With high vaccination rate, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Popoy De Vera on Thursday, Oct. 28, said that Metro Manila is considered as a “prime candidate” for the resumption of face-to-face classes for all degree programs in the tertiary level. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Kids swim at the famous beach front of Boracay Island when the country’s most famous beach destination reopened to local tourists in October 2020. (Tara Yap/File/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is still recommending that provincial local government units still strictly...
The Philippines, through the Department of Education (DepEd), has fulfilled its role as Chair of the 2021 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) High-Level Education-related Meetings. (Photo from DepEd) Held from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1, the three-day event served as a platform for the ASEAN...
Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday branded two executives of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation “Senate fugitives” after they stopped participating in the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s ongoing investigation into the alleged overpriced COVID-19 supplies. Gordon said the actions of...
Dumaguete City and Lubang town in Occidental Mindoro were classified at “critical-risk” level for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the OCTA Research group said Thursday, Oct. 28. (OCTA Research) In its latest monitoring report, OCTA said the seven-day average in cases in Lubang rose to 58,...
The Senate Blue Ribbon committee on Thursday October 28 asked the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to create a Task Force to investigate a potential P7.56 billion in income taxes due from suppliers of P42 billion worth of COVID 19-related medical supplies through contracts given by the Procurement...
Citing the continued downtrend in new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has pushed for the further lowering of alert level in the National Capital Region (NCR). (Ali Vicoy/ File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “Business establishments are...
A physician raised alarm on Thursday, Oct. 28, over the Department of Transportation's (DOTr) proposal to raise the passenger capacity in public utility vehicles (PUV) back to 100 percent. (KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN) DOTr said the proposal seeks to help drivers and operators amid the...
A senior citizen in Muntinluap poses with the sign "we got fully vaccinated" after getting the single shot johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine (MunCoVac) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed hope that more senior citizens will be encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19 after the...
To help replenish the blood reserves in the country which is currently affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has partnered with a delivery service provider for a donation drive. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) “While we continue our fight against...
Taguig City’s active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases totaled 464 as of Oct. 26, the city government announced. The city government recorded 106 new cases on Oct. 26 from 114 on Oct. 25, and 146 on Oct. 24. Vaccination in Taguig (Taguig City government) The city logged 50,641 confirmed cases,...
A health worker preparing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (NTF Against COVID-19) The Philippines is aiming to fully vaccinate about 80 percent of its pediatric population aged 12 to 17 against COVID-19 by the end of this year, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, Oct. 28. DOH Undersecretary...
