Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano thanked the Pitmaster Foundation for its ambulance donation to the city made on Nov. 10. Rubiano said the ambulance is fully equipped with medical supplies and accessories. She said the ambulance will be a big help to the city government’s health, rescue and...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it is expecting that vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech will submit this November their application to authorize emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) "Ang aking expectation is probably within this...
House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate and Bayan Muna Chairman Neri Colmenares on Wednesday, Oct. 6 sought an immediate investigation into the alleged “hijacking” of emergency alerts frequency which was used for a campaign message for the presidential bid of...
As various parts of the country prepare for another weather disturbance, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) urged households in affected areas to be typhoon-ready. After “Lannie” developed into a Tropical Depression (TD), the PRC on Monday, Oct. 4, proposed “three easy steps” to prepare the...
WARSAW, Poland -- Poland's parliament on Thursday approved the extension of a state of emergency along the border with Belarus for 60 days despite EU criticism of migrant deaths on that stretch. A woman wearing a face mask walks on a street in central Warsaw, Poland, on March 20, 2021....
Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko on Thursday led the inauguration of the Imus Retarding Basin, a project designed to protect low-lying areas in Cavite against flooding. 65th-year anniversary logo of Japan-Philippines ties (Embassy of Japan in Manila) Public Works Secretary...
The relief and response operations of Philippine Red Cross (PRC) are in full swing after two typhoons hit the country in one week. PRC food truck distributes hot meals to residents of Sta. Ana, Cagayan who were affected by Typhoon 'Kiko' (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) Typhoon “Kiko” (Chan...
A staff member checks the packaging quality of COVID-19 inactivated vaccine products at a packaging plant of the Beijing Biological Products Institute Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinopharm, in Beijing Dec. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei / MANILA BULLETIN) The Food and Drug...
PRC emergency medical tent in Cebu (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Monday, Aug. 16 said that it will provide Bataan a 50-bed emergency tent as the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases due to the Delta variant continues to increase in the province....
Public school teachers are spending money from their own pocket to buy gadgets such as laptop computer, and mobile phone, and to avail internet connection services to facilitate teaching and learning, based on the results of a study conducted by the Department of Science and Technology-National...
Mom recounts what happened for the whole month of July With COVID-19 still out there with different and more dangerous variants, and with findings that these latest variants can infect children as well, more and more individuals are coming out to share their personal experiences with the dreaded...
With the surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, the Emergency Field Hospital (EFH) of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) at the National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI) and Lung Centre of the Philippines (LCP) is nearing its full capacity. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross)...
