The second batch of AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine donated by the United Kingdom (UK) to the country arrived on Friday afternoon, Nov. 26. The United Kingdom donates 288,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines on Nov. 26, 2021. (Screenshot from PTV...
Amid the continuous entry of imported chicken into the country and the threat of local raisers to cut their production, the Philippines' chicken output during the first nine months of the year went down by 1.4 percent to 425,890 metric tons (MT) liveweight. Data from the Philippine Statistics...
EDITORS DESK Johannes Chua It started with promises and ended just like that — with more promises. A few weeks ago, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change or COP26 opened in Glasgow brimming with hope and optimism; it was even dubbed as mankind’s “last chance” to...
Smuggling of small arms and light weapons "forms part of the operations of terrorists," the Philippines said as it calls on the United Nations (UN) Security Council to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons through such acts. Ambassador Ariel Rodelas Peñaranda, Deputy Permanent Representative...
President Duterte will "execute the laws accordingly" when it comes to the case of his beleaguered friend, Pastor Apollo Quiboloy. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles gave this assurance in a recent press conference....
Senator Win Gatchalian expressed concern on Thursday, Nov. 25 over qualified students being denied admission because of limited capacities of State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) despite steadily increasing allocations for the implementation of Republic Act No. 10931 or the Universal Access to...
Malacañang has, for the nth time, insisted that the United Nations (UN)-backed International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction to investigate the Duterte administration's war against illegal drugs. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. believes that human trafficking will only end with "the traffickers and enablers" in governments. DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Screengrab from DFA Facebook Page) Speaking at the high-level meeting of the General Assembly for the Appraisal of the...
Employment opportunities await overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the pandemic in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following the reopening of the economy in the Middle Eastern country, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported. (FILE PHOTO) Labor Attaché John Rio Bautista...
Let nurses run for Congress. Nurses United Partylist FB Nurses belonging to Nurses United Party-List issued this call to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, Nov. 22. "Nurses and health workers are called heroes but we have not been valued. Our salaries remain low. It is disheartening...
Australia, Japan, France, and Germany have expressed “serious concerns” on the latest incident between China and the Philippines in the Ayungin Shoal and urged China to abide by international maritime laws, particularly the landmark 2016 Arbitral Tribunal ruling that invalidated Beijing’s...
After the incident at Ayungin Shoal last week, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Saturday, Nov. 20, said the United States (US) must “step in” and help the Philippines, as well as other Southeast Asian nations, deal with China over their territorial disputes. Former Senator Antonio...
