MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Statistically, there are more widows than widowers, women being born to live longer and stronger than men. Proof of this is the sight of the throngs of elderly women of all shapes and sizes lining up for their ayuda from their local government unit. If they’re not...
As the COVID-19 pandemic triggered restrictive quarantine measures, schools were shuttered in consonance with national government policy not to allow in-person learning that would place the health and safety of elementary and high school students at great risk. This resulted in the postponement...
Out of touch. This is how an activist youth group described Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Popoy De Vera as it called for his resignation. (Photo from SPARK) Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan (SPARK), on Monday, May 24, asked De Vera to to “step down from office” following after...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday, May 24, appealed to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to imposes measures to control the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in northern Mindanao. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel 'Migz' Zubiri...
The coronavirus pandemic, which has caused global economic damage and cost the lives of at least 3.46 million people, “has shown the best kinds of leaders” are those who do the work and listen to science, Vice President Leni Robredo said Monday, May 24. Mentioning the leaderships in “more...
The total number of overseas Filipinos who were afflicted with COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) since the outbreak began in February last year is now 18,697, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a report Monday. This came after the DFA confirmed that 38 new COVID-19 cases and 31 new...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has identified the eight proposed sites where a local study on the safety of using different coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine doses and vaccine platforms in Filipino adults will be conducted in June this year. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP /...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, who already tested positive for COVID-19 twice, received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Monday. QC LGU/MANILA BULLETIN “Today I joined the thousands of QCitizens who are now vaccinated against COVID-19,” Belmonte said in a statement. Although part of the...
Nearly 5,000 have been added to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country on Monday, May 24. DOH/MB The case bulletin of the Department of Health (DOH) showed 4,973 new cases which brought the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 1,184,706. The tally of COVID-19 survivors...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday urged both the national and local government units in the Philippines to follow the sequence of prioritization in rolling out the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines coming from the Covax facility to ensure its impact on public health. World...
The country’s performance with regards to its rollout of the vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been “creditable and commendable.” Residents wait in line to be inoculated at Manila Prince Hotel on Tuesday. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) World Health Organization (WHO)...
Physicians from Negros Oriental are urging the national government to place the province under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) due to the high number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) "The past few weeks been overwhelming for those of us in the healthcare...
