The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has partnered with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide its field personnel with free tuberculosis (TB) screening and chest X-ray. (Photo from MMDA) MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos said the initiative aims to...
THINKING PINOY RJ Nieto Are you a high school or freshman college student who’s forced to learn on your own? Or maybe a parent of one and you don’t know how to help your child? If the answer is yes, then please read on. We’re in the middle of a pandemic and face-to-face classes are limited at...
Senator Grace Poe on Friday, June 11, appealed to telecommunication companies, local government units, as well as homeowners associations to speed up the construction of necessary infrastructure to provide internet access, especially in areas with weak or without signals. Senator Grace Poe (Senate...
The country’s palay output inched up during the first quarter of the year, amid the Philippine government’s decision to allow more imported rice into the country at lower tariffs, pulling down prices of the seasonally adjusted farmgate price. Latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority...
VACCINATION CENTER – Dozens of residents, mostly senior citizens and persons with comorbidity, gather at the Davao City National High School to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The city government of Davao has discouraged walk-in recipients at vaccination hubs to avoid congestion. (Keith...
Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday filed a bill proposing free coronavirus (COVID-19) test for jobseekers to address the growing unemployment rate in the country due to the pandemic. Angara noted jobseekers are now having a hard time complying with the requirements issued by potential employers who...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma “Poverty is a question of the heart. Only with a changed heart can you free people from poverty. Only God can change the human heart.” These are the three basic principles that guide the work of the Center for Community Transformation (CCT) founded and headed by Ruth...
Nearly 500 locator firms representing over 42,000 workers have signed up for the Clark Development Corporation's (CDC) vaccination program against the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A healthcare worker preparing to inject a COVID-19 vaccine (Ali Vicoy / File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire The Department of Health (DOH) encouraged local government units (LGUs) to provide free shuttle services to COVID-19 vaccination sites to encourage more people, especially senior citizens to get vaccinated. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said...
The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Social Watch Philippines (SWP) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) in a bid to shift to high gear the two parties’ "aggressive” campaign for a smoke-free Philippines. (Photo from DepEd) The signing of MOA on May 31, Monday, marked the full...
Groups of coconut farmers fear another scam might happen in the process of the Philippine government’s implementation of the Coco Levy Act, the law that should pave the way for the release of the P100 billion worth of funds and assets collected through the infamous coco levy fund scam more than...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday welcomed the filing of a resolution before the House of Representatives seeking to investigate the alleged irregularities and setbacks on the P1.36 billion free-Wi-Fi project implemented in partnership with the Department of Information and...
