To help aid pandemic-hit schools in the Philippines, multi-awarded youth volunteer organization I am M.A.D (Making A Difference) once again launched a bayanihan initiative. First BIDA Eskwela. Delivering brand new printer, printing materials for the Aeta community at Biaan Aeta Intergrated School...
Vice President Leni Robredo recognizes that a lot of Filipinos working abroad want to come back home and retire, but many of them are wary of the economic environment in the country and the lack of a reintegration program that will help them make use of their savings efficiently. Vice President...
Should he run for president, Senator Richard Gordon said he would choose a "public health person" to be his vice president. Senator Richard Gordon (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB) "I'm looking for a public health person. We have to get out of COVID. And I will need somebody other than my secretary of...
Sitti shared on social media her experience getting vaccinated against COVID-19 while pregnant. She reasoned, "Writing this to address any questions my fellow preggos may have..." Sitti received her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine 32 weeks into her pregnancy. She got her first dose at 27 weeks....
The Philippines' coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response sounds like "a broken record," according to a former Department of Health (DOH) secretary, citing lack of testing and contact tracing. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with CNN Philippines on Tuesday, Aug. 24, Dr....
"It appears that we did not improve at all." Senate President Vicente Sotto III could not help but make the statement as the Philippines recorded its highest daily coronavirus infection tally on Monday, August 23. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III At the Senate's plenary session Monday,...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has reported a total of 946 new confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and 35 new deaths in connection with the dreaded disease among overseas Filipinos during the past week. Department of Foreign Affairs Amid the increasing number of new COVID-19...
Metro Manila mayors did not expect that the recent surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases "would be this huge" that they have to request for additional isolation facilities from the national government, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos said Monday, Aug....
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate and former Rep. Neri Colmenares on Saturday, August 21 urged the Commission on Audit and the Office of the Ombudsman to follow the money trail in the form of the tens of billions of pesos in government savings. Money Zarate and...
Air travel is safe. Philippine Airlines (PAL) made the assurance in a new video today ( August 21) unveiled on its social media platforms. pal-aircraft_316x210px "PAL put protocols and safeguards ensuring the safety of all travelers in this time of heightened concerns, and we enforce them strictly...
The executive department's proposal for a P240-billion budget for coronavirus response next year might have to go through the needle hole as senators doubt its ability to fully spend it. Senator Juan Edgardo 'Sonny' Angara (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB) Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara, chairman...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) approved the fourth and final tranche of its standby loan, which will be used in the Philippines’ post-pandemic recovery programs, the Department of Finance (DOF) announced. JICA In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the...
