Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez said the city government is offering free RT-PCR and antigen tests to all residents. Olivarez said the free RT-PCR and antigen tests will be conducted at the Ospital ng Parañaque (OSPAR) from Monday to Sunday at 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. He said OSPAR will...
Even the fish in the sea are getting caught up in China’s attempts to stop the spread of Covid-19. Authorities in the coastal city of Xiamen, in southeastern Fujian province, are testing not only fishers for the virus on a daily basis but also their catch. The practice has stirred debate and...
Senator Nancy Binay is the seventh senator to get infected with Covid-19 in the 19th Congress. Also reported to be Covid-19 positive on Friday morning, Aug. 19 was Senator Joseph Victor ‘’JV’’ Ejercito. On Thursday, Senator Imee Marcos tested Covid-19 positive based on her reverse...
The Pasay City local government is offering free mammogram and Pap smear services to all female city residents as part of Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano’s gift to her constituents on her birthday on Tuesday, Aug. 16. Rubiano said the free mammogram and Pap smear offer is being conducted in partnership...
Almost 6,000 aspiring teacher candidates of the Department of Education (DepEd) nationwide took the qualifying test for the first-ever fully remote National Qualifications Examinations for School Heads (NQESH). JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN DepEd, in partnership with ASEAMETRICS, made...
Arriving in Laguna and Pampanga Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (MMPC) brings the Reimagine Your Ride (RYR) Test Drive back to Luzon this August. The experiential tour which started in May, is coming from successful stagings in Cebu and Davao. “We received an overwhelming amount of...
MORE than 50 traffic enforcers were subjected to a surprise random drug test at the Zamboanga City Hall. (Zamboanga City LGU photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY – Five traffic enforcers tested positive for illegal drugs in a surprise random drug test conducted Tuesday, August 2, at the Zamboanga City...
This undated electron microscopic (EM) handout image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a monkeypox virion, obtained from a clinical sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. It was a thin section image from a human skin sample. On the left were mature,...
Former President and now Pampanga 2nd District Rep. Gloria Arroyo will not attend President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) after testing positive for Covid-19. Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (PBBM Media) A statement from...
Isabela Rep. Antonio “Tonypet” Albano tested positive for Covid-19. Albano asked prayers for his speedy recovery. "May I humbly ask for your prayers as I have tested positive for Covid for the very first time. And I have asthma as my comorbidity," Albano said in a Facebook post Tuesday, July...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta To this day, the Philippines is described as an agricultural country which is probably why the 17th president, Ferdinand Marcos, Jr, (PBBM) appointed himself Secretary of Agriculture. It happens to be an utterly sensitive sector of the national economy, the most...
The Las Piñas City local government will soon open a diagnostic center that will give free laboratory services to residents, Mayor Imelda Aguilar announced. Aguilar said Vice-Mayor April Aguilar met with the department heads and the team from the City Health Office (CHO) on Tuesday, June 21, in...
