The Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, Dec. 20 that it detected the country's third case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant Omicron from a returning overseas Filipino (ROF). Omicron variant of COVID-19 In a press briefing, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that...
Deals and dicsounts from airlines, hotels, tour operators, and travel agencies await Balikbayans who will come back home this Christmas season. Kids swim in Boracay Island when the country’s most famous beach destination reopened to local tourists in October 2020. (Tara Yap) This, after the...
Filipinos affected by the tornadoes that hit several states in the United States were told to reach out to the Philippine Embassy or the nearest consulate in their area for assistance. media In a statement dated Dec. 12, the Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C. advises Filipino communities, who...
The government's pandemic task force has escalated Portugal to the red list category starting December 12, 2021, Malacañang announced Friday. PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN In his press briefing on December 10, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said all passengers who have been to Portugal within 14...
PH posts in Canada put spotlight on Filipino-Canadian healthcare professionals . PPC social media project, Filipinos in the Field Early this month, the Philippine Posts in Canada (PPC) launched “Filipinos in the Field,” a social media project in honor of the countless Filipino-Canadians working...
Filipinos who have been stranded in South Africa, were told to keep calm and reach out to the Philippine Embassy there amid the imposition of travel bans due to the emergence of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN The Philippine Embassy in...
The number of jobless Filipinos fell last October, boosted by the continued easing of quarantine restrictions, the government’s economic managers said. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday, Dec. 7, that the country’s unemployment rate decreased to 7.4 percent in October...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has openly sent a stern message to other developing countries that the Philippines "will not forgive" any maltreatment of its people, including the non-inclusion of Filipinos in their respective pandemic responses. DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Photo...
Filipinos in Austria are in "good condition" amid the emergence of Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the foreign country, the Philippine Embassy there said. Chargé d' Affaires Deena Joy Amatong of the Philippine Embassy in Vienna, Austria (Screengrab from Laging Handa...
Lugaw (rice porridge) is the first solid food to touch every Filipino baby’s lips. For some, it could be the lugaw broth called am. That begins the Pinoy’s lifelong love affair with lugaw, which is known by many names in different places. Pinoys are most familiar with merienda fare arroz caldo...
Close to 60 stranded overseas Filipinos in the Kingdom of Bahrain were recently sent back home, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday, Dec. 1. (Photo courtesy of the DFA) Five wards of the shelter of the Philippine Embassy in the foreign country, 10 Filipino detainees, and a...
Malacañang has attributed the decline in the number of Filipinos rating themselves as poor to the increasing vaccination rate in the country which is key to opening up more economic activities. The Third Quarter 2021 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that from 48 percent in June 2021,...