Albay 2nd District Rep. and House Ways and Means chair Joey Salceda on Sunday, Nov. 27, assured workers at the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) that there would be no abolition or layoffs there even after the country’s establishment of its own Center for Disease Control (CDC) inches...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, Nov. 21 a total of 8,004 new Covid-19 cases during the past week. (DOH/MB) In its weekly case bulletin, DOH said that the daily average cases are now at 1,143, which is 12 percent lower than the cases from Nov. 7 to 13. It also recorded two...
The House Committee on Health on Thursday, Nov. 10, approved the consolidated substitute bill that would establish the Philippine Center for Disease Prevention and Control, which was at the core of the health industry’s concerns during the Covid-19 pandemic. A general view of the Centers for...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte underscored the importance of a climate-smart citizenry and improving the country’s literacy rate during her visit to Eastern Samar on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks during the Brigada Pagbasa Summit at St. Mary’s...
Unable to sustain their operations due to the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic in the past two years, 425 private schools have decided to “permanently” close down, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Aug. 19, said. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN In a joint press conference...
Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Wednesday, Aug. 17, listed down the agency’s suggested measures to accelerate the country’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighting the agency’s support for the Marcos administration’s Medium-Term Fiscal Framework...
The Covid-19 pandemic is enough reason for lawmakers to postpone the barangay (village) and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections and move them to the first Monday of December 2023. Mountain Province Rep. Maximo Dalog Jr. presides the House committe hearing on the proposed postponement of the...
The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 28,008 new Covid-19 cases in the past week, it said on Monday, Aug. 15. (DOH/MB) According to the agency's weekly case bulletin, average daily cases is 3 percent higher than cases from Aug. 1 to Aug. 7 at 4,001. Currently there are 822 patients with...
The country remains low-risk case classification despite having a steady uptrend in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admissions as well severe and critical cases, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, Aug. 12. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under...
Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th District Rep. Ralph Recto placed Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman on the spot as he called on the newly appointed chief to include in her reforms the scrapping of the controversial procurement service of her department. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (left)...
United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday, Aug. 6, assured President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. of Washington’s commitment to the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT), which will provide foreign support to each other in the Pacific in case of external armed attack....
In order to catch up with the loss in education for the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) disclosed on Wednesday, July 27 some of its plans which include class size reduction and the enhancement of some of its programs. Students at Cabacanan Elementary...
