Vaccination remains to be the key component in continually reducing deaths due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) emphasized. Hospital staff take out a body from an ambulance at a mortuary in New Delhi on May 24, 2021 (AFP/ FILE) In a media briefing on Tuesday,...
The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 1,153 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, Nov. 23. DOH The update on the newly-reported COVID-19 cases brings the country's tally since the onset of the pandemic to 2,827,820. Active infections stood at 18,721 which accounts for 0.7 percent...
Several governors and mayors have vowed to troop to the Senate to hold protest action over the huge budget cut in the Barangay Development Program for New Peoples’ Army (NPA)-cleared barangays of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in the 2022 budget....
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has vaccinated a total of 1000 Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Laguna Provincial Jail, the organization said on Monday, Nov. 22. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, PRC...
The Caloocan City government, in partnership with foodpanda and Philippine Seven, launched on Tuesday, Nov.23, the "BuyAnihan Palengke" livelihood program that aims to provide a source of income to workers who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, reformed drug dependents, and graduates of...
There are differences in each country's approach on how it will transition into "living with the virus", the Department of Health (DOH) bared on Monday, Nov. 22. (Keith Bacongco / MANILA BULLETIN) For the case of the Philippines, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire explained that one of the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transport Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to include public utility vehicles (PUV) drivers and operators in the government’s service contracting program. Hontiveros said that while she supports a...
Have you had pink lugaw (rice porridge), pink pandesal (Filipino bread), pink puto (steamed rice cake), pink egg, and the famed Ilocos empanada in pink? You may want to drop by one of the feeding initiatives launched by presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo’s volunteers in support of...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is expected to unveil its Science for the People (SFTP) Book series that features how science, technology, and innovation benefit the Filipino people. (DOST-Science for Change Program's Facebook page) The five SFTP books featuring research and...
The Antipolo City local government announced on Friday that 1,500 beneficiaries of Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Disadvantage/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) have received P4,000 cash for rendering community service amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a Facebook post, the local government said the cash...
Staff and volunteers from the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) supported the vaccination of a total of 740 individuals at the government-run Bakuna Center at the Athletic Bowl drive-thru in Baguio City every Wednesday since it opened on Nov. 8. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Red Cross / MANILA...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged unvaccinated individuals on Friday, Nov. 19, to "be modern heroes" and rekindle the traditional bayanihan spirit (unity) by participating in the National Vaccination Day. DILG DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said the National...
