If they don’t win the national elections next year, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday, August 19, swore that President Duterte and his “Davao group” will go “straight to prison.” Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (Czar Dancel / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook post, the...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, August 18, linked Christopher Lao, former aide of Senator Christopher “Bong” Go assigned in Malacañang, to the questionable purchase and selling of high-priced personal protective equipment (PPE) by the budget department’s procurement service...
More local entrepreneurs are producing the Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute’s (DOST-FPRDI) bamboo-framed face shields. The Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) develops in 2020...
The country must "triple" efforts to prevent the spread of a more transmissible variant of the coronavirus since it cannot afford a "disastrous" second wave of infections, President Duterte declared last Monday. Manila residents line up eager to get Pfizer coronavirus vaccines at a vaccination site...
Government must explain as best as it could the science behind its decision ordering the mandatory wearing of face shields outdoors , Senator Aquilino Pimentel III on Tuesday, June 22 said. ‘’As far as I know, the Philippines is the only country in the world requiring the use of both face mask...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and its vaccine expert panel (VEP) welcomed Monday, June 21, the decision of President Duterte to make mandatory the wearing of face shields, both indoors and outdoors, again. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) DOST Secretary Fortunato...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is still recommending the continued use of face shields in public spaces to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said they adopted the...
The money used by ordinary Filipinos to purchase face shields could have been used to buy food and other essential items they need during the COVID-19 pandemic, former vice president Jejomar “Jojo” Binay said on Friday (June 18). (Jojo Binay Facebook/Manila Bulletin) “Buti sana kung libre ang...
The government is considering revising the rule on the mandatory use of face shields in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/ Malacañang) President Duterte has preferred that people should be required to wear face shields only in hospitals, which will become a "policy" as protection...
Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Saturday, June 5, agreed with Manila Mayor Isko Moreno to lift the mandatory use of face shields because people are only using them as headbands. Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV (Photo from Trillanes’ Facebook page) “Sang-ayon ako kay Mayor @IskoMoreno...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin Today is May 4, 2021, or if you live somewhere in the NCR, day 413 of the world’s longest Covid lockdown. There’s some promising news coming in from the vaccine front, as well as many commendable efforts from both government and the private sector, but as of...
In an PTV news interview with DENR undersecretary Benny Antiporda, he revealed that ç "Face masks, face shield, and gloves are being used to protect lives. That's the main objective, but the indiscrimination of the proper disposal has defeated its purpose," shares Antiporda on how this improper...
