The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) management has reminded its passengers not to go down the rail tracks or they may face charges and land in jail. (Screengrab from video of Facebook user Panda Preecs) MRT-3 OIC General Manager Eymard D. Eje issued the warning after a foreigner stripped down and...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) said Saturday, Aug. 14, that it has decided to tap videoconferencing platform for hearings and pre-hearing conferences to ensure the immediate disposition of administrative cases amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) In a...
More than 312,000 families affected by imposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Western Visayas and Northern Mindanao have received their “special” cash assistance from the government. (Photo by Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)...
A veteran Filipino virologist expressed confidence Friday, Aug. 13, that the Philippines could produce its own diagnostic test kits for the detection of bacterial and viral pathogens. (Screenshot from DOST Secretary Fortunato "Boy" T. de la Peña's Facebook page) Balik Scientist Dr. Elpidio Cesar...
A foreign-trained Filipino virologist appealed Friday, Aug. 13, to the government to provide more support to the soon-to-rise Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines or VIP, even as he called on fellow Filipino scientists to join the so-called “Lucky 7.” Screenshot from Department of...
The Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) has failed to construct a hospital for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases despite receiving the funds for the project two years before the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic struck. Research Institute for Tropical Medicine This was...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) have teamed up with Grab Philippines to boost vaccine confidence among transport workers by giving out rewards and benefits to those who will get the jab. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
Friday the 13th just got better! Following the success of her "Build A B*tch" music video, TikTok superstar Bella Poarch released a new one titled "Inferno," on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. (Still from YouTube) Think of Hotel Cecil mixed with the X-men just made glamorous and sensual, the music video...
Literally taking its campaign to newer heights *Trigger warning: acrophobia* Airline company Emirates takes its campaign to newer heights with its latest ad featuring skydiving professional Nicole Smith-Ludvik standing at the top of Burj Khalifa, a.k.a the tallest building in the world. Photo from...
The superheroine is still flying high thanks to Filipino creatives' visions The brainchild of the imaginations of writer Mars Ravelo and artist Nestor Redondo, Darna has been flying and inspiring Filipinos since she first graced the komiks scene in 1950. She has since spawned such a great cult...
Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines inside a cinema-turned vaccination hub in a mall on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 (ALI VICOY/MANILA BULLETIN) Less than one percent of Filipinos who were fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had...
The Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) has expressed hope that the United States’ Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) “continuous recognition” of the Electronics Product Development Center’s (EPDC) testing capabilities will...
