Two more members of K-pop boy band Seventeen tested positive for Covid-19 while on their “Be The Sun” world tour in the US. “We would like to provide you with some information regarding Covid-19 diagnosis of Seventeen members Joshua and Hoshi and their future activities,” Pledis...
President Marcos has a major issue with this swamp grass widely cultivated as a source of food in the Philippines and in Asia—and so did his father before him when the latter started his term as president 57 years ago AGRICULTURAL IMMERSION FM taking to the fields to learn new methods in planting...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The daily Covid-19 cases in the Philippines may drop to 1,000 by mid-September and around 500 by month’s end, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said Sunday, Aug. 28. In an update shared on Twitter, David said that the number of new Covid-19...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The number of Covid-19 cases per day in Metro Manila could decrease to 600 by end of September as the region’s reproduction number dropped to less than 1 over the past week, said the independent research group OCTA. In an update shared on Twitter...
A House leader has asked his congressman-colleagues to realign funds to the government’s "libreng sakay" or free ride program in order to keep it going beyond 2022. (Photo from DOTr) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte made this appeal at the start of the House Committee on...
The Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) did not withhold income taxes amounting to P3.268 billion after procuring P11.806 billion in Covid-19-related items from non-resident foreign corporations (NRFCs), thus resulting in loss of revenue on the part of the national...
FACE MASK (Unsplash) The country could record more than 9,000 Covid-19 cases daily by the end of September, the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the figure was based on their latest projection amid the resumption of face-to-face classes. “The...
Members of K-pop groups ITZY, TVXQ and Girls’ Generation have tested positive for Covid-19 in South Korea, which recorded an average of nearly 115,000 daily new cases in the last seven days. ITZY’s Chaeryeong got infected for the second time this year, while TVXQ’s Yunho and Girls’...
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco has encouraged the business sector to collaborate with them in promoting business tourism in the country. Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco (Photo by DOT) Frasco made the pitch during the Employers...
Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has called for a “review of lifestyles” and “reassessment of the meaning of life." Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (SCREEN GRAB FROM FACEBOOK/MANILA CATHEDRAL) He said the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the fragility and vulnerability of everyone regardless of...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The number of Covid-19 cases in Quezon City is in a downtrend, based on the latest monitoring of the OCTA Research Group. “The seven-day average in new daily Covid-19 cases in Quezon City decreased to 238 for the week from August 19 to 25, based on...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The World Health Organization announced Thursday that a million people had died from Covid-19 in 2022, calling it a "tragic milestone" when all the tools existed to prevent deaths. Nearly 6.45 million deaths have been reported to the WHO since the virus was first detected in...
