A total of 549 areas were placed under granular lockdown as the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) cases continue to rise in the country. In a briefing with the President Monday night, Jan. 17, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said that 268 barangays,...
Higher education institutions (HEIs) located in the National Capital Region (NCR) moved their opening of limited face-to-face classes next month, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera, during President Duterte’s Talk...
Amid the surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said that at least 260 higher education institutions have declared and will declare academic break. (Photo from Unsplash) During President Duterte’s Talk to the People on Jan. 17, CHED...
The vaccination rate in higher education continues to increase, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said. During President Duterte’s Talk to the People aired on Monday, Jan. 17, CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera said that efforts to boost the vaccination rates for students and personnel at the...
It’s a paradigm shift CLINICAL MATTERS As new daily cases of COVID-19 in the US breach the one million-mark, government leaders and healthcare officials in many countries are being forced to confront the inevitable question: Since the Omicron variant is out of control, what is an acceptable...
The expansion phase of limited face-to-face classes eyed to start in the first week of February will only include vaccinated participants, the Department of Education (DepEd) said. (Photo from DepEd) During President Duterte’s Talk to the People aired on Monday, Jan. 17, Education Secretary...
Even with the increase of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday night, Jan. 17, that admissions remain to be lower in comparison to the surge experienced with the peak of cases involving the Delta variant. Hospital nurse (FILE PHOTO)...
President Duterte urged people anew to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying most of those who recently died of the disease or from complications from it were probably not vaccinated. President Rodrigo Duterte (PTV/RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the statement as the...
President Duterte is hoping that the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country has already peaked, saying the disease remains to be the top threat to Filipinos aside from the New People's Army (NPA). President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the statement as the nation...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The daily growth rate of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila continued to decline but the region is still considered at "very high risk" for infections, the independent research group OCTA said on Monday evening, Jan. 17. OCTA Research Fellow Dr. Guido...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez signed an ordinance appropriating a P10-billion budget for the operating expenditures of the city government this year. He also signed a measure regulating the movements of unvaccinated individuals under the alert level system. The two ordinances were passed by...
After several localities and education institutions announced the suspension of classes, a group on Monday, Jan. 17, urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to show “compassion” by ordering a halt on the implementation of “No Work, No Pay” policy throughout the declared academic...
