The government will administer 5,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines to workers during the observance of Labor Day on May 1. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The planned vaccination of minimum wage earners and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has been given the green...
The government is still granting hazard pay to health workers battling the coronavirus pandemic in recognition of their hard work and bravery. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque tried to allay concerns that the government has supposedly cut the benefit for the...
Two Filipinos died due to COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) in India while 20 others were infected, Philippine Ambassador to India Ramon Bagatsing, Jr. said Tuesday, as India is battling the world’s worst health crisis that is claiming thousands of lives each day. Philippine Ambassador to India...
The EcoWaste Coalition has underscored the need to separate waste materials contaminated by the new coronavirus from recyclable items as a way of protecting informal waste workers and recyclers from getting infected with the deadly coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo by Pawel Czerwinski/...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has facilitated free rides for over five million frontline healthcare workers and authorized persons outside residence or APORs this year. In a Facebook post Sunday, April 25, the DOTr revealed that its Free Ride for Health Workers Program has tallied a total...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) recorded on Saturday, April 24, 15 more Filipinos abroad got infected with the new coronavirus. Department of Foreign Affairs (MANILA BULLETIN) The latest number raised the total tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos to 18,237. The new...
More than available beds for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients, the lack of nurses to man hospitals is one of the main reasons why hospitals in Metro Manila are getting overwhelmed, molecular biologist-priest Nicanor Austriaco said on Friday, April 23. Austriaco, a research fellow of OCTA,...
The government is needing extra months before it can start the vaccination of frontline workers, as the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said that scarcity of the current supply continues to affect inoculation efforts. On Tuesday, April 20, NEDA recommended the inclusion of around...
Some 1 million employees cannot still return to work even if the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus bubble is now under a modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) status, Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez said. According to Lopez, the DTI estimated 1.5 million workers lost their jobs...
Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Administrator Benjamin Madrigal assured that the farmers’ representatives that will join the reconstituted PCA Board will be selected solely by farmers without the influence of the government. In a phone interview with Business Bulletin, Madrigal assured...
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the Middle East are the first who are expected to scout for new investment opportunities in the housing sector this year, according to an online home buying platform. In a statement, online portal Ohmyhome said that OFWs who have long yearned to buy...
The government is on track with its acquisition of sufficient supply of coronavirus vaccines in the country, according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP / FILE PHOTO) As the country marked its first year in pandemic lockdown, Nograles assured that more vaccines are...
