After fully complying with the government-mandated health and safety protocols against COVID-19, Barangay San Antonio became the first barangay in Pasig City to receive a Safety Seal from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). (Photo taken from the Barangay San Antonio Facebook...
Our lives have been changed by the coronavirus pandemic. The dreaded disease have separated families and friends in ways they never experienced before. It has changed the way people celebrate events and holidays -- and that includes Father's Day. Three Filipinos share what they miss the most...
IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST Dr. Jose Pujalte, Jr. “for you were not born to be depressed and unhappy with others, but to be happy with them.” Epictetus (A.D. c.50-c.138), Greek Stoic in Discourses. Chap. xxiv. (A.D. 101) While the DOH churns out its daily census of COVID-19 new infections, deaths and...
The government should not delay the release of a unified quarantine protocol for vaccinated Filipino travelers for the sake of the Philippine economy, Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Saturday, June 19. Passengers show their travel documents to authorities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque Last week, I said I would share some realizations I had as a pandemic bride this week. Like many other things in life, this pandemic surely shifted perspectives in a multitude of and in multiple ways when it came to weddings. For one, gone are the extravagant...
If there's anything that the pandemic taught Richard Yap as a father, it's the importance of time well spent with loved ones. Note the actor-model-businessman actually battled COVID-19 for months. Richard shared that being isolated from his family made him realize how fleeting time is. He...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Friday called on the Senate to expedite the passage of the bill that seeks to grant rent subsidy to informal settler families (ISFs). De Lima made the call as she expressed elation that this particular measure has been approved by the Senate Committee on Urban...
The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) on Friday, June 18 said it will conduct a review on cooperatives affected by the ongoing pandemic. CDA chairperson Usec. Joseph Encabo (Screenshot from PTV) Undersecretary Joseph Encabo, CDA chairperson, said the review will seek to determine what...
Senator Joel Villanueva has asked the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and other concerned government agencies to release the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the law granting scholarship for qualified medical students. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The chairman of the...
Who's really calling the shots now? Senate President Vicente Sotto III raised this question as he slammed on Friday, June 18, the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases for refusing to ease the rules on the use of face shields amid the pandemic. Senate...
The money used by ordinary Filipinos to purchase face shields could have been used to buy food and other essential items they need during the COVID-19 pandemic, former vice president Jejomar “Jojo” Binay said on Friday (June 18). (Jojo Binay Facebook/Manila Bulletin) “Buti sana kung libre ang...
EDITORS DESK We do not exactly know when this horrible pandemic would end, but one thing is sure when you talk to scientists, environmentalists, and conservationists – there is a looming pandemic that concerns the environment. More than a year of wearing face shields, donning PPEs, having food...
