Ben&Ben Ben&Ben has announced that they will release a new song for victims of COVID-19. Called "Magpahinga," the song is dedicated to people who are battling the invisible "enemy." Pao Benjamin of Ben&Ben said that the song was conceived after his sister got the disease. CLICK HERE...
Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, May 12, urged the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Department of Education (DepEd) to take cue from community pantries to implement its feeding programs. Senator Grace Poe (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File photo) Poe said the...
The Diocese of Cabanatuan will observe a day of prayer for those who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Thursday, May 13. Diocese of Cabanatuan In a Facebook post, the diocese urged the public to send the names of their loved ones who died from COVID-19 so they may be included in the...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) isn’t only busy with its coronavirus disease response programs, but it also continuously supports its livelihood programs such as the one for the transport and informal sector. In a live video on Facebook on Wednesday, May 12, Vice President Leni Robredo...
La Salle St. Benilde gym In support of the country's efforts towards herd immunity, La Salle Green Hills (LSGH) opens its campus as a vaccination center to serve the residents of Barangay Wack-Wack Greenhills East. The initiative assists the Department of Health (DOH) to increase the number of...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) detected 4,842 more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, raising the Philippines' overall tally of confirmed infections to over 1.1 million. For two consecutive days, the DOH reported more than 4,000 new coronavirus infections. The case bulletin released on...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is doubling efforts to encourage more first time voters to register through the poll body’s online voter registration platform “iRehistro.” John Paul Martin, city election officer, said that while application for registration in some Comelec offices...
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Wednesday, May 12, backed the proposed construction of a "mega vaccination center" at the 8.5-hectare urban forest in Parañaque City, saying that there are funds, anyway, to replace the trees to be cut for the project. (Photo from Nayong Pilipino...
The Manila city government will start inoculating the medical frontliners with Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday (May 13). A total of 7,020 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines have arrived at the Sta. Ana Hospital on Tuesday night (May 11). (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The country is aiming to inoculate more than 70,000 people per day next month as more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have arrived in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said. A health worker prepares to inject a coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination hub in Makati City (ALI VICOY...
Many relatives of coronavirus (COVID-19) victims who died from the disease are asking Congress to pass a legislation that would exempt them from paying estate tax, or at the very least lower the rate. (Photo by Jarl Schmidt / Unsplash) They said it will be another financial hardship if they will...
Zamboanga City topped the list of areas outside Metro Manila with the highest number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases reported in the past week, based on the OCTA Research Group's report released on Wednesday, May 12. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) From May 5 to 11, the...