The Manila local government temporarily halted on Friday, Aug. 11, the Covid-19 bivalent vaccination for A1 (healthcare workers) and A2 (senior citizens) categories in the city. In an advisory, the Manila Health Department (MHD) said the bivalent shots allocated for the city...
VIENNA, Austria - At least 385 Ukrainian children deported to Russia have been returned home, an Austria-based international charity involved in some of the repatriations confirmed Friday. According to Kyiv, more than 19,000 Ukrainian children have been deported to Russia since the February 2022...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Hospital doctors in England on Friday launched their latest walkout as the government said their strike to demand a 35-percent pay increase served "only to harm patients." The four-day stoppage comes with health chiefs estimating that the repeated industrial action had cost...
GENEVA, Switzerland - Climate activists who on Friday scaled down from a bridge in the heart of Basel, blocking oil tankers and other vessels on the Rhine for hours, have ended their operation, organisers said. "The blockade has been lifted," the Collective Climate Justice said shortly after 2:00...
KYIV, Ukraine - Kyiv said Friday that Russian forces had fired four Kinzhal hypersonic missiles at an airfield in western Ukraine, an attack that regional officials earlier reported had left one child dead. "One Kh-47 missile was destroyed within the Kyiv region. The rest hit near the airfield....
WINTZENHEIM, France - French prosecutors said Friday they had opened a manslaughter investigation into the death of 11 people in a fire in a holiday home which failed to meet safety standards. Wednesday's fire, near Colmar in eastern France, was the deadliest such disaster in the country since a...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday dismissed officials responsible for military conscription in each region of the country, citing corruption allegations that he said could amount to treason. "We are dismissing all regional military commissars," Zelensky said in a post...
Caloocan City Mayor Dale Gonzalo “Along” Malapitan led on Friday, Aug. 11, the groundbreaking ceremony for new Caloocan City Hall - North in Barangay 177 that will bring the local government’s services closer to the residents. The local government said the new building will serve as an...
Photo from MPD/MANILA BULLETIN Police seized P881,400 worth of fake cigarettes from two men in San Andres Bukid, Manila, on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 10. Photo from MPD/MANILA BULLETIN Members of the Manila Police District (MPD)-District Intelligence Division, Special Mayor's Reaction...
Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla distributed 6,000 boxes of relief goods to the flood victims in six towns in Bulacan on Thursday, August 10. Hagonoy Mayor Baby Manlapaz, Calumpit Mayor Lem Faustino, and Paombong Mayor Marie Ann Marcos joined Revilla during the distribution of the...
The Makati City local government announced on Thursday, Aug. 10, that the 24/7 Out Patient Department (OPD) of the Makati Life Medical Center on Metropolitan Avenue in Malugay, Makati will suspend its operations to give way for its scheduled electrical maintenance. According to the hospital's...
The Manila local government said on Friday, Aug. 11, that it will comply with the suspension order for all reclamation projects in Manila Bay. Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan confirmed on Thursday evening that they have received the information from the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA),...
