Presumptive President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. would get P5.086 trillion national budget for 2023, almost a reenactment of the 2022 national budget of P5.024 trillion. The inter-agency Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) approved on Tuesday, May 24, the proposed appropriations next...
A medical worker prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, the United States, June 18, 2021. (Xinhua/ FILE/ MANILA BULLETIN) A pediatric infectious disease expert urged all eligible Filipinos to get vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to...
Given the 'slow uptick' of Covid-19 cases detected by the Department of Health (DOH), it said on Tuesday, May 24 that it does not want to downplay the situation or declare it as a cause for panic. Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo, Manila, on Oct. 14, 2021....
While the attention suddenly shifted from Covid-19 to Monkeypox, some infectious disease experts believe that the public should still be more concerned about Covid-19, citing several reasons as to why this should be the case. (Jansen Romero / Manila Bulletin File Photo) During a press briefing of...
Reemergence of Monkeypox, a viral zoonosis or a virus transmitted to humans from animals, recently made rounds on social media after it appeared in the middle of a global health crisis caused by Covid-19. Monkeypox (Photo courtesy of openwho.org) With its recent detection in some parts of Africa,...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has received reports that some Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) personnel have allegedly harassed a number of businesses to raise money for the Department of Finance (DOF) chief’s parting gift. A “pabaon” to be given prior to his retirement on June 30...
The Philippines said that it was able to protect Filipino migrants from abusive practices and the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and brought justice to human trafficking victims through its rights-based and proactive enforcement of border measures. Assistant Secretary for Migrant Workers’...
Over 100 patients in Malabon, including senior citizens and immunocompromised, received their 1st booster shots against Covid-19 after the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) "Bakuna" Bus returned to the city. A Philippine Red Cross (PRC) staff administers 1st Covid-19 booster shot to a resident of Malabon...
Investors and enterprises can now access the Fiscal Incentives Registration and Monitoring System (FIRMS), an online registration where investors can monitor their submitted applications for tax incentives, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Assistant Secretary and Fiscal Incentives...
The Bureau of the Internal Revenue (BIR), the government’s main tax agency, missed its collection goal in the first-quarter due to higher availment of input value-added tax (VAT) credits by businesses. In a statement released by the Department of Finance (DOF) on Sunday, May 22, the bureau...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that there is no available test yet to diagnose “long- Covid.” The World Health Organization (WHO) defined long-Covid or post Covid-19 condition as a “constellation of long-term symptoms that some people experience after they have had Covid-19.” “To...
DOH Another Omicron subvariant called BA.4 has entered the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Saturday, May 21. The country's first Omicron-BA.4 involves a "Filipino citizen who flew in from the Middle East" last May 4, the DOH said in an advisory. "His positive test result...
