Fifty years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) “to ensure that all children in all countries, benefited from life-saving vaccines.” “Today every country in the world has a national immunization program and vaccines are viewed as...
The country, like many other nations, faces a critical energy situation. The Luzon grid, in particular, has been grappling with an unstable power supply. As responsible citizens, we must take collective action by conserving energy to mitigate this crisis. President Marcos underscored the...
Typhoons, floods, and other natural calamities are now occurring more frequently and becoming more destructive. For a nation frequently battered by natural disasters, the government’s initiative to pilot run a Mobile Energy System (MES) in typhoon-prone areas is a commendable step toward...
More Filipinos were employed in February 2024 compared to February 2023 and January 2024, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). This translates into a 96.5 employment rate, higher than 95.2 percent in February 2023, and 95.5 percent in January 2024. The number of unemployed...
President Ferdinand Marcos’ participation in a trilateral summit meeting at the White House with US President Joe Biden and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida marks a high point in Philippine foreign relations and diplomacy. Previously, top-level meetings with fellow heads of state were held...
Filipino food is a real buffet of flavors as it is a collection of cuisine from 17 regions where flavors have been blended by culture, tradition, and indigenous ingredients. It’s a fiesta every time Filipinos get together for meals with family and friends because it’s part of our culture to...
Cyber criminals are getting smarter and scams are now looking like legitimate ads in social media and mobile phone messages. This warning can’t be said too many times and it’s best to keep them in your mind while you are scanning social media or replying to a text message. In the past few days...
The observance of Eid’l Fitr as a regular national holiday provides the opportunity to celebrate the festival with our Muslim brothers and sisters, and “brings to the fore of national consciousness” its religious and cultural significance. According to a recent estimate of the National...
Araw ng Kagitingan, or Day of Valor, is observed today to recall the fall of Bataan to Japanese troops in 1942 during World War II. On April 9, 1942, the surrender of Filipino and American troops also marked the start of the Death March, a 106-kilometer trek to Capas, Tarlac. According to...
Inflation in March increased by 3.7 percent last week, up from 3.3 percent in February, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported last April 5. According to a summary table prepared by the Presidential Communications Office, rice accounts for 2.2 percent or 59 percent of this increase....
Today, April 7, is World Health Day, an event that has been celebrated annually since 1948 to create awareness on a specific health issue of concern to people all over the world, and to the World Health Organization (WHO). This year, the theme – My health, my right – brings attention to the...
Again, Metro Manila’s traffic problem has moved from small talk, serious opinions, social media postings to the Cabinet agenda. In the 16th Cabinet meeting held April 3, President Marcos ordered government agencies to come up with a comprehensive proposal – not a piecemeal approach...
