ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma “A story begins when something knocks life off balance. Then the story progresses, or the plot “thickens,” as the protagonists struggle to restore that balance and peace while antagonistic forces block and resist them. Finally the story ends as the struggle results...
Economist and professor Solita “Winnie” Monsod said on Wednesday, June 23, that the Filipinos need better leaders for the economy to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic and for the country to be competitive again on the world stage. Economist Solita “Winnie” Monsod...
China and the United States will deliver two million doses of Sinovac vaccines and 250,000 doses of Moderna jabs respectively to the country this week, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 confirmed Wednesday, June 23. A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a Manila resident...
The delivery of 50,000 doses of Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) this month has been delayed, National Task force (NTF) Against COVID-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. confirmed Wednesday, June 23. A health worker shows Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III is not satifisfied with how the Department of Health (DOH) justified its recommendation to keep the mandatory face shield policy. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Office of Sen. Sotto/https://vicentesotto.com) On Wednesday, Sotto filed Senate Resolution No. 757...
Vice President Leni Robredo should expand her Vaccine Express vaccination project drive-through to include Visayas and Mindanao where there have been reported surges of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez said on Wednesday, June 23....
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, June 22, underscored the need of having "clear and definite" policies from the government to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts to the country. Senator Joel Villanueva speaks during a Senate hearing on February 24, 2020. (Senate PRIB/Henzberg Austria)...
Senator Francis Pangilinan on Tuesday, June 22, maintained that the executive department should release and spend the COVID-19 funds under the Bayanihan 2 law. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Senate of the Philippines) Pangilinan saw no need for a special Congress session to extend anew the...
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez is asking the Department of Health (DOH) to immediately send 24 ventilators to hospitals in Cagayan de Oro City amid the surge in COVID-19 cases. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Rodriguez on Tuesday, June 22, disclosed that he wrote to DOH Secretary...
There are three important things that the Philippines should do if it wants to imitate Israel's "successful" battle against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: aggressive testing, systematic data gathering, and efficient rollout of the vaccination program. Members of the National Task...
DAVAO CITY - City Mayor Sara Duterte said the imposition of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) status for Davao City was not yet discussed in the recent Davao COVID-19 Task Force meetings amid the surge of COVID-19 cases. “Wala pa tay discussion ana (We have not discussed a possible ECQ yet),"...
Senator Nancy Binay on Tuesday, June 22 said government should tell the public what is keeping it from disbursing available funds that are supposed to be used to effectively combat the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Binay pointed out that the government has at least three sources of...
