Cavite Representative Elpidio Barzaga, Jr. has filed a bill seeking to amend the COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021 and make the government’s inoculation program against the coronavirus disease mandatory for individuals as “may be determined” by the Department of Health (DOH). DOH CHIEF...
Malacañang said that while President Duterte has not yet taken a position on the issue, the government has the authority to require vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as part of its police power. File photo Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement in his Monday...
Vice President Leni Robredo said that her supporters gave away more than 30,000 bowls of lugaw (rice porridge) during her birthday last Friday, April 23. Her supporters called the “National Lugaw Day” in reference to trolls calling her “Lugaw Queen” because her supporters sold porridge to...
ANGEL THOUGHTS FIRST LAY LEADER Dr. A. Gabriel Esteban, Ph.D., in the De Paul campus Meet a Fil-American, who has distinguished himself in the world of the academe in the US—A. Gabriel Esteban, PhD, the 12th president of DePaul University in Chicago, the largest Catholic university in the US....
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday urged the government to make sure that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), including seafarers, are vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Go said that as the Philippines expects more vaccines to arrive in the coming months, he supports...
Pregnant women and malnourished children in Bicol Region will be provided with quality food as six farmers’ groups were tapped by the government to provide fresh vegetables to an existing nutrition program in the region. Photo from DAR T he Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the National...
Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion highlighted the importance of boosting the confidence of the public on coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, saying the shots that the Philippines is trying hard to procure will be useless if the people will refuse to take the jab. Presidential...
Supporters and volunteers of Vice President Leni Robredo celebrated her birthday on Friday, April 23, with the "National Lugaw Day," where residents from over 100 areas in the country were served rice porridge. Blogger Jover Laurio of the Pinoy Ako Blog, one of the volunteers who arranged the...
After chiding the United States for technically snubbing the Philippines’ offer of energy investments, Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi still tugged his way into courting American firms to pour in capital in geothermal as well as petroleum exploration projects being offered by the country. “We...
Mineski Philippines has officially opened its Youth Esports Program (YEP) regional qualifiers for the third leg of the National Interschool Cyber League (NICL) featuring Moonton's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. Registration is now open to interested senior high school and college students who are...
The True MVPs: Frontliners from Metro Pacific hospitals and government hospitals alike receive daily meals from Chairman Manny V. Pangilinan and Tulong Kapatid, the corporate social responsibility alliance of foundations and companies under the MVP Group of Companies, as a show of support for their...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno We in the city of Manila are indeed very fortunate and still blessed to be ahead of so many challenges being hurled our way by the ongoing pandemic. Last March 25, I signed Ordinance 8739...
