To ensure that the emergency communications are open in Central Visayas, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has tapped the assistance of the Federation of Volunteers thru Radio Communication (FVRC). 55309 The accredited group of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)...
As she continues to visit typhoon-stricken areas in Visayas and Mindanao, one of the realizations presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo had was the need for the country to place electric and communication lines underground to prevent disruption in services during natural calamities and...
Eighteen major business, civic and professional organizations have issued a Statement Against Disinformation and Hate Speech in Social Media and Other Platforms. They expressed concern over the misguided use of “media, social media and other platforms... to spread disinformation and hate speech,...
Communication strategies for the 2022 elections are “very challenging,” former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said, noting that the opposition’s own TikTok team has to be “creative” in trying to reach voters. Vice President Leni Robredo and former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV share the...
EDITORIAL Responsibility and respect were the watchwords in the virtual summit held earlier this week between the leaders of the world’s rival superpowers: US President Joseph Biden and China’s leader Xi Jinping. China had just elevated President Xi to the same preeminent status as erstwhile...
PAGBABAGO (Part I) Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid Let me share highlights of the recent “conversation” via Zoom on the above topic, where Dr. Crispin Maslog, professor of journalism, author of some 30 or more books on communication and related issues on public affairs, and I were invited to...
Local government units (LGUs) must employ plans of action to address the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy as the government has stepped up its goal of attaining herd immunity in the country. “I have directed all the LGUs already to craft the Risk Communication Strategy to...
Vice President Leni Robredo has appealed to Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso and Senator Manny Pacquiao to keep their communication lines open for the sake of their ongoing unity talks. Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso (left) and Senator Manny Pacquiao (Photos from...
The Dengvaxia controversy led to the significant decline in vaccination, based on the results of a study conducted by the University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman College of Mass Communication. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) This was announced by Department of Science and Technology (DOST)...
Mountain barangays in Upper Pulangi District in Bukidnon are expected to be interconnected following the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) installation of a communication system that seeks to improve communication network in Malaybalay City’s blind spot areas. Bukidnon Map (Photo...
The Philippine Science High School (PSHS) System has launched an online training course on science communication benefiting Grade 10 students from public schools and its campuses. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Pena said PISAYCOM, a certificate training...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is set to build a Very High Frequency (VHF) radio repeater to enhance communication channels in the coastal communities of Mapun, Tawi-Tawi. Personnel of the PCG Communications, Electronics and Information Systems Command have already inspected the 506 square meter...
