Batanes Bishop Danilo Ulep has asked the faithful to remain steadfast in their faith in the midst of "misfortune" facing the province. Photo from Prelature of Batanes FB "As I assure you of my prayers, I enjoin you all to remain steadfast in your faith and trust in God,” he said in a CBCP News...
The Pasay City government recorded on Monday, Sept. 20, two new COVID-19 deaths, raising to 500 the number of residents who succumbed to the dreaded disease. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) listed 995 active cases including 110 new cases; and 150...
A "happy Christmas" may be attainable for Metro Manila residents this year after all. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go Negosyo Facebook page) Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion is optimistic...
The Philippine Embassy in Libya has announced the demise of one of its key officers who succumbed to COVID-19 at a hospital in Mitiga on Monday, Sept. 20. Attaché Jose Arcel Donato of the Philippine Embassy in Libya (via Facebook/CDA Jed Dayang) “It is with the most profound sorrow that the...
While it strongly stands by the integrity of the results issued by its molecular laboratories, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Tuesday, Sept. 21, acknowledged the possibility of false positive results “since no test is 100 percent accurate.” (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) PRC...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has credited the country’s below average case fatality rate for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to the efforts of local frontline healthcare workers (HCWs). Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque speaks during a virtual press briefing Tuesday, Sept. 21,...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reported 16,361 more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, Sept. 21, while the death toll already surpassed the 37,000-mark. The DOH noted that four laboratories "were not able" to submit their data to the DOH system on time. Their data are not yet...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday disclosed that an executive of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. had worked as a special assistant to former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang. Showing a LinkedIn profile, Hontiveros revealed Mohit Dargani, a Pharmally executive, had labeled himself as a...
Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday questioned administration officials whom he alleged are allowing themselves to be used by President Duterte to destroy the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) despite all the assistance the humanitarian organization extended to the government since the COVID-19 pandemic...
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines (AFP) The country is targeting to establish a "fill and finish" facility for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) disease vaccines by next year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. "Ang plano po natin by next year, magkaroon po tayo at least yung tinatawag po nating fill...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Most people do not yet need vaccine booster shots against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the vaccines remain effective at preventing severe infection, hospitalization, and death, said OCTA Research fellow and molecular biologist-priest Nicanor Austriaco....
Tying yellow ribbon on the houses of people with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) in Pateros does not violate the law, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Tuesday, Sept. 21. “So yun ang sagot ni Mayor (Miguel Ponce) (That is the reply of the...