Food and Drug Administration The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sought the opinion of the Department of Health (DOH) on the possible use of self-administered test kits for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). FDA Director-General Rolando Enrique Domingo said that currently there's no approved...
A total of 59 schools has already been identified by the Department of Education (DepEd) to be included in the pilot implementation of limited face-to-face classes to start next month. Photo taken Palma Gil Integrated School PGIS in Talaingod, Davao del Norte in June 2021 (DepEd Philippines...
The Philippines’s food service sector is expected to shrink further this year to $7.4 billion following a 44 percent fall in 2020, on the weight of the spread of COVID-19’s Delta variant as well as the government’s abrupt implementation of different quarantine restrictions. This is according...
The pilot implementation of limited face-to-face classes will start on November 15, a Department of Education (DepEd) official told the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture on Wednesday. DepEd Undersecretary Nepomuceno Malaluan confirmed this during the panel's hearing on the...
The Crisis Intervention Division of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Program Management Bureau (PMB) will resume its regular operations on Oct. 7. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In an advisory, the DSWD said the CID has to undertake disinfection as part of its precautionary...
The National Task Force (NTF) Against the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), is targetting to inoculate 80 to 90 percent of the total 110 million population in the country before the 2022 elections. A Manila resident receives a coronavirus vaccine at the vaccination hub located at SM Manila on July 6,...
There is great uncertainty even in architecture A NEW LEGEND IS BORN Paul Tange, chairman and principal architect of Tange Associates “The pandemic has changed our environment, the way we work, and live. It negated everything. Our lifestyle altered,” stressed the...
Dubbed as “education frontliners” during the pandemic, teachers on Tuesday, Oct. 5, urged the government to ensure their safety, rights and well-being while they continue with their tasks in the new normal. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) E-Net Philippines on Tuesday, Oct. 5, held an...
In time for the World Teachers’ Day (WTD) celebration, teachers’ federations, unions, associations and groups, aired their concerns in the new learning set-up and the opening of the school year on its second year amid the pandemic. (Photo from E-Net Philippines) “To honor the sacrifice and...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The country's reported coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have decreased by 23 percent over the past week, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said on Tuesday, Oct. 5. He pointed out that the country recorded an average of 13,552 new COVID-19 cases from Sept. 29 to...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar spent his last day with the agency doing what he does best – work. The 43-year old Villar, who announced Monday that he is resigning from his position effective Wednesday after five years with the department, led the inspection...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) expressed readiness to vaccinate children against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) once a written directive has been released. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “We will vaccinate whomever the government wants us to prioritize,” said PRC Chairman and Chief Executive...
