Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, March 16, downplayed reports that the country’s hospitals are in a critical level in terms of bed capacity for coronavirus disease patients. During a virtual press briefing, the Palace official also said that there is no reason yet for the country to...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, March, defended President Duterte’s ‘maliit na bagay’ (small thing) remark on the coronavirus pandemic, saying instead that what the Chief Executive meant is that the virus will not be here forever. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS /...
Malacañang lauded the "very good results" achieved during the limited face-to-face classes in higher education institutions (HEIs) but said the full resumption of in-person classes still depends on the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / MANILA...
The government's pandemic task force agreed that the measures being implemented to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic should be intensified as the country saw a recent spike in cases due to the new and more contagious variants of the disease. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Friday maintained that President Duterte is the driving force behind the unabated spate of killings and human rights abuses in the country because he continues to promote a culture of violence and impunity. Senator Leila de Lima (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO /...
Jace Roque Even if the pandemic has made it hard for artists to put themselves and their work out there, Top EDM artist Jace Roque has beaten the odds. The music video for his latest single “Forever” has earned over 1 million views. “It feels surreal, to be honest,” he says of his latest...
Malacañang assured that health workers who passed on CoronaVac to wait for AstraZeneca will get the British-Swedish brand, reiterating that they will not lose their priority just for rejecting a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque...
Malacañang is confident that there is no stopping the government's vaccination program now, especially with the arrival of more vaccines this month. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque made the statement as the government rolled out its...
The Philippine government is eyeing a way bigger minimum access volume (MAV) allocation, or about 388,790 metric tons (MT), for pork. This is just one of the proposals of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in terms of addressing the shortfall in the supply of the commodity as well as bring down its...
Vice Ganda Ace comedian Vice Ganda resumed today, Jan. 20, his tirades against an unidentified person whom he calls a clown during the noontime program "It's Showtime" on the Kapamilya Channel. Vice Ganda did not name the clown in his remark. But observers said that the comedian was obviously...
Bea Alonzo and Dominic Roque The recent reply of Dominic Roque to a netizen looking for actress Bea Alonzo in his recent photo made their fans thrilled! In a series of pictures of Roque taken at the BenCab Museum in Tuba, Benguet, an online user commented: "San na ba si Bea…. ay (heart...
While Bicol and some parts of Calabarzon have not yet fully recovered from the wrath of the super typhoon a week ago, Typhoon Ulysses battered Calabarzon again, along with Metro Manila, yesterday on November 12, 2020. It left different communities heavily flooded and devastated. Social media was...
