DAVAO CITY – Davao del Norte was placed under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) from June 10 to June 30, 2021 following a surge in COVID-19 cases. Davao del Norte Gov. Edwin Jubahib issued Executive Order (EO) No. 26, Series of 2021, which prohibits non-essential travels and gatherings...
Even during the midst of an ongoing pandemic, natural phenomenons such as earthquakes can still occur. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) underscored the importance of ensuring the safety of the public during and after an earthquake, while...
House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda has called on the government to increase the wages and benefits of nurses in the Philippines. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Legarda issued the appeal after lauded as a "welcome development" the Malacañang's move to reverse the Department of Budget...
’TOL Views Senator Francis N. Tolentino About 400 universities and colleges in the United States have reportedly required foreign students mostly from India — who were already inoculated — to re-vaccinate since the brands they had taken have yet to secure a “green light” from the World...
The national government will welcome 3.2 million doses of Pfizer and Sinovac vaccines on Thursday, June 10, the biggest single-day vaccine arrival so far. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo/ Screenshot from RTVM livestream) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar The coronavirus seems to be creeping outside the National Capital Region (NCR). The Department of Health has expressed alarm over the increase in COVID-19 infections in provinces specifically in Mindanao. It noted that 25% of fresh cases the...
It has been over a year since the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic disrupted normal life. Among those institutions that have been gravely affected is the country’s education system. In an effort to ensure that the needs of learners are not neglected in this so-called new normal, the Department of...
Raymundo W. Lo, MD More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, where is the Philippines heading — or more precisely, where is it not heading? Let’s look at several aspects. On the medical front, we now know more about how to treat COVID-19. What works and what doesn’t. Our doctors can...
Billions of investments in nature are needed to help countries avoid another pandemic while also generating revenues, according to biodiversity financing strategist BIOFIN Philippines. In a statement, the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), a project of the Department of Environment and...
Senator Joel Villanueva has appealed to the executive department to consider a promotion of the salary grade of public nurses. media The chairman of the Senate labor committee made the call as he hailed on Monday, June 7, Malacañang’s reversal of a Department of Budget and Management (DBM)...
DAVAO CITY - Over 15,000 healthcare workers in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have received their first dose of vaccine against the Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). In a statement from the Bangsamoro Government, Dr. Bashary Latiph of the Ministry of Health said as...
If not enough countries will band together and commit to vaccine equity, COVID-19 will continue to evolve and humanity may be consigned to a never-ending pandemic. It’s a race against time. While the first generation of vaccines has demonstrated high levels of efficacy, these need to be...
