Lt. Gen. Jose Faustino Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has encouraged the Philippine Army (PA) to continue their resolve to protect the Filipinos and the nation against the enemies of the State while also rendering additional duties to contain the coronavirus...
Filipinos can still celebrate a "better" Christmas season this year despite the worrisome surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases which are seen to be caused by the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer of National Task...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will be delving next week into the complaints on the Department of Health's (DOH) delayed release of allowances and other benefits for health workers. Senator Richard Gordon (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Senator Richard Gordon in a radio interview Saturday, August...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III's refusal to step down from his post despite repeated calls only shows his loyalty to President Duterte, and not to the Filipinos, opposition Senator Leila de Lima said on Saturday, August 14. President Duterte confers with Health Secretary Francisco Duque III...
Funnyman Alex Calleja is known for making people laugh. But the reverse happened recently when he appeared on his friend Ogie Diaz's vlog. In there, the Tempo columnist revealed the hardships he and his family are going through given ongoing lockdown measures imposed in the National Capital Region....
Former senator and Sorsogon Governor Francis "Chiz" Escudero has maintained that the Department of Health (DOH) may still have committed a crime if proven to have failed in properly disbursing its P67.32-billion COVID-19 funds. Former senator and Sorsogon Governor Francis 'Chiz' Escudero (MANILA...
The Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) has failed to construct a hospital for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases despite receiving the funds for the project two years before the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic struck. Research Institute for Tropical Medicine This was...
Thanks to celebrated filmmaker and documentarist Dr. Clodualdo Del Mundo’s curation Filipinos make the best documentaries. Pinoy-made documentaries are some of the most substantial, informative, and well-made programs in Philippine cinema and television. This has become more apparent now amid the...
The Commission on Audit's (COA) observations on the Department of Health's (DOH) disbursement of COVID-19 funds should prompt the "right people" to act, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Friday, August 13. Senate President Vicente Sotto III delivers a speech in the opening of the third...
The list of "green" or low coronavirus risk countries that allows their vaccinated travelers to face shorter quarantine upon arrival in the Philippines has been further trimmed down as a precaution against the coronavirus spread. People with face masks and protective gear stand by an exit at...
The government has denounced the local communist terrorists for worsening the pandemic following their continued atrocities. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea (File photo/Malacañang) Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said these terrorists chose to continue their "reprehensible...
The Philippine government is committed to continue to protect the people from the coronavirus disease from carrying out testing, quarantine measures to vaccination efforts. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea (File photo/Malacañang) Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea highlighted the...
