A Manila health worker prepares to administer a single-shot Johnson & Johnson's Janssen coronavirus vaccine during the inoculative drive at the Justo Lucban Elementary School in Manila on July 21, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The World Health Organization (WHO) Philippines has called on...
More poor Filipino families and vulnerable communities having access to social protection programs is envisioned under a cooperation agreement that will be signed between the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the United Nations-Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO) on...
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Solidarity Vaccine Trial (SVT) in the country is being targeted to be conducted by August 15, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Monday, July 26. (Photo by Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) DOST Undersecretary for Research and Development Rowena...
In anticipation of the opening of the third regular session of the 18 th Congress next week, the United Nations and several of its representative agencies in the Philippines has called on both the House and the Senate to prioritize the immediate passage of a law that increases the age for...
International think tank Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) has backed the Philippine government on its stand at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and harmful fisheries subsidies....
The Philippine government was told to assert its position at the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding harmful subsidies that bigger countries like China provide their commercial fleets, resulting in overfishing and encroaching in disputed waters. This, since China alone gives out P325 billion...
The Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) has designated the National Democratic Front (NDF) as a terrorist organization for supposedly continuing to lure and recruit people to join the New People's Army (NPA). (Source: NDF website) Based on ATC Resolution No. 2021 signed on June 23, 2021 and released on...
Amid whispers of a possible stab at the senatorial race in the May 2022 national polls, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III appears to be eyeing an active stint as chairman of the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Government Group instead. (File photo/...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) is supporting the bid of Iloilo City to be designated as the “Creative City of Gastronomy“ by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). La Paz Batchoy, a prominent noodle soup dish from La Paz, Iloilo City composed of savory...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, July 16, that the investigator’s brochures on the four vaccine brands that will be used in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Solidarity Vaccine Trial (SVT) have already been under review by its expert panel. (Photo by ALI VICOY/...
BTS' Permission to Dance MV (Screenshot/YouTube) The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed its appreciation to South Korean pop band BTS for incorporating sign language to their new single “Permission to Dance.” In his official Twitter account, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said on Saturday, July 10, that the actual rollout of the the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Solidarity Vaccine Trial (SVT), and the Philippines’ study on the safety and efficacy of mixing and matching five coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
