The government has administered more than 2.5 million doses during the second round of the "Bayanihan Bakunahan" in some areas from Dec. 15 to 18, an official from the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, Dec. 20. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site...
To allow local government officials and government rescue and restoration teams to look after victims of typhoon Odette, presidential aspirant Sen. Manny Pacquiao has decided to make himself more useful by personally overseeing that the relief operations at his headquarters run smoothly and arrive...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Sunday, Dec. 19, over 279,600 individuals or more 74,600 families were already staying in evacuation centers following the onslaught of Typhoon Odette (international name: “Rai”). (DSWD-DROMIC) The DSWD’s Disaster Response...
Noting the sacrifices made by dozens of volunteers in repacking thousands of relief goods for typhoon Odette victims at his warehouse General Santos City, Senator Manny Pacquiao joined them but gave them a bonus. Pacquiao volunteer Odette The presidential aspirant sang to the volunteers as they...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sen. Dick Gordon mobilized PRC staff and volunteers nationwide to provide immediate assistance to affected individuals by Typhoon "Odette" on Friday, Dec. 17. Photo from the Philippine Red Cross Typhoon Odette made its first...
Here are some donation drives and relief operations you should check out It is just days before Christmas and many parts of the country are now preparing for the festive season. But the same cannot be said for the people in the Visayas and Mindanao regions with the devastation brought by Typhoon...
An employee of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) was arrested by the police in a drug buy-bust operation in Taguig on Tuesday, Dec. 7. The Taguig police’s Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) conducted the sting operation in Sta. Teresa Compound in North Daang Hari, Taguig at about 10:30 p.m....
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar has renewed calls for legislators to support and pass the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill in the remainder of President Duterte’s term. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (PCOO) During the Annual FOI Awards on Wednesday, November 24,...
Five persons, including a former kagawad of a barangay in Taguig and a minor, were arrested during a buy-bust operation and patrolling in Pateros and Taguig on Nov. 22. In Pateros, the police’s Drug Enforcement Unit conducted a buy-bust operation on P. Rosales Street in Bgy. Sta. Ana at about...
Operations at the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) will be temporarily suspended on three Sundays this November and on January next year to complete the necessary works for the upgrade of its existing signaling system. (Photo from Light Rail Manila Corporation) The Light Rail Manila Corporation...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) thanked Cebu Pacific (CEB) for its support to the government’s relief operations amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DSWD-National Resource and Logistics Management Bureau personnel load the family food packs at the Cebu...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is now looking to resume the 24-hour operations of public utility vehicles (PUVs), particularly passenger buses, in Metro Manila to cater to the expected influx of passengers with the lifting of curfew hours in the region. (Photo from Department of...
