The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has imposed a total ban on the deployment of Filipino migrant workers to Ethiopia due to the current conflict there. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) POEA Administrator Bernard P. Olalia said the suspension came after the Department...
The Philippines has temporarily suspended the deployment of new household workers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in a bid to prevent cases of physical abuse among Filipino migrant workers there. (Jansen Romero / File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) In a virtual public briefing on Thursday, Dec. 2,...
The government will continue to deploy overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Israel despite the country's announcement that it would ban the entry of all foreign visitors amid the threats brought by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Philippine Overseas...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The administration of booster shots for individuals 18 years old and above in the country has already been approved, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed...
The tropical depression southwest of Guam has intensified into Tropical Storm "Nyatoh" on Tuesday, Nov. 30. (Satellite image from PAGASA / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) last observed the center of Nyatoh 1,455 kilometers...
The number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have returned home and since the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has breached the 800,000 mark, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Citing records from the Overseas Workers Welfare...
Food and Drug Administration The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that the reported adverse events following immunization (AEFIs) involving vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were within the acceptable rate. “If you look at the clinical trials before we give the emergency use...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said nearly 600 children aged 12 to 17 experienced adverse reactions after they got inoculated against the coronavirus disease...
Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinovac vaccines are expected to be administered to children ages four to 11 as part of the pediatric vaccination program before the end of 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Tuesday, Nov. 23. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "I would think before the end of the...
Presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he fully supports efforts to restore the original proposed budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) saying sufficient funding would help sustain the humanitarian and development projects in...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Monday apologized to critics of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) after he made remarks calling them “bwisit” saying he was just venting his frustration during an interview on Sunday morning. “Kahapon na-bwisit...
The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved on Nov. 17 the country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mix-and-match trials, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced Friday, Nov. 19. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Laging Handa briefing, DOST...
