K-pop girl group Aespa will be attending the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development. The forum will be held at the UN General Assembly Hall in New York City. Aespa will be gracing the opening of the forum on July 5, which has the theme “Building back better...
Eighty four volcanic quakes were recorded in Bulusan over the past 24-hour period, indicating that the volcano is still showing signs of “low level unrest,” the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Thursday, June 30. Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon (PIXABAY / FILE...
HEALTH personnel promote and practice the 4S strategy in stopping the spread of dengue in the communities. (Zambo LGU photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Dengue cases have breached the alert level here as cases continue to surge in communities, according to the Zamboanga City Health Office. The latest...
The public was urged to be on guard amid the “slow and steady” increase of Covid-19 cases in the Philippines. Mladen Antonov / AFP Health reform advocate and former special adviser of the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon on Tuesday, June 28, said that...
The National Capital Region (NCR) and neighboring provinces of Region 4A—Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Lucena City, and Rizal—are still under Alert Level 1 despite the increasing coronavirus cases and positivity rate, Malacañang announced on Tuesday, June 28. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Despite the slight increase of Covid-19 cases in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) on Sunday, June 26, said there is no need to raise the alert level. Members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) man a checkpoint in a barangay in Sampaloc, Manila after...
Economic and health experts agreed that the country should keep its face mask requirement, use hospital utilization rates for determining alert levels, and set a vaccine deadline to prevent the number of Covid-19 cases in the country from spiking. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey...
The Philippines has conveyed its eagerness to work with the European Union (EU) on rules-based security architecture in a bid to ensure a "just peace" in the region. Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Jaime Victor Ledda and Czech Minister of Trade and Industry Jozef Sikela exchange notes on the...
(REUTERS / Feline Lim/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public to avoid complacency as the scenario that the country may experience another surge in Covid-19 cases remains a possibility. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that this is because of the...
As global aviation fuel prices continued to skyrocket, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), in its Wednesday, June 22, advisory, added 13 more levels to its passenger and cargo fuel surcharge matrix, which until this month has Level 7 at the maximum. Now, CAB's passenger and fuel surcharge matrix is...
Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon (PIXABAY / FILE PHOTO) Increased seismic activity was once again observed at Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon, as the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned of another possible eruption “within the next few hours to next few days.” Phivolcs,...
An infectious disease expert on Monday, June 20, said there is still no indication to place the National Capital Region (NCR) under the more restrictive Alert Level 2. Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvaña (Screenshot taken from Laging Handa FB Live ) Recently, the number of Covid-19 cases in the NCR...
