More and more people are now coming out to defend Arjo Atayde's actions in Baguio. After girlfriend Maine Mendoza, co-actor Nikko Natividad and mom, Sylvia Sanchez, now, it's his father, Art Atayde's turn. In a recent vlog, comedian Ogie Diaz shared details of his recent conversation with the...
Another senator has pushed to grill the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) after state auditors found that the agency used only one percent of its allocation for its service contracting program. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Senate of the Philippines) Senator Francis...
Hong Kong's decision to grant Hollywood star Nicole Kidman a quarantine exemption as she films an Amazon-funded series about the lives of wealthy expats has sparked public anger. The Chinese financial hub maintains some of the strictest quarantine measures in the world, an approach that...
The government is willing to look into the proposed deployment of public transport vehicles for fully vaccinated passengers once population protection is attained at least in Metro Manila. Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA as the government enforces movement curbs against the coronavirus...
More than 12.8 million Filipinos have so far received their complete vaccination against the coronavirus disease as the country's vaccine supply continued to increase. A Manila resident gets vaccinated a vaccination hub located at the Justo Lukban elementary school in Paco Manila on August 8, 2021....
Higher volumes at Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI)' s international gateway ports in Manila and Batangas boosted the operator's revenues for the first six months of 2021 by 8.2% to P5.47 billion versus the same period last year. ati_headoffice However, ATI's net income dipped 2% to P1.13 billion due to...
Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, August 18, appealed to authorities heed the call of health workers for the issuance of their special risk allowances (SRA) and other benefits to prevent their reported plan to mass resign. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) "Our medical frontliners are...
Hospitals' associations on Tuesday, August 17, complained of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation's (PhilHealth) supposed "arbitrary denial" of over P13.8 billion in benefits claims. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) At the hearing of the House Committee on Health, Philippine...
The government is appealing to the latest batch of nursing graduates to serve at the frontlines in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque admitted that the country was in need of more health...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said on Tuesday, August 17, that it will reconsider its circular which removed the benefit package for probable COVID-19 cases. Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (MANILA BULLETIN) During a hearing of the House of Representatives'...
There's a battle for public attention at least every Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a taped public address on August 16, 2021. (Malacañang) With his taped weekly address often aired late at night and running long, President Duterte is letting the public make a choice: Be informed about...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Tuesday, August 17, that a total of 15,687 private and public establishments in the country have been awarded a Safety Seal certification by the local government units after having complied with the minimum public health standards...