...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday said the government should consider tapping the services of college students as tutors when it rolls out a national learning recovery program. Gatchalian stressed it is necessary to consider all possible options to address the learning gap among students amid...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles has interpreted President Duterte's order for barangay chiefs to restrict the movement of unvaccinated individuals as being nationwide in scope. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from the Cabinet Secretariat Facebook page) Not only that, but the order also...
Editorial The rise has now become a surge. Hundreds of cases became thousands of patients this week. Lines are not only forming outside the emergency room of hospitals as people are also lining up outside the doors of clinics, testing centers, even drugstores. Pharmaceutical firms warn citizens...
Globe-Telecom_CNNPH (2) Globe Telecom Inc. has expanded its free GoWiFi service to over 3,700 locations nationwide to serve the surging demand for stable internet in public areas. “We are happy to be at the forefront of digitalization in the country through WiFi solutions catering to everyone’s...
More areas in the country will soon be placed under the Alert Level System (ALS) for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response as the government's pandemic task force rolls out phase 4 of the new scheme. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) In a statement on Saturday evening, Nov. 20, Cabinet Secretary and Acting...
The implementation of the countrywide Alert Level System which was pilot-tested in Metro Manila to curb the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) transmission will start on Monday, Nov. 22, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III confirmed. “Simula...
A countrywide implementation of the alert level system is seen as an effective way to contain the transmission of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said. He based his assessment on the steady decline in...
Say goodbye to the region-wide quarantine clarifications that became household terms when the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic first struck the country last year. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, after President Duterte ordered the nationwide implementation of the Alert Level...
