The Department of Education (DepEd) has officially phased out Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) and introduced a new, age-appropriate Reproductive Health Education (RHE) policy for Filipino students. The announcement was made by DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara following President Marcos’...
Women hold placards to lead and rally against the lack of global climate action. (Photo from Pexels) The term “global warming” connotes that we are all affected by the climate crisis, hence its “global” aspect. Though that may be true, the impacts of a warming planet are not equally...
From left: Current and new Cetaphil Brand ambassadors Donny Pangilinan, Catriona Gray, Bea Fabregas, Hannah Pangilinan, Andi Manzano, Ella Pangilinan-Miranda, Bianca Gonzales-Intal, Atasha Muhlach, and Nico Bolzico at the Cetaphil SkinLabs Cetaphil, the renowned dermatologist-recommended skincare...
Exploring different products could be tricky and complicated for skincare and beauty enthusiasts with sensitive skin. Sometimes, unknown to them, a product may cause skin irritation. This is true for actress Sofia Andres. In an interview, Sofia shared with Manila Bulletin Lifestyle that once...
House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro hailed on Saturday, Jan. 7 the Home Development Mutual Fund, or Pag-IBIG Fund for being "sensitive" to pandemic and inflation-weary Filipinos. ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro This, after Pag-IBIG decided to defer...
LAOAG, Ilocos Norte--If there's one thing that Sandro Marcos has learned from his father Bongbong Marcos, it's the meaning of the Filipino saying "Ang pikon, talo (He who is sensitive, loses)." Sandro Marcos grants a series of ambush interviews on the sidelines of the campaign launch of local...
Aiming to raise awareness on the basic concept of gender and sexuality, the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) conducted a four-day gender sensitivity training in Cebu City. (Image courtesy of PNA / National Anti-Poverty Commission) NAPC’s Gender and Development (GAD) unit held the training...
Sensitive voter information may have been compromised after a group of hackers was allegedly able to breach the servers of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), downloading more than 60 gigabytes of data that could possibly affect the May 2022 elections. Comelec logo (Photo from Wikipedia) This...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Tuesday, Nov. 2 that at least 100,000 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines were affected by the fire that hit the Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Government Center in Pagadian City. Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA...
Marikina City’s Pfizer COVID-19 facility was lauded by the Department of Health (DOH) for being ideal for the temperature-sensitive vaccine. (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) The fully air-conditioned vaccination facility for Pfizer was built by the local government unit (LGU) of Marikina in the...
The Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) is launching the country’s first “gender-sensitive” online dashboard for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country. This was disclosed by DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” de la Peña...
