While the record P12.68-trillion national debt is manageable and vital for the country's continued growth, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose 'Joey' Concepcion III said the public must still focus on the ongoing threat of Covid-19 slowing down economic activity. Presidential Adviser for...
Re-electionist Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday said he supports the government’s plan to establish Covid-19 vaccination sites in schools as this would help increase the vaccination coverage among minors and open more schools for face-to-face classes. Gatchalian, who is seeking a fresh six...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa's new Covid-19 cases shot up by more than 50 percent Thursday from the previous day, official data showed amid a surge of infections driven by two new Omicron sub-variants. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases reported that 9,757 new Covid-19...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The Covid-19 pandemic killed around 15 million people worldwide in 2020 and 2021, the WHO estimated Thursday -- nearly triple the number of deaths officially attributed to the disease. The World Health Organization's long-awaited estimate of the total number of deaths caused...
Better late than never, so it seemed, when President Duterte signed last week Republic Act 11712, or the “Public Health Emergency Benefits and Allowances for Health Care Workers Act.” This law grants mandatory continuing benefits to public and private health workers during the pandemic and...
Thailand just lifted its RT-PCR requirement on May 1; launches the ‘Visit Thailand Year 2022: Amazing New Chapters’ Koh Phi Phi Islands The RT-PCR testing requirement for fully vaccinated tourists traveling to Thailand is no longer required, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) deputy governor...
OCTA Research fellow Professor Ranjit Rye, on Thursday, May 5, said that more than 70 percent of adult Filipinos are willing to get boosted against Covid-19. “More than 70 percent of adult FIlipinos who have taken the vaccine ay willing magpa-booster. Minority lang ang ayaw magpa-booster – nasa...
Malacañang assured the public that the government is spending the country's borrowings efficiently as the country availed itself of more loans amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. File photo of residents maintaining social distancing as they wait for their turn to get the cash assistance or "ayuda"...
NEW DELHI, India -- India's federal government in its newly released the Civil Registration System (CRS) report 2020 has stated that the country recorded an increase of 6.2 percent in the death rate in the Covid-19 pandemic year. According to the report released on Tuesday in case of registered...
A subway staff member stands guard at the entrance of a closed subway station in the central business district in Beijing on May 4, 2022. Beijing closed dozens of subway stations on May 4, as Covid restrictions slowly constrict movement across the Chinese capital of over 21 million people. Jade GAO...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano on Wednesday, May 4, called on immunocompromised individuals to get their second booster shot against Covid-19. Rubiano made her call after the City Health Office (CHO) reported that only 16 individuals have so far received the second booster shot of the...
Las Piñas Mayor Imelda Aguilar has announced that the city government is now accepting walk-ins for the second booster shot of immunocompromised individuals. Aguilar reminded those 18 years old and above who are immunocompromised individuals to bring their original vaccinations card that...
