Incoming Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on Tuesday, June 28 said he favors an overhaul of the Department of Agriculture (DA) following allegations that some officials of the DA and the Bureau of Customs have been protecting alleged smugglers. ‘’May power naman sya sa mga...
The Philippines and Brazil signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Wednesday, June 29, to foster deeper collaboration between both countries in the field of defense and security. (Photo courtesy of Department of National Defense) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public to strictly observe the health and safety protocols as several people are expected to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos and those who will mount protest actions on Thursday, June 30. Health...
17DENGUE The Department of Health (DOH) said that the country’s dengue cases have already reached more than 45,000 since January. “There were 45,416 dengue cases reported from Jan. 1 to June 11, 2022,” the DOH said in a statement. This figure is 45 percent higher compared to the recorded...
(JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) urges the different health facilities to completely submit the necessary requirements needed for the distribution of benefits for their respective health workers. In a statement on Tuesday, June 28, the state health agency said it once...
The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) launched three new research and instructional laboratories located at the Dante de Padua Building on June 21. (UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS) The new laboratories are the UPLB Philippine-California Advanced Research Institutes-Research...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is currently crafting the guidelines for the administration of the Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for non-immunocompromised...
90765 The Department of Health (DOH) said that 63 new cases of Omicron subvariants were detected in the Philippines. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that there were 50 new BA.5 cases, 11 additional BA.2.12.1 cases, and two more cases of BA.4 in the country. "At the moment,...
In this file photo taken on April 26, 2021, commuters wearing protective face masks walk along Pratunam pier in Bangkok, after the government imposed strict restrictions for not wearing a mask in public following the recent outbreak of Covid-19 coronavirus cases in Thailand. Thailand announced on...
House Ways and Means Chair Rep. Joey Salceda told incoming Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan Ople and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma to lift the deployment ban on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). (Photo from Joey Salceda's Facebook)...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) Outgoing Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III said he has no more plans to return to government service after his stint as the country's top health official. “Ay hindi na. Kasi 21 years of my productive years nilaan ko...
Top officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) are in the list of suspected smugglers or protectors of smuggling of agri-fishery products worth P667.5-million from 2019 to 2022. The list was submitted to President-elect Ferdinand ‘’Bongbong’’ R. Marcos Jr....
