EDITORS DESK When first announced by the Land Transportation Office (LTO,) the Motor Vehicle Inspection System (MVIS) requirement prior to registration drew a lot of flack from motorists. The resistance was understandable as it was introduced at the height of the pandemic and the initial...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) inaugurated Thursday, Oct. 21, its Biosafety Level 2+ (BSL-2) Laboratory which will enable country’s researchers to work on different virology projects — from plant and animal to human virology in preparation for the upcoming establishment of the...
The 6 th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) got its new scheduled date on Nov. 17 to 26, 2023 after its postponement due to the pandemic. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino announced this Thursday after the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) confirmed the new dates....
The Philippines, through the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Kingdom (UK) to further improve the protection the rights of Filipino healthcare workers. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello...
Senator Pia Cayetano on Thursday, Oct. 21 slammed the reductions in the over-all budget of state universities and colleges (SUCs) and on the capital outlay of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) under their proposed 2022 national budget. At the Senate finance subcommittee’s hearing on the...
The Council for People's Development and Governance (CPDG) raised alarm over unrelenting violations and impunity that could possibly pose threat to a "clean and democratic" 2022 polls. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) CPDG cited the Sagay massacre where nine sugar workers were killed in...
Food and Drug Administration The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the public against the use of 10 antigen and rapid test kit brands for the detection of the virus that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In its Advisory No. 2021-2452, the FDA said these brands failed the...
Maynilad Water Services Inc. will push back by another week its pipe realignment activity to give its 2.9 million customers more time to prepare for the estimated four-day water service interruption. In a statement, Maynilad said that it moved the schedule of service interruptions from October 25,...
Science and the Filipino people PROUD PINAY Top: Dr. Lawagon receives her award from Dr. Michael Meister, parliamentary state secretary to the German Federal Minister of Education and Research. Bottom: .Lillibeth Pono, Consul Mary Luck Hicarte, and Vice-Consul Mina Ganzon of the Philippine Embassy...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo Malampaya tops both Pharmally and Starpay in size and consequence. What is at stake here is not medical gears or cash remittances. It is no less than the Malampaya gas field, an offshore, deep-water gas condensate reservoir in northwest Palawan, discovered...
We wonder, how heavy were the coins? Posted early on the evening of October 20 are photos of a man named Manny Herrera of Bacoor, Cavite who dropped by the shop in Metro Manila to purchase a bicycle. What the netizens, and even bicycle enthusiasts, love about the post is that Herrera brought...
You know you’re eating good food when it brings you beautiful memories with every bite. A bite where the flavor and labor of love are tasted. The taste that brings you home. And you know you’re home when you have Conti’s on your table. Conti’s Bakeshop and Restaurant serves good food...
