Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents arrested on Thursday, July 22 two alleged drug peddlers who yielded P3.4 million worth of "shabu" during a buy-bust operation in Quiapo, Manila. (Photo from PDEA) In its report, the PDEA Regional Office IV-A Regional Special Enforcement Team (RSET)...
More than 1.5 million children across the globe have lost a parent or caregiver during the first 14 months of the pandemic, according to a new study. RAWPIXEL/ MANILA BULLETIN In a study published by The Lancet medical journal on Tuesday, the researchers estimated that 1,562,000 children have...
The number of vaccines deployed by the local government of Manila reached one million on July 19, Monday. (Manila City PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook post, Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said that as of 9:04 a.m. on July 19, the city has hit the one million mark for total...
Quezon City has breached the one million mark in terms of total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered. The local government on Wednesday announced that as of July 13, a total of 1,013,988 vaccine doses were already administered, 686,311 of which were first dose while 327,677 were second...
The government has purchased 89 million doses of coronavirus vaccines amounting around $1 billion so far amid efforts to step up the inoculation of Filipinos against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A Manila resident receives a first dose of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine during the inoculation...
NEW YORK, United States – On the same day the Olympics opens this month, Sotheby's will put on sale running shoes made by Nike's co-founder for 1960s Olympian Harry Jerome that could fetch $1 million. The rare pair of track and field spikes designed by Bill Bowerman for Jerome, a Canadian...
A senior citizen from Valenzuela City on Monday morning received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and heralded a milestone in the country's vaccination program for reaching 10 million doses administered in the country. Nieves Catacutan, 74, received her 1st dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the...
With the expected arrival of more than 40 million Pfizer-Biontech vaccines in the country this year, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Tuesday, June 22, the need for the local government units (LGUs) to make the necessary preparations even before...
With the anticipated arrival of more coronavirus vaccines, the government is optimistic the country could inoculate 70 million people before the end of the year and hopefully celebrate a "maskless" holiday season. A Manila resident receives a first dose of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine during the...
More than P50 million worth of shabu was seized in a joint buy-bust operation in Imus, Cavite on Saturday (June 19). Manila Mayor Isko Moreno presents members of a suspected drug syndicate where 8.5 kilos equivalent to 58 million worth of shabu seized from them during a joint buy bust operation in...
Joint teams of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested on Tuesday, June 15 three drug pushers and confiscated P135.4 million worth of shabu in separate buy-bust operations in Parañaque City and Las Piñas City. PDEA spokesperson Derrick Carreon...
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...
