(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) An expert of the OCTA Research on Sunday, Aug. 1, said that community transmission of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Delta variant is likely already present in Metro Manila citing the increasing percentage of confirmed cases of the highly...
With the country’s national election just 10 months away, the Philippines has a lot to learn from Israel in ensuring that the people could participate in the democratic process and exercise their right to suffrage without the fear of spreading COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) along the way....
GMA News reporter Kara David recently talked about why she uses Taylor Swift and Gloc-9 as models when teaching journalism to students. In an interview on "The Howie Severino Podcast," the award-winning broadcast journalist said that aside from her being a "fan" of those pop artists, she sees them...
Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz shows her Tokyo Olympics gold medal to MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) chairman Manny V. Pangilinan, former Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) chief Ricky Vargas and MVPSF president Al Panlilio during a virtual meeting last Thursday, July 29. As promised, the MVP...
(PIXABAY) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said the National Capital Region (NCR) will likely see about 2,000 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases per day next week due to the continuous increase in cases in the region. "We are seeing possibly 2,000 cases per day in NCR by next week or so. This...
Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David has expressed doubts over the positive COVID-19 test result of a priest who died of a heart attack while visiting the Diocese. This came after all the close contacts of Fr Manuel "Mawe" Jadraque Jr. of the Mission Society of the Philippines (MSP), who tested...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Philippines should take note of the warnings from other countries with surge in infections due to the Delta variant, the OCTA Research said Thursday, July 29. OCTA fellow Prof. Guido David said that the National Capital Region (NCR) is “at its early stages” of a...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David on Friday, July 23, said an Indonesia-like coronavirus cases (COVID-19) surge driven by the more transmissible Delta variant in the country is "not out of the realm of possibility." "Pwede tayong matulad diyan . Hindi yan out of the...
Thanks to Cinemalaya and the CCP, the Philippine cinema industry stays afloat Some say Philippine cinema is dying, but we’re not giving up, at least not the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, which plugs in the life support for young and rising Filipino filmmakers. With the world...
OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David on Monday, July 19, urged the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to consider reimposing an order preventing children from going outdoors due to the threat of the highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus...
(PIXABAY) The weekly growth rate in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) during the past three weeks has been "nearly level or flat," OCTA Research said on Tuesday, July 13. OCTA's monitoring showed that NCR had an average of 634 new COVID-19 cases per day for...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David on Saturday, July 10, said that at least 20 percent of the National Capital Region's target population will likely be fully vaccinated by August, considering the current rate of vaccinations in the region. David said about 8 percent...
