Malacañang has urged financial and media company Bloomberg to look at a country's economic growth when measuring resilience as this was supposedly the best indicator of resilience amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from The Cabinet Secretariat...
The government must address issues in its national vaccination program such as brand preference, vaccine hesitancy, access to vaccines in far-flung areas, lack of manpower, and other logistical problems, senatorial aspirant and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said on Thursday, Dec. 2. Human rights...
A total of 15 universities in the country was listed among the best higher education institutions (HEI) in Asia in the 2022 university rankings of global higher education think-tank Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). An additional university made the cut this year, compared to last year's turnout of 14....
The spokesperson of Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, October 31, said the administration should not be critical of the Bloomberg COVID Resilience Ranking of the best and worst places to be amid the pandemic. (Vice Presidential spokesman Barry Gutierrez/Facebook) The Philippines remained at...
Vice President Leni Robredo said she was "saddened" but not surprised by the Philippine's low ranking in the latest World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index, especially with was she has seen under the Duterte administration. Vice President Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
Scenes along the street going to the densely-populated area of Baranagy 23C in Davao City, a village that was previously placed under 14-day lockdown. (Keith Bacongco/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the data used in Nikkei's COVID-19 Recovery Index was when the country was...
How likely is it for presidential aspirant Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso to gain 1Sambayan's endorsement in the event that the first endorsee, Vice President Leni Robredo, decides to duck the May 2022 presidential race? Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso 1Sambayan senior...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque recalled President Duterte's tirade against wealthy countries during the latter's recent speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) following the Philippines' dismal last place finish in Bloomberg’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Resilience...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid Another worrisome concern regarding world perception on another critical issue is our "safety" today following the results of a worldwide study done by Global Finance Magazine. The latter had ranked the Philippines at the bottom among 134 countries. Albay...
Vice President Leni Robredo told the government to stop questioning the latest Bloomberg Resilience Ranking that ranked the Philippines 52nd out of 53 countries in the “worst places to be as the world finally reopens,” noting that its non-competitiveness caused such low ranking. (Vice President...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, July 1 said the Philippines' poor performance in Bloomberg’s latest COVID-19 Resilience Ranking was due to the government’s poor response to the pandemic, not because of the inequitable distribution of vaccines across the globe. “Was the Bloomberg report...
Malacañang said the Philippines was slowly recovering from the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the economy, noting that the government was working hard on balancing reviving the economy and preserving the public's health. Manila Bulletin/File photo Presidential Spokesman Harry...
