Senators on Friday called on Filipinos to share their blessings to those who have adversely been displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic and Typhoon Odette. Senator Richard Gordon, who chairs the Philippine Red Cross, noted that while the country has yet to fully recover from the impact of the pandemic,...
Photo taken at Palma Gil Integrated School PGIS in Talaingod, Davao del Norte in June 2021 (DepEd Philippines Facebook page) Recognizing the impact brought by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on children, the Department of Education (DepEd) reaffirmed its commitment to protect and...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 263 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Monday, Dec. 20. DOH/MB Monday's update brought the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic to 2,837,730. Of this, DOH said that 9,592 were active cases or 0.3 percent of the...
Photo taken at Cawayan Elementary School in Irosin, Sorsogon on Dec. 1, 2021 (Courtesy of OSDS - DepEd Sorsogon Province Official) Across the world, school closures due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic brought significant disruptions to education. In the Philippines, the pandemic...
Recognizing the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on education, the Department of Education (DepEd) is eyeing to develop a policy on the learning environment post-COVID. Photo taken at Cawayan Elementary School in Irosin, Sorsogon. (Courtesy of OSDS - DepEd Sorsogon Province...
Residents of Quezon City will have a "merrier" Christmas this year, according to independent research group OCTA. This is due to the decline in the city’s daily average of new COVID-19 cases from 24 to 17. In a report released on Friday, Dec. 17, OCTA said the 7-day average of new COVID cases in...
The Miss World organization has released a statement following rumors that one of the candidates in this year's edition of the beauty pageant has tested positive for COVID-19. In an article published on Puerto Rico-based newspaper Primera Hora, and translated to English by Pageanthology 101, the...
President Duterte will walk away from politics after June 30, 2022 after all. FULL CIRCLE--President Rodrigo Duterte (left) officially withdrew his Senate bid in the May 2022 polls on Dec. 14, 2021. (Office of the President) Malacañang, through Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, confirmed on...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares It’s not the ideal time to do a long road trip but if you have to visit the family patriarch, it is the ideal way with today’s limited travel restrictions that require minimal travel documents. We opted to drive to Bacolod City from Quezon City weeks...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded only 360 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Monday, Dec. 13. DOH/MB Monday's report brought the national tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,836,803 since the beginning of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. According to the data from DOH, 11,083...
The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) stressed on Saturday, Dec. 11, urged laboratories in airports, ports of entry, and in various regions of the country to send additional samples for genome sequence given the imminent entry of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant Omicron. (Photo from the...
Malacañang was careful not to criticize anybody Friday, Dec. 10 over the somewhat routine disregard of minimum public health standards (MPHS) during political caravans and rallies helds by 2022 elections aspirants. A snapshot of attendees at a political caravan-slash-rally in Bacoor City on Dec....
