To help visually impaired individuals whose livelihoods were affected by the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) sent out food packs for them. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) “Regardless of the current challenges that we are facing, the Red Cross will...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Aug. 26, announced a call for research proposals to further strengthen the Basic Education-Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP). (Photo from DepEd) “As we are nearing the opening of our School Year 2021-2022, we need to reinforce and strengthen our...
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua on Thursday, August 26, expressed optimism that the Philippines' economy will recover to a pre-pandemic level late next year or in early 2023. NEDA Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua (Malacañang Photo) During the first hearing of the House Committee...
DOH/MB The country logged 16,313 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Thursday, Aug. 26, pushing the country's running tally to 1,899,200. The Department of Health (DOH) said that 6.9 percent of the total case count or 131,921 are considered active cases or patients still receiving...
Malacañang was confident that the government has been able to manage the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic quite well, and will continue to do so despite President Duterte's plan to run as vice president in the 2022 elections. People flock outside Las Piñas Medical Hospital on Aug. 5, 2021 for...
Malacañang said that the contact tracing application StaySafe PH having " almost no impact " was a cause for concern, citing the importance of automation in the country's fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A mall goer scans a QR code before entry into the establishment. The...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The enrollment in basic education has reached over nine million nationwide, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Aug. 26, said. Latest enrollment figures released by DepEd showed that there are 9, 197, 265 enrollees for basic formal education across the...
The House of Representatives' Committee on Appropriations began on Thursday, August 26, its deliberation on the P5.024-trillion proposed national budget for 2022. House of Representatives The committee's budget hearings kicked off with a briefing from the Development Budget Coordination Committee...
Malacañang said the government's pandemic task force was now "moving towards" the direction of granular or localized lockdowns as these were more effective compared to the regular quarantine classifications that the public has grown accustomed to. Members of the Philippine National Police man a...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the country will still see sharp uptick in new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the coming weeks. DOH Epidemiology Bureau director Dr. Alethea De Guzman said that the effect of the enhanced community...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo Founder Joey Concepcion has proposed a "bakuna (vaccine) bubble" setup that would allow unvaccinated persons considerable movement and access to establishments within the National Capital Region (NCR). Presidential Adviser for...
An official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official declared on Thursday, August 26, that the inability to immediately isolate confirmed coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) infected individuals has led to the increased number of infection cases in the country. In a...
