TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Health logged a total of eight firecracker-related injuries in Eastern Visayas at the end of their monitoring for the holiday season on Friday, Jan. 6. No fatality was recorded but the number of cases was 60 percent higher compared to 2021 with only five....
As the holiday break ended and work schedules resumed, tens of thousands of passengers trooped to the Port of Calapan in Oriental Mindoro which resulted in a long queue that reached a one-kilometer stretch on Tuesday, Jan. 3, forcing thousands of travelers to wait for hours before they could board...
The latest tally of firecracker-related injuries has climbed to 211 after the Department of Health (DOH) logged 74 additional cases on Sunday, Jan. 1. (MICHAEL VARCAS / MANILA BULLETIN) In an advisory released on Monday, Jan. 2, DOH stressed that the injuries were reported from 61 DOH sentinel...
CEBU CITY – At least 37 firecracker-related incidents were recorded in Central Visayas from Dec. 2 to New Year’s Day. Data from the Department of Health-Central Visayas showed that two persons were wounded by stray bullets in Cebu province and Lapu-Lapu City. Most of the firecracker-related...
Amid the holiday festivities, Metro Manila’s Covid-19 positivity rate has dropped to less than 10 percent, independent OCTA Research group disclosed on Monday, Jan. 2. (Unsplash) In a tweet on Monday morning, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David showed that Metro Manila’s positivity rate has...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said Friday, Dec. 30, that it has issued special permits to 802 buses to allow them to ply special routes and augment public transportation during the holiday season. Commuters wait for their ride along Riverside, Commonwealth Avenue,...
Two days before the New Year’s Day, more than 109,000 passengers trooped to various ports nationwide to go home and spend the last remaining days of the holiday season with their families. (Photo: PCG) Based on the monitoring of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), a total of 56,425 outbound...
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MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza With a snap of the fingers, Christmas Day has come and gone. It has always mystified us professional revelers if it was God’s plan to decree Christmas and New Year as a series, one following the other in a span of seven days to the dot. What would earthly time be like...
Employees who reported to work on Monday, Dec. 26, are entitled to an additional pay as it is a special non-working holiday, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. (File photo) DOLE Sec. Bienvenido Laguesma has signed Labor Advisory No. 26, Series of 2022 which stated that employees...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go on Sunday, December 25 called on Filipinos to celebrate the holiday season in a merry, joyful and safe manner despite the eased gathering restrictions this year. Go, in his Christmas message, said it is important for Filipinos to remain vigilant as the threat of...
Filipinos were urged to continue observing Covid-19 health protocols amid holiday festivities to prevent the occurrence of another virus surge. (Unsplash) Former Special Adviser of the National Task Force Against Covid-19 Dr. Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa, on Saturday, Dec. 24 reminded the public to...