A total of 41 violators were reportedly involved in 245 vote buying incidents recorded from Jan. 1 to May 9, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Wednesday night, May 11. In a news briefing with President Duterte aired on May 12, Año noted that the...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) has already considered the case of the Finnish woman, who was identified as the country's first Omicron subvariant BA.2.12 case, as closed. “We've considered this case closed already because of the time log dahil nakita rin naman natin with our close monitoring...
The reported increase in Covid-19 cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) is not considered significant by the Department of Health (DOH) to cause alarm to the public. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a press briefing on Monday, May 2, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that this...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it is closely monitoring the country's Covid-19 case trend following the detection of the Omicron BA.2.12 subvariant. In a statement, the DOH said it recorded a slight increase in the country's reproduction number. A reproduction number is the average number...
Group Pudno Nga Ilokano filed a partial motion for reconsideration before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, April 25, after the denial of their petition for disqualification against presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos...
Makati CBD skyline The Department of Health (DOH) said that the Philippines remains under "minimal risk" case classification for Covid-19, but reminded Filipinos not to be complacent amid the possibility of a spike in cases in May if the decline in the compliance to health protocols continues. DOH...
With no more disqualification case hanging over his head, Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) standard-bearer Bongbong Marcos said he wishes his fellow presidential bets "well". Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) "We wish all parties and candidates well, as we...
The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, April 20, shrugged off the junking of the disqualification case against former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and maintained that their focus has always been to win the elections. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) Lawyer Barry...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division has denied the petition for disqualification filed by the group Pudno Nga Ilokano against presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., the last remaining disqualification case pending against him at the division level. Presidential...
There has been no significant increase in Covid-19 cases in any part of the country during the observance of holy week, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, April 19. Locals flock to Balaan Bukid (Holy Mountain) in Jordan town, Guimaras province Friday, April 15. Unlike in the past, the...
Masking has been the keen deterrent since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic two years ago to prevent the disease from further spreading but since cases have not been rising in the past months, some may have been complacent and now the country's health department is looking at a six-digit jump in...
The Department of Health (DOH) is seeing a gradual increase of Covid-19 cases in 14 areas under Alert Level 1. (Jansen Romero / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Health Secretary Francisco Duque III made the statement at the summary of his report during the President's pre-recorded public address on...
