On International Women's Day, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary underscored the vital role female leaders play in the fight against climate change. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In a virtual forum on Tuesday, March 8, DOST Secretary Fortunato "Boy" de la Peña stressed the role...
On International Women's Day, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary stressed how climate change impacts men and women differently. (Unsplash) In a virtual briefing, DOST Secretary Fortunato "Boy" de la Peña said climate change impacts women more due to "gender-differentiated...
Tiendesitas has partnered with Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI), and the Veterinary Services and City Health Departments of the local government of Pasig to celebrate Rabies Awareness Month this March. The Rabies Awareness Month annual celebration is an activity of the...
The country registered the lowest rate in terms of its daily new confirmed Covid-19 cases per million people among five of its Southeast Asian neighbors, the Department of Health said on Monday, March 7. SHAH ALAM, Feb. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker takes a nasal swab sample from a man for...
More than a month after battling the Covid-19 variant Omicron, the country has returned to minimal risk-case classification, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, March 7. (KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said during the President's late...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 6,297 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, March 7, the first day of its implementation of its weekly case bulletin. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3 starting Jan. 3 until Jan. 15 due to the...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed more than 1,000 road projects in Central Luzon under the 2021 Regular Infrastructure Program in Region 3. In a statement, the DPWH said among those completed out of the 1,321 road infrastructures were the rehabilitated 98.68-kilometer...
The Bureau of Customs has seized P769.67 million-worth of goods in less than two months, mostly illicit shipments of vehicles, cigarettes and other tobacco products, as well as illegal drugs, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a statement released by the DOF Monday, March 7, the Customs...
Senator Nancy Binay today (March 3) urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to focus on immediately shoring up the country’s thinning power reserves rather than busying itself on other concerns. “Rather than looking too far ahead, the energy department should look at the problem that’s staring...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Monday, March 7, welcomed the signing of the Executive Order (EO) no. 164 which would establish a nuclear energy program for the Philippines. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) "Nuclear power is envisioned to bring down the cost of electricity and to...
When it comes to the ongoing fuel crisis, the problem isn’t with the country's supply of fuel, but with its price, says Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Gerardo Erguiza. The Fuel Crisis Ad Hoc Committee hearing with Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda (left) and Rep. Sharon Garin (right) (LIVE...
The newly signed Amended Foreign Investments Act (FIA) has created an Inter Agency Investment Promotion Coordination Committee (IIPCC), which will establish a comprehensive marketing plan in the promotion of investments into the country as the law opens up economic sectors to 100 percent foreign...
