The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given special certification to two labs for their home-administered test kits, it announced on Monday, Jan. 24. (Photo from Unsplash) During the President's pre-recorded public address, FDA-OIC Director-General Oscar Gutierrez reported that two kits were...
Military Ordinary Bishop Oscar Jaime Florencio is in favor of having mandatory military service for the youth. Military Bishop Oscar Florencio/CBCP NEWS The prelate believes this will help instill more discipline to the young people. "I think we need that to instill more discipline to our young...
President Duterte shared a light moment with members of the government's pandemic task force on Monday evening, when he caught Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officer-in-charge (OIC) Director-General Oscar Gutierrez by surprise and asked him if he really did love him. President Rodrigo Duterte...
With the surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, an official of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has appealed to the public to buy only the medicines that they need. Military Bishop Oscar Florencio/CBCP NEWS CBCP Vice-Chairman Bishop Oscar Jaime Florencio issued the...
US actor Samuel L. Jackson (AFP) LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The Governors Awards -- an annual gala where honorary Oscars are handed out -- became the latest glitzy Hollywood event postponed Wednesday, as fears grow of a surge in coronavirus cases fueled by the Omicron variant. Actors Samuel L Jackson and...
Ignacio “Toting” Bunye, former mayor and congressman of Muntinlupa, has endorsed the candidacy of Muntinlupa Rep. Ruffy Biazon for mayor in the May 9, 2022 elections. Biazon posted a photo on his Facebook account on Dec. 6 showing Bunye, also a former member of the Monetary Board of the Banko...
The Philippine Coast Guard has effected a top-level revamp as part of the regular re-organization involving six of its senior officers. Capt. Romeo P. Pulido took over the position of Office of Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for Operation from Capt. Marco Gines while Capt. Neftali Castillo was...
Some local officials from the cities of Cagayan De Oro and Iloilo have committed to support Vice President Leni Robredo in her presidential run in the May 2022 elections. In a Twitter post, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Trenas declared his backing of Robredo, posting a series of photos of the Vice...
The LIberal Party and the Nacionalista Party, the oldest political parties in the country, are losing key men in the House of Representatives who have reportedly joined other groups as the filing of candidacies for all elective posts nears. Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Newly-revived Aksyon Demokratiko...
In this file photo taken on August 24, 2021 Former US Olympics Gold medalist professional boxer Oscar De La Hoya stretches before sparring with his partner during a media workout in Los Angeles. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) Former boxing great Oscar De La Hoya said Friday he has been...
The Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan on Thursday, August 26, announced a new award in honor of the late Oscar Cruz, its former archbishop. Archbishop Oscar Cruz (Photo courtesy CBCP News) Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said the annual “Gawad Asin tan Silew Oscar V. Cruz Award”...
Boxing great-turned-promoter Oscar De La Hoya related to the recent defeat of Manny Pacquiao to younger Cuban opponent Yordenis Ugas, citing that age played a role in their respective showing in the ring. Manny Pacquiao (right) and Yordenis Ugas touch gloves during their super WBA welterweight bout...
