Makati CBD skyline For six consecutive days, the Philippines has maintained a daily number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases to just less than 2,000. A total of 1,745 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed on Thursday, Feb. 24. This was slightly higher to the cases recorded on Wednesday...
(AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said it has no plans for now of giving a second COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said that such measure is still being studied by the country’s vaccine experts. “Booster is still the first booster in terms of...
The inter-agency body tasked to oversee and set the investment strategy of the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund (CFITF) vowed to optimize the use of the coco levy fund for the benefit of the coconut farmers. In a statement Thursday, Feb. 24, the Department of Finance (DOF) said the Trust...
Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo, Manila, on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) Metro Manila is already “ripe” for Alert Level 1 as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the capital region continues to improve, Department of Health (DOH)...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Adult Filipinos who are already eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot should get vaccinated immediately as protection from the primary vaccination is...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, Feb. 23, logged 1,534 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)the fifth straight day that the Philippines has been recording less than 2,000 cases. Since Feb. 14, the number of fresh coronavirus disease...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) awarded a P3-million grant to a bamboo processing facility in Dauin, Negros Oriental. Atty. Gilbert R. Arbon (right), Provincial S&T Director of DOST Negros Oriental, and Architect Ray Villanueva, manager and co-founder of Kawayan Collective...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the next administration will inherit a slew of President Duterte’s “hard-won” reforms, including several economic liberalization measures that will help fuel the Philippines’ resurgence in the years ahead. These reforms include the...
The Department of National Defense (DND) on Tuesday, Feb. 22, finally signed contract for the acquisition of 32 additional units of S70i Black Hawk helicopters for the Philippine Air Force (PAF). (Courtesy of Department of National Defense) The choppers will be procured from Polish aircraft...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has suggested that the government should consider increasing taxes on real-estate properties instead of imposing the wealth tax. “I’m against wealth tax,” Dominguez said at a virtual forum by Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX)...
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is now probing the tragic crash of a helicopter owned by the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Real, Quezon on Monday, Feb. 21, that left a policeman dead and two police pilots seriously injured. (Photo from the Philippine National Police)...
The country continues to experience a steady decline in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and remains to be under low-risk case classification, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Members of the Manila Police District (MPD) Precinct Station 2 remind bargain shoppers along Ilaya in...
