Duterte clips FIRB powers, oil refinery gets perks By Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat and Chino S. Leyco Despite misgivings, the business sector lauded President Duterte for signing the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act (CREATE), a game-changer law that is expected to support the...
Former President Joseph Estrada was tested positive for COVID-19, according to his son former Senator Jinggoy Estrada. In a report by ABS-CBN March 29, the former-actor-turned politician was rushed to the hospital after he felt weak. Reports said the 13th president of the Philippines is in...
Sen. Manny Pacquiao dedicates his "Manok ng Bayan Award" to the COVID-19 frontliners during the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards Night held virtually for the first time at the TV5 Media Center Saturday night, March 27. Sen. Manny Pacquiao, the only eight-division world boxing...
THINKING PINOY RJ Nieto Everybody’s agog over Ivermectin, an antihelmintic drug that, based on preliminary studies, may be useful in our fight against COVID-19. And it appears that some people have already been taking it to prevent infections. We should wait a little. In a widely cited 2020...
Moody’s Analytics says International economists have sounded the alarm over the Philippines’ economic situation as the World Bank said the nation is suffering a triple whammy blow from the COVID-19 pandemic, while Moody’s Analytics describes the unfolding events in the country as...
Precious Lara Quigaman and Marco Alcaraz Kapuso actor Marco Alcaraz, husband of beauty queen-actress Lara Quigaman, is now undergoing quarantine after he tested positive for COVID-19. On a recent vlog, Marco was emotional as he believed that he got positive during a lock-in taping for a...
It is dubbed as the “plastic water bottle” of the pandemic. Those face masks, a “must” these days, are set to become the looming environment crisis that we would face. Though light as a feather (at least four grams each), millions of face masks are discarded each day, some even thrown on...
Angel Locsin Forty-four entertainment personalities led by Angel Locsin donated P6 million cash raised from an initiative that will help the country in the fight against COVID-19. On Instagram March 25, Locsin said that the P6 million proceeds from Shop and Share online store will be split...
Mark Anthony Fernandez Parañaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez has defended actor Mark Anthony Fernandez who allegedly skipped the vaccination priority list. "Nagkaroon po kami ng investigation regarding this issue at gusto kong malaman ng mga nakikinig sa atin na ang City of Parañaque has been...
With COVID-19 cases going up again, it is best to be reminded of the precautionary measures we've been doing when it first arrived in our country. There's also nothing wrong in adding more preventive ways to keep the virus at bay. The Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Leopoldo "Bong"...
It is unlikely for the COVID reproduction rate (R0) in Metro Manila to go down to one in a span of two weeks, according to an expert from the OCTA Research Group. (Jansen Romero / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with CNN Philippines on Tuesday (March 23), OCTA Research fellow Dr. David Guido said...
Liza Soberano Young actress Liza Soberano has lamented the country's alleged inability to provide "stimulus" amid the new surge of COVID-19 cases. Soberano said that her heart bleeds for all the people who cannot afford to go out and work due to the pandemic. "They literally have to choose between...
