The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Monday, May 10, confirmed that more than 27,000 students enrolled in 18 local colleges in the Bicol Region now benefit from programs under the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act of 2017 or Republic Act 10931 particularly the Free Higher...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has so far conducted 2.8 million coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests nationwide. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) PRC biomolecular laboratories chief Dr. Paulyn Ubial said as of Sunday, May 9, 2.5 million tests - both reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction...
More than a hundred hogs ran loose on a busy Navotas City highway prompting residents scramble out of their homes Tuesday evening to stop their escape after the truck transporting them figured in an accident. James Rumilla, one of the dozens of men who responded, said they immediately ran after...
Get tested in the comfort and safety of your home Although the COVID-19 cases have decreased in the Philippines recently due to the lockdown, everyone still needs to be extra careful especially since new variants of the disease has been discovered, and some of these variants has been found to show...
Clockwise from top left: Francene Mickyle Matic, Shane Hannah Leigh Santos, Agile Wrynne, Francesca Miranda, Jamela Santiago, Luigi Miguel Kho, and Moira Febiene Romero Centro Escolar University takes pride in its students’ stellar performance in the Test of English for International...
With pregnancy rates going higher this pandemic, parents and soon-to-be parents are stocking up on pregnancy test kits. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning on two unregistered pregnancy kits: Fertility series HCG colloidal gold rapid screen test easy pregnancy test and Sweet...
Travelers could have the option to take a saliva-based coronavirus test prior to domestic travel in case a local government unit (LGU) of destination decides to keep such health protocol, a Palace official said Thursday. (Photo by Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Cabinet Secretary...
Under the Food and Drug Administration Advisory number 2021-0104, FDA issued a memo last January 21 that there is no FDA certified Covid-19 test kits for self administration. photo from freepik.com The memo reminds "all healthcare professionals and the general public are advised not to purchase and...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) has commercially launched its P700 Test Before Boarding (TBB), the lowest rate in the industry so far, for passengers flying from Manila. The antigen test is taken just hours before the scheduled time of departure, with results released within 30 minutes. At present, the TBB...
Everyone is itching to travel again, but a lot of people are considering reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction or RT-PCR tests to be their modern-day blockade. The reasons are valid: It takes up a huge percent of their travel expenses, and it’s literally a matter of leaving it all up to...
Pre-Covid, we would all be busy planning our family travels by now. But we have to face the fact that Covid-19 is here to stay for a little longer, so precautions have to be made, including that of taking the PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) test prior to your flight. Here are some of the...
The Test Kitchen throws a special dinner celebrating its first anniversary in its new location at One Rockwell In November last year, Josh Boutwood ’s The Test Kitchen moved to a new, better location at One Rockwell in Makati. It wasn’t only a change of address, the chef also decided upon...
