The National Task Force (NTF) Against the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), is targetting to inoculate 80 to 90 percent of the total 110 million population in the country before the 2022 elections. A Manila resident receives a coronavirus vaccine at the vaccination hub located at SM Manila on July 6,...
There is great uncertainty even in architecture A NEW LEGEND IS BORN Paul Tange, chairman and principal architect of Tange Associates “The pandemic has changed our environment, the way we work, and live. It negated everything. Our lifestyle altered,” stressed the...
Dubbed as “education frontliners” during the pandemic, teachers on Tuesday, Oct. 5, urged the government to ensure their safety, rights and well-being while they continue with their tasks in the new normal. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) E-Net Philippines on Tuesday, Oct. 5, held an...
In time for the World Teachers’ Day (WTD) celebration, teachers’ federations, unions, associations and groups, aired their concerns in the new learning set-up and the opening of the school year on its second year amid the pandemic. (Photo from E-Net Philippines) “To honor the sacrifice and...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The country's reported coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have decreased by 23 percent over the past week, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said on Tuesday, Oct. 5. He pointed out that the country recorded an average of 13,552 new COVID-19 cases from Sept. 29 to...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar spent his last day with the agency doing what he does best – work. The 43-year old Villar, who announced Monday that he is resigning from his position effective Wednesday after five years with the department, led the inspection...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) expressed readiness to vaccinate children against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) once a written directive has been released. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “We will vaccinate whomever the government wants us to prioritize,” said PRC Chairman and Chief Executive...
The Duterte administration is negotiating with the country’s development partners to fund the procurement of booster doses for the coronavirus vaccination next year, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said on late Tuesday, Oct. 5, that the government...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, Oct. 5, chided an official of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation for supposedly fooling the government in declaring that it paid over a million in employee benefits when government records showed otherwise. Senator Joel Villanueva (Senate of the Philippines) At...
MARK BALMORES/MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) reported that the country's new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases fell below 10,000 on Tuesday, Oct. 5for the first time since Aug. 10. The DOH said that 9,055 new patients tested positive for COVID-19. It was on Aug. 10 that the...
An official from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation told the Senate blue ribbon committee on Tuesday that it the company has yet to be fully paid by the government for the COVID-19 supplies they purchased from the firm. Mohit Dargani, Pharmally’s corporate secretary and treasurer, said the...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has yet to release the final results of the clinical trials on potential adjunct treatments against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Director Jaime Montoya of the DOST’s Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) gave updates on...
