The Philippines is an inspiring, tenacious, resilient country and a proud nation. I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to embark on a two-day virtual mission to the Philippines this month, meeting with representatives from the government, civil society and to meet people living with HIV....
CALAMBA, Laguna - Owners, operators, caretakers, and tour agents of hot spring resorts in Barangay Pansol are bearing the brunt of the economic impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. For the second consecutive year, they're not allowed to operate during the dry months - considered...
A Palace official’s claim that administration candidates will have sheer advantage in the upcoming May 2022 elections affirms the opposition’s belief that the Duterte administration would be using the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines for their own political agenda. “Mukhang ginagamit at...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, May 18, admitted frustration that there are local government units (LGUs) and government agencies that don’t want to work with her office because of politics. VP Leni Robredo (OVP photo) The vice president was treated more as an opponent rather than an ally...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday announced that 73 percent of the Senate’s employees are already vaccinated. “As of today, the Senate has all the employees vaccinated at 73 percent. In other words, 73 percent of the Senate employees are already vaccinated, for the record,” Sotto...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno'' Domagoso said on Tuesday (May 18) that he was just expressing an honest opinion when he mentioned the "super slow" deployment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to local government units (LGUs). Manila City Mayor Francisco Isko Moreno Domagoso (Manila...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Tuesday, May 18, that it has deployed an initial batch of 63 firefighter-nurses of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to the 12 public and private hospitals in Metro Manila for the initial period of three months. DILG Secretary...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) lauded Malacanan's move to include local chief executives (LCEs) in the priority list of those who would be vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). I n a statement, the DILG said mayors and governors should really be...
(DOH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines logged 4,487 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, May 18, the Department of Health (DOH) reported. Active cases nationwide increased to 52,291 which is 4.5 percent of the country's overall caseload currently at 1,154,388, the latest case bulletin showed. It...
The Department of Health (DOH) said it is closely monitoring the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Visayas and Mindanao as they observe a rise in infections. (DOH / MANILA BULLETIN) "Ang Luzon, though nag-plateau...may bahagyang pagbaba na tayo ng dami ng kaso na nakikita. Ngayon, itong...
The vaccination of economic frontliners (A4) and indigent population (A5) have been approved by the national government and it could start immediately after this month, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. revealed on Tuesday, May 18. Galvez, vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National Task Force...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, May 18, claimed that the administration bets for the May 2022 polls will win because of the way the government has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. During his virtual press briefing, the Palace official praised the government’s pandemic response....
