With the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) remaining a threat, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Tuesday, Dec. 28 ordered an intense drive against the use, sale and distribution of prohibited firecrackers and crackdown on indiscriminate firing to ensure public safety...
“Christmas won’t be the same without the ones we love.” This is the message of the Manila Bulletin Christmas video entitled “Anong Wish Mo Ngayong Pasko?” With the health crisis that we are experiencing, the short film stresses that no material things could ever replace our loved ones....
WELLINGTON -- New Zealand detected seven new cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant in international arrivals over two days, taking the country's total Omicron cases to 45, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Sunday. Whole-genome sequencing has detected seven more COVID-19 cases of Omicron...
All new passers of the Licensure Examinations for Physical Therapists and Occupational Therapists are set to have their online oathtaking on Jan. 13, 2022, at 1 p.m., said the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). (Professional Regulation Commission Facebook page) In a Facebook post, PRC said...
By Khriscielle Yalao The Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) expects an increase in the volume of travelers leading up to New Year’s day, Jason Salvador, the head of the terminal’s communication affairs department, said Monday, Dec. 27. The PITX is one of the three intermodal...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded on Monday, Dec. 27, an additional 318 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) This update brought the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic to 2,838,792. DOH said that active cases stood at...
NEW YORK, United States -- In New York City, 1,828 people have been shot so far this year, surpassing the number of 1,821 in the same period of 2020 which was the worst crime surge year in more than a decade. New York Police Department (NYPD) data show that by Dec. 19, the number of shootings in...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Now that there’s an easing of our COVID restrictions, our quarantine-fatigued populace has been taking to the streets and malls with a vengeance, and I wouldn’t be surprised to find our consumer-driven economy getting the shot in the arm it needs...
President Duterte will be on full work mode during Christmas and New Year as he promised to continue visiting the provinces pummelled by typhoon "Odette" over the weekend. President Rodrigo Duterte visits typhoon-hit Negros Occidental on Dec. 20, 2021 (Malacañang photo) Duterte, who is currently...
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III reminded residents to limit their “pamamasko,” or going from house to house for gifts on Christmas Day due to the pandemic and that the firecracker ban is still implemented in the municipality. In a live broadcast on Facebook, Ponce said this is to prevent the...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – New Zealand reported six new cases of Omicron among recent returnees in managed isolation and quarantine facilities. A statement issued by the country's Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that the total number of international arrivals to New Zealand with the...
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said that there will be no selling of tickets and draws for lotto and other digit games on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) PCSO, in an advisory, released the selling period and schedules of the Lotto and Keno draws...
