The Department of National Defense (DND) is coordinating with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in case the government needs the military’s help in the repatriation of overseas Filipinos in Ukraine and North Korea. Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (File photo)...
Amid the continuing surge in Covid-19 cases in South Korea, two more K-pop stars have tested positive for the virus. K-pop boy band TOMORROW X TOGETHER member Soobin, 21, and girl group Brave Girls’ Minyoung, 31, have been diagnosed with Covid-19 on March 12. TXT's Soobin (left) and Brave Girls'...
After roughly two years, the House of Representatives is allowing for the first time the in-person coverage of a committee meeting on Monday morning, March 7. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was confirmed in a Viber message to reporters by the House media bureau on late Sunday night, March 6....
A total of 144 officers from the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Holy Spirit Station (PS 14) underwent a surprise drug testing on Saturday, March 5. "Patuloy ang ating pagsasagawa ng surprise drug test sa lahat ng kapulisan ng QCPD upang matiyak at malaman kung sino ang gumagamit ng...
Aksyon Demokratiko vice presidential candidate Dr. Willie Ong proposed the use of lie detector machines during debates to determine whether the candidates are really telling the truth about their accomplishments and what they plan to do for the country if they get elected. He made this proposal...
More people have been accosted for supposedly violating quarantine protocols than the number of individuals tested for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the height of the pandemic in 2020, a coalition of medical groups said. Police officers inspect motorists’ identification cards at a...
Some 16,000 units of antigen test kits were donated by the Ministry of Defense of the State of Israel to the Philippines to help in its pandemic response. (Photo courtesy of the Embassy of Israel in Manila) According to the Israeli Embassy in Manila, Israeli diplomats Ambassador Ilan Fluss and...
Citing the ever-present threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez prodded the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to get rid of its eight-hour long driving education test requirement for driver's license renewals. (Ryotando Ag/...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday, Feb. 7 that US Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has already applied for an emergency use authorization (EUA) for its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pill Paxlovid. AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN FDA-Officer-In-Charge Director-General Oscar Gutierrez reported...
Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday called on the government to come up with a comprehensive medical waste management plan now that COVID-19 self-test kits have been made commercially available. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Binay noted, has so far approved the use of 116 COVID -19 self test...
The University of the Philippines (UP) Manila is currently developing a novel cell-based immunoassay platform for serologic testing for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Funded by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD), the project...
The Quezon City government will conduct COVID-19 rapid antigen tests on more than 1,100 Bar examinees, staff and volunteers to make sure that the examinations to be held on Feb. 4 and 6 will not be a “superspreader” event, Mayor Joy Belmonte announced on Tuesday, Feb. 1. The local government...
