Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) is confident that it will meet its five-year target for its massive replanting program within some of the region’s most crucial watersheds. In a statement, stakeholders of the Annual Million Trees Challenge (AMTC) stressed their commitment to...
More than 1.8 million people have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in the country since the government's free inoculation drive started last March. Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines inside a cinema-turned vaccination hub in a...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- Leaders of G7 countries have agreed to share at least 870 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines directly, at least half of which are to be delivered by the end of 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday. In a statement, WHO said the G7 countries have reaffirmed...
DITO Telecommunity Corporation, the country’s third major player in the telecommunications industry, Friday, (June 11) announced they are approaching the one-millionth subscriber mark a few weeks after their Metro Manila entry. To commemorate the 123 years of Philippine independence tomorrow,...
The country can expect 10 million doses of coronavirus vaccines this month as the tight global supply has started to ease, President Duterte said Monday. An airport employee waits to receive a coronavirus jab at a vaccination site located in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on June 2, 2021...
Real and inclusive global recovery from the pandemic cannot be achieved if there will be continued disparity in the distribution of coronavirus vaccines, President Duterte declared Wednesday. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The President renewed his call for equitable vaccine...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina To show the magnitude of disproportion in access to the first COVID-19 vaccines being deployed at the start of 2021, a stark contrast was portrayed. “More than 39 million doses of vaccine have now been administered in at least 49 higher-income...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has filed tax evasion cases against 12 corporations and six store owners based in Metro Manila for alleged refusal to pay tax debts totalling to more than P410 million. (Photo from BIR Facebook page) Revenue Deputy Commissioner for Legal Marissa O. Cabreros said...
The government is targeting to administer coronavirus vaccines to 9.77 million people in Metro Manila by November 2021 to protect them from the deadly disease. A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a Taguig City resident inside the 'Vaccination Bus' parked in Barangay Ususan, Taguig...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has filed separate tax evasion cases against four Manila corporate taxpayers and four other business proprietors for alleged refusal to settle tax debts amounting to more than P291 million. (Photo from BIR Facebook page) Citing separate criminal complaints...
Nearly P6 million worth of suspected shabu was seized from an alleged drug peddler and a minor during a buy-bust operation in Rodriguez, Rizal on Saturday afternoon (May 15). Photo courtesy of Marikina Police Police identified the suspect as Raona “Ate Rao” G. Ala, 37, of Rodriguez, Rizal. The...
Donnalyn Bartolome took to social media to air footage of what exactly happened at her now-controversial “Last to leave the pool wins 1 million pesos” challenge. In it Marco Gumabao is seen confronting Donnalyn. “Paano magiging happy ending, e, nadaya nga kami dito, di ba?" said Marco to...
