(File photo: PIXABAY) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the number of firecracker-related injuries for this year has now climbed to 23. This is based on the data on the DOH Fireworks-Related Injury Surveillance Report that started last Dec. 21. "As of 6 a.m. of Dec. 28, 2021, a total of 23...
PPP CENTER As the pandemic widened the country's infrastructure gap, the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center this year added five more projects worth P22.91 billion to its pipeline, bringing the grand total to 63 projects worth P7.243 trillion. The additional projects include the Tourism...
With the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) remaining a threat, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Tuesday, Dec. 28 ordered an intense drive against the use, sale and distribution of prohibited firecrackers and crackdown on indiscriminate firing to ensure public safety...
“Christmas won’t be the same without the ones we love.” This is the message of the Manila Bulletin Christmas video entitled “Anong Wish Mo Ngayong Pasko?” With the health crisis that we are experiencing, the short film stresses that no material things could ever replace our loved ones....
The American literary icon, born Dec. 5, 1934, dies at 87 from Parkinson's disease at her New York apartment on Dec. 23, 2021. Remember this journalist, memoirist, essayist, and thinker through her words from her many famous books, including Blue Nights and The Year of Magical Thinking Creating a...
President Duterte will be on full work mode during Christmas and New Year as he promised to continue visiting the provinces pummelled by typhoon "Odette" over the weekend. President Rodrigo Duterte visits typhoon-hit Negros Occidental on Dec. 20, 2021 (Malacañang photo) Duterte, who is currently...
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III reminded residents to limit their “pamamasko,” or going from house to house for gifts on Christmas Day due to the pandemic and that the firecracker ban is still implemented in the municipality. In a live broadcast on Facebook, Ponce said this is to prevent the...
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said that there will be no selling of tickets and draws for lotto and other digit games on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) PCSO, in an advisory, released the selling period and schedules of the Lotto and Keno draws...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares For 10 consecutive years, I have been sharing with our readers a letter I wrote to my eldest daughter, Cassandra. I wrote a Christmas letter to my eldest daughter, Cassandra, when she was just three years old. I first shared it with our readers in this column on...
Filipino-American pop star Olivia Rodrigo was recently named TIME’s Entertainer of the Year for 2021. On their official website, the American news magazine's Senior Editor Lucy Feldman said the 18-year-old singer-songwriter was chosen for her charm as an artist. "Rodrigo has a gift for picking...
The new year is just around the corner! This means that baskets of round fruits will soon be adorning the dining tables of Filipino homes. Aside from wearing clothes with polka dots on New Year’s eve, Filipinos believe that putting 12 (sometimes 13) round fruits on the table will bring their...
Google revealed on Dec. 9 the several local lists--trends, news, personalities, shows, and more—that topped Filipinos’ search queries in 2021. The results for the Philippines, especially the Overall Top Trending Searches of the annual Year in Search, provide an insight on what mattered most to...
