The Department of Tourism (DOT) has vowed to push for more resilient, inclusive, and sustainable programs that will help rebuild the country's tourism industry amid the health crisis. HELLO FROM INTRAMUROS — Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat visits Intramuros on Monday, May 17, 2021, as...
Amid lack of government support, the Philippines has been slacking in corn production. The situation has gone so bad that importation has already become a necessity. CORN Roger Navarro, president of the country’s largest group of corn producers Philippine Maize Federation (PhilMaize), said in an...
The health maintenance organizations’ (HMO) net income nearly doubled in the first three months of the year owing to lower benefit and claim payments, the Insurance Commission (IC) said. Based on the preliminary financial statements submitted to the IC, HMOs reported that the industry’s...
It looks like the much-awaited all-Filipino showdown between WBO bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero and WBC titleholder Nonito Donaire would have to wait a little longer. John Riel Casimero (left) and Guillermo Rigondeaux in this file photo (Premier Boxing Champions) This as the WBO ordered...
The United Nations (UN) in the Philippines and French government will continue to provide meals to some 160,000 children in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) despite the closure of schools for in-person classes due to the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic....
Insurance payments related to the coronavirus pandemic hit more than P8 billion. IC Comm. Dennis B. Funa Since the pandemic began, Insurance Commissioner Dennis B. Funa reported that payouts made by life and non-life insurers, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and mutual benefit associations...
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III is pushing for the amendment to a 15-year old maritime convention of the International Labor Organization (ILO) to give seafarers more protection while on high seas. (Photo from Unsplash) In a virtual gathering of global maritime and seafaring industry leaders...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion defended the "Bakuna Bubble" concept Saturday, Sept. 18 from claims that it would only lead to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections among vaccinated individuals. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Speaking...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The World Health Organization (WHO) urged the Philippines to intensify its efforts in vaccinating its elderly population against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as he described the rollout of the vaccination program for senior citizens as “unfortunate” and...
World Health Organization Representative to the Philippines Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN) An official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that it is not yet the right time to ease the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Metro Manila even if more than half of...
file photo: Ali Vicoy The World Health Organization (WHO) said it is supporting the implementation of granular lockdowns but it should be coupled with “accurate” and “up-to-date” data to make it work. “For us to do effective granular lockdowns- that needs to be based on very good...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Tuesday, Sept. 7, has expressed its readiness for the conduct of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Solidarity Vaccine Trial (SVT) on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. Department of Science and Technology (DOST) DOST Undersecretary for...
