The Antipolo City local government distributed livelihood packages to its indigent residents as it continuously creates programs and platforms to assist them amid the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the city's beneficiaries is 46-years old Vilma Cadiz of Barangay San Jose. According to Antipolo City...
BATANGAS CITY, Batangas--Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte aired her "frustration" Wednesdaym April 20 over not being able to help Filipinos during the Covid-19 pandemic in the capacity of a healthcare professional. Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte...
University of the Philippines (UP Diliman official Facebook page) In preparation for the reopening of face-to-face classes, the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) has released the guidelines for class activities under different alert levels. The guidelines outlined the activities during...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The average daily attack rate (ADAR) in Metro Manila remained below 1, which means the region is still at “very low risk” for Covid-19, the OCTA Research Group said in its latest monitoring. OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David, in an update shared on Twitter, Wednesday,...
Quezon 4th district Rep. Angelina “Helen” Tan has revealed the signing of a law establishing the Southern Luzon Multi-Specialty Medical Center, which she said would help decongest hospitals in Metro Manila amid the Covid-19 pandemic. (From left to right) President Rodrigo Duterte, Quezon Rep....
Inclusive democracy, upward mobility will address inequality in PH, says study Inequality in the Philippines has complex roots and various facets. Narrowing the gap entails building a more inclusive democratic society and enabling upward mobility among the people. This is the main thesis of Ateneo...
A total of 2,420,453 individuals in Quezon City have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as of Tuesday, April 19. The figure includes all adults and minors in the city. Meanwhile, 2,252,758 of the adult population have received at least one dose of the vaccine including those who got the...
There has been no significant increase in Covid-19 cases in any part of the country during the observance of holy week, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, April 19. Locals flock to Balaan Bukid (Holy Mountain) in Jordan town, Guimaras province Friday, April 15. Unlike in the past, the...
Why you must go Czech out one of the best preserved medieval cities in the world Images by the author It’s a dream, walking across Charles Bridge while it’s as empty as it was when Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt ran across it only seconds after the character played by Jon Voight plunged into the...
Masking has been the keen deterrent since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic two years ago to prevent the disease from further spreading but since cases have not been rising in the past months, some may have been complacent and now the country's health department is looking at a six-digit jump in...
Re-electionist Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, April 19 said that the next administration should pay particular attention to the country’s digital economy as the economy is opening up and cases of Covid-19 infections are decreasing. “All sectors of the economy are expecting to bounce back...
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the new 15 active cases of Covid-19 recorded in Barangay Tambo are all Chinese nationals and working in the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) industry. Olivarez said the POGO workers were immediately brought to the city’s isolation facility for...